Kit and film show is a double delight

[Sister of fu]

Surely someone has put them pictures on too early if they dont offically unveil it till next week??

They are very nice all the same.

[craigmcfc]

Liked the home shirt when I saw those pics a couple of weeks ago and I'm quite impressed with the Away shirt too. The sky blue makes it for me

[mr_nool]

the away shirt i lovely. my beer gut probably won't fit in it. otherwise i'd buy it.

[Mike J]

not sure about the away shirt, will have to see it up close. its ok i guess.

[halnone]

i like it

[TheGOAT]

where is the jacket?

[avoidconfusion]

Very disappointing imho... but that's probably because I am so spoiled from last season's shirts.

Don't like the new home or the new away shirt.

[The Man In Blue]

the third kit is still by far the best imo. one of the best footy kits i've ever seen.

[Dameerto]

That away shirt looks sweet.

[Goataldo]

the third kit is still by far the best imo. one of the best footy kits i've ever seen.

Faceman and I heartily agree!

I like the home and away too, but umbro (and they're not on their own) are often guilty of making generic kits and simply changing the colours to suit whichever team is wearing them. Hence the 'it's just england away but blue' comment up there^.

I like the idea of a black kit somewhere in the mix though (which I realise there now isn't) - the umbro woman talked of our 'blue roots' but didn't Gorton St Mark's play in black? Black is intimidating, hides stains, is very slimming, and is also, I have on good authority, the new black.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

I think the away is well nice and i like the black keeper kit well done umbro

[Haz]

I like the keeper kit, but not the away. The home is so similar to last seasons there's no point in me getting it. I prefer last seasons anyway.

[xavi6]

Safe to say we've downgraded from last year.

Not a fan of that away shirt (but will probably still buy it)

[halnone]

the third kit is still by far the best imo. one of the best footy kits i've ever seen.

Faceman and I heartily agree!

I like the home and away too, but umbro (and they're not on their own) are often guilty of making generic kits and simply changing the colours to suit whichever team is wearing them. Hence the 'it's just england away but blue' comment up there^.

I like the idea of a black kit somewhere in the mix though (which I realise there now isn't) - the umbro woman talked of our 'blue roots' but didn't Gorton St Mark's play in black? Black is intimidating, hides stains, is very slimming, and is also, I have on good authority, the new black.

the keeper shirt is all black.

[blootoof]

I must admit. Umbro have brought out some top kits recently, and I don't mean just ours.

[King Kev]

Ric the site owner on Bluemoon got to go to the event, heres what he had to say about them.

The new home shirt is very similar to last season's. The main difference is the collar, not exactly V-neck but not the round neck of last season either. There are very faint pin stripes on there, and the white stripe is no longer round the neck but the sleeves now.

Another distinguishable touch is the maroon/blue/white on the inside of the shirt collar. Apparently the way it's tailored is to give more empahasis to the biceps than the stomach, which may suit the fatties amongst us ;)

The shorts are all white, with the Umbro sign and City crest all in white, so you can hardly see it in the fabric. Best of all, the socks have a maroon stripe, proper old school City (circa 1974). All in all, last season's kit was a belter so it was hard to surpass. They have stayed true to that, and it's still a great kit.

We were strictly forbidden from taking photos, so I can't really display what I say, hopefully you appreciate that.

The away kit was, for me at least, an improvement on last season's all black affair. This year it is navy blue all the way. And it looks good. Really good. A deep navy blue, with the collar and sponsor in sky blue (so we always know our sky blue roots, according to the Umbro woman).

The only downside I had was the away socks, which are navy blue with loads of sky blue hoops. They gave a scientifiic reason (apparently our players could make them out more easily) but it rang a bit hollow. If that was the case, why not do it with the home socks too? The away socks are a bit shit, but that's just my opinion.

Overall though, the new kits are mint, and I imagine most will be happy. Some may complain that they're not that disimilar to last season but I think that was a conscious decision. And the new training tops are mint.

