Time for Issue Number 8 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 7 click here
The Headlines
- Southampton – Special Kit
- Northampton Town – 125 Year Anniversary Shirt
- FA Cup Sleeve Patches
- Slovenia – Kit Votes
Southampton – Special Kit
Southampton release a “Special” Kit to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their Saints Foundation, the Kit was worn in the FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Home to Coventry City and has the same detail on the kit as their current 3rd Kit which includes a detail of the St.Mary’s Stadium included in the print of the shirt in a repeating pattern. The white shirt was paired with red shorts and white socks.
There were 500 shirts available for purchase from the club in a presentation box for £99.
Northampton Town – 125 Year Anniversary
Meanwhile at the other “Hampton”, Northampton Town have released their shirt commerating their 125th Anniversary and is based on their kit from those early days, Hummel delivering a classic looking shirt for The Cobblers, The “Chocolate and Blue” will be worn in the game against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 5th March 2022.
The includes the names of the all the season ticket holders who donated the cost of the ticket to the club in the 2020 / 21 Season.
FA Cup Patches
Something that was brought to my attention this week was that the teams that have won the FA Cup have the number of times they have won included on their Sleeve Patch. Further research shows this was introduced from last season but is one of those little kit details that give me a lot of joy…!
Also the holders appear to have a “Silver” Patch rather than the standard Red Patch that all other teams have (reversed colours) – Thanks to Tom from @ShirtUnion for pointing this out to me.
Slovenia – Kit Votes
The Football Association of Slovenia have included fans as part of the decision process with their new kits from Nike in 2022. Fans (30%), alongside Players (40%) and member of the Slovenian FA (30%) will make up the decision making process.
The options were designed by 8 different Kit Designers and 11 different designs for the Home and Away kits, full details can be found at Footy Headlines – here
Voting closed on 7th February 2022 for these kits.
And Finally….
Whats happening in the Kit Community.
I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.
The latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast is now out, in Episode 7 Denis, Les and I look at some Kit Templates, which each of us bringing a Template of Worship and Template of Doom….
Spoilers…. my Template of Worship and Template of Doom are below, have a listen to find out which one was which and the reason behind my choices….!
Make sure you check out the wonderful @_luke1878_ who is producing a “Kit Tracker” for Everton, the detail in the illustrations is fantastic… check out the detail on the patches (see above for reference)…!
The @PencilCraftsman created this amazing illustration of Manchester United kits over the years, a great piece of art celebrating all things Kit for The Red Devils.
Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter
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