Happy New Year to you all….
Time to start the New Year with Issue 3 of The Heat Press, a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 2 click here
The Headlines
- Wrexham 3rd Kit
- Teams leaving Kappa
- Everton Rainbow warm up shirt update
- Inter Miami colour change
Wrexham 3rd Kit
Wrexham AFC have released their 3rd kit which will be used in both 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons, the kit uses the traditional white / green / red welsh colours and is made from recycled polyester yarn with each adult shirt made from 13 plastic bottles and will be worn with white shorts and socks to give an all white alternative look.
Teams leaving Kappa
It is being reported that three top league teams will be moving away from Kappa from this summer, signing new kit deals with other manufacturers. The teams are Aston Villa who have reportly signed a new deal with Castore, Real Betis who will be moving to Hummel and FC Lorient who will equipped by Umbro from next season. These changes will mean there is currently no team in Premier League or La Liga with the iconic Kappa brand.
Full details can be found at Footy Headlines here
Everton – Rainbow Warm up shirt
The special edition warm up shirt which was produced by Hummel for both Everton and Southampton in their opening game of the 2021/22 season. The proceeds from the Everton shirt sales has raised just under £12.5K for Everton’s LGBTI+ charity and awareness workshops, the shirts popularity meant it was sold out within 20 minutes of being on sale online.
Full details on the story can be found here
Inter Miami in the Pink
The details of the new MLS kits should be released by the end of the month, one piece of confirmed news is that Inter Miami will changing the home kit colour from white which was used in their first two seasons, to pink.
Pink has been used as an accent colour in both home and away kits for 2020 and 2021 but will be the primary colour 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.
There are some great kit logs out there this season, @ArsenalShirt and @VictoriaGooner are logging Arsenal’s kits this season, @BeesShirts for Brentford and @BatisCreativo for Atletico Madrid are some of my favourites.
I wanted to call out this midseason update from @BeesShirts as its fantatic and right up my Kit Geek Street.
There was a great thread from @Flying_Scotty which shows a collection of shirts worn by David Beckham through out his career, really worth spending a few minutes going through the thread.
Thread can be found here
Another wonderful podcast from Chris at Kitbliss, this time interviewing the equally wonderful Denis Hurley from Museum of Jerseys
Podcast details can be found here – https://www.kitbliss.co.nz/podcast/episode-special-02.html
And a final thank you to Luke at @KonceptKitz who sent me this fantastic concept shirt he designed, The “Fox in the Box” go check out Luke’s work on his Twitter Page, he has also seen some of his worked used on the pitch with Crewe Alexandra, Balham FC and Motorik FC Alexandria.
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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