AFCON – Football Kit Geek

Time for Issue Number 5 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 4 click here

The Headlines

QPR – 140th Anniversary Kit
Doncaster Rovers Special Kit
Dundee / Dundee United 3rd Kits
Formula 1 Kit News

Queen’s Park Rangers – 140th Anniversay Kit

On Saturday 15th January, QPR wore a limited-edition anniversary shirt, designed as an homage to the colours that were worn back in 1882 by Christchurch Rangers who four years later joined forces with St. Jude’s Institute to form Queens Park Rangers.

There will be a limit number of shirts available to buy, one for the QPR Completists out there, full details about the shirt and how to buy can be found on QPR’s website here

Doncaster Rovers – Special Kit

On Saturday 15th January, Doncaster Rovers wore a “Special” Kit, their all black look was choosen to promote Mental Health Struggles and show that they are not always visble.

Following on from what Arsenal did with their #NoMoreRed campaign, for me this is a wonderful way to use Football Kits to promote issues and charities, so congratulations to Doncaster Rovers and to all involved in this campaign.

Dundee / Dundee United 3rd Kits

The two neighbours from Dundee (just have a look how close their grounds are if you have not seen that before) both launched new 3rd kits this week, both supplied by Macron.

Dundee – Their white 3rd kit with “Dundee Blue” chest band is launched in Partnershiup with SSAFA (Armed Forces Charity)

Dundee United – Limited Edition 3rd kit (400 available) is based on the club’s first ever 3rd kit from 1995/96

Formula 1 Kit News

I also like to keep an eye on “Kit News” from other sports, this week it was confirmed that Kappa will become the Offical Partner and outfitter for Alpine F1 team.

The French Team (part of the Renault Group) have recently had their teamware provided by Le Coq Sportif but this move sees Kappa join the F1 Circuit from 2022.

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 Guys over at Talking Kit Podcast launched a new YouTube Show called #FullKitRankers where they rank a selection of kits, their first episode looked at 10 Kits from AFCON 2021 Tournament and I was lucky enough to join them as guest on their panel along with The Kitsman and KitKingdom83

You can find the show on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IahanrhCT18

The Kit Community pulled together wonderfully when Stuart Morley tweeted a kit concept that his 8 year old Son designed for an Italian 3rd Kit.

This tweet was followed up with some wonder renders of Reuben’s design…

Stuart and Reuben now have their own Twitter Account – @MyKidsKits to share Reuben’s designs, well done to Reuben for his great work and to those that have supported by taking on his design.

The fantastic duo (Jayme and Tania) behind Football Shirts FC have launched their new website over the past couple of days, these guys do fantastic work for various charities and it is well worth finding more out about them, what they do and how you can support them…. https://www.footballshirtsfc.co.uk/

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

Time for Issue Number 4 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 3 click here

The Headlines

Arsenal – #NoMoreRed
Borussia Dortmund Kit Design Competition
Micheal Olise’s FA Cup look
Barcelona’s Senyara Kit

Arsenal – #NoMoreRed

Arsenal took to the field in their Third Round FA Cup match at Nottingham Forest on Sunday 10th January in an all white kit. The Kit was used to highligh the increase in knife crime within London and sees all the red removed from the kit. I have written a more detailed piece on this kit, which can be found here – Arsenal – #NoMoreRed

Borussia Dortmund – Kit Design Competition

Borussia Dortmund are launching a competition which give fans, kit lovers and concept kit designers the opportunity to design the kit for German team for the 2023/24 seaon. Full details can be found on how to enter and to create the design, include templates here

Michael Olise’s FA Cup Look

Crystal Palace played local rivals Millwall on Saturday 8th January 2022 in FA Cup, The Eagles used their 3rd kit, a Sky Blue and White halved shirt with blue shorts and blue / white socks. This Kit was taken to another level by winger Michael Olise with his matching Nike boots, Olise topped this look off with a wonderful goal early in the second half to see his team through to the Fourth Round of FA Cup.

Barcelona’s Senyera Kit

Kit sustainabilty has been a hot topic over recent weeks, so its worth calling out the Barcelona have used their “Senyera” kit for now the fourth calendar year… first used in 2019, it has seen action in 2020, 2021 and was used in the La Liga fixture against Granada on Saturday, so now been used in 2022 as well.

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.

There is a new Podcast launched this week, the guys over at Kit Magazine have now released Episode 1 of their Podcast on Monday, along with some well known names in the Kit Community, this episode has a look at of the latest Kit News and in depth discussion about Forward Madison’s drip kit.

Tom, one half of the duo behind the wonderful @TheShirtUnion Twitter Account has pulled together one their handy Kit Grids for the African Cup of Nations with kicked off on 9th January, their grid show the shirts worn by each team taking part in the 2022 Competition.

The Guys over at @niclassicshirt have moved into their new premises in Newtownards, Northern Ireland and are now open for business, they were the winners of The Kitsman Award for “Best Independant Store” for 2021, all details can be found at their site for their in store and online options – https://www.niclassicshirtco.co.uk/