On a separate issue, we got to see the new trailer for the film, and a few clips from it. I had a few reservations before the film, thinking it may be shite. Very easy to get this type of thing wrong.

So I was elated to see the trailers. Really well done, and really tastefully done too. An absolute must see for all Blues, it looks great. I could eulogise to my heart's content, it ain't Bowling for Columbine, but it's a top documentary, and about our club. You'd be daft not to go and see it.

At the launch tonight we had Badly Drawn Boy, Mark E Smith and Kid British. Not necessairly A-list but at least a knowing nod to City. A good night all in all.

Apparently the kits won't be released to the public til next week so any questions welcomed.

Wow, that's amazing!

If only somebody off this site had posted something similar!

[HeyMark]

Bit disappointed with the kits, although the training gear is some of the best stuff I've seen!

[ant london]

Ric the site owner on Bluemoon got to go to the event, heres what he had to say about them.

The new home shirt is very similar to last season's. The main difference is the collar, not exactly V-neck but not the round neck of last season either. There are very faint pin stripes on there, and the white stripe is no longer round the neck but the sleeves now.

Another distinguishable touch is the maroon/blue/white on the inside of the shirt collar. Apparently the way it's tailored is to give more empahasis to the biceps than the stomach, which may suit the fatties amongst us ;)

The shorts are all white, with the Umbro sign and City crest all in white, so you can hardly see it in the fabric. Best of all, the socks have a maroon stripe, proper old school City (circa 1974). All in all, last season's kit was a belter so it was hard to surpass. They have stayed true to that, and it's still a great kit.

We were strictly forbidden from taking photos, so I can't really display what I say, hopefully you appreciate that.

The away kit was, for me at least, an improvement on last season's all black affair. This year it is navy blue all the way. And it looks good. Really good. A deep navy blue, with the collar and sponsor in sky blue (so we always know our sky blue roots, according to the Umbro woman).

The only downside I had was the away socks, which are navy blue with loads of sky blue hoops. They gave a scientifiic reason (apparently our players could make them out more easily) but it rang a bit hollow. If that was the case, why not do it with the home socks too? The away socks are a bit shit, but that's just my opinion.

Overall though, the new kits are mint, and I imagine most will be happy. Some may complain that they're not that disimilar to last season but I think that was a conscious decision. And the new training tops are mint.

On a separate issue, we got to see the new trailer for the film, and a few clips from it. I had a few reservations before the film, thinking it may be shite. Very easy to get this type of thing wrong.

So I was elated to see the trailers. Really well done, and really tastefully done too. An absolute must see for all Blues, it looks great. I could eulogise to my heart's content, it ain't Bowling for Columbine, but it's a top documentary, and about our club. You'd be daft not to go and see it.

At the launch tonight we had Badly Drawn Boy, Mark E Smith and Kid British. Not necessairly A-list but at least a knowing nod to City. A good night all in all.

Apparently the kits won't be released to the public til next week so any questions welcomed.

Wow, that's amazing!

If only somebody off this site had posted something similar!

Not being funny....but his tells us quite a bit more

"The new home shirt is similar to last season's. The neck is more square though and there is a white band around the cuffs. There is a feint dark blue pinstripe running down the shirts.

The socks have claret coloured hoops around the top. This is designed to help the players identify their team-mates when looking across other players.

The away shirt is dark blue but not quite as dark as the away shirt a couple of seasons ago,

Both shirts have a small city scarf emplem on the inside of the back of the colllar.

The material is pretty much the same as last season."

question that I haven't seen the answer to is what colour are the socks on the home kit? white again? with blue turnover AND a maroon band or just the maroon turnover?

and what colour are the away strip shorts?

on that note, I do really like the new 3rd strip socks

[Sister of fu]

Ric the site owner on Bluemoon got to go to the event, heres what he had to say about them.

The new home shirt is very similar to last season's. The main difference is the collar, not exactly V-neck but not the round neck of last season either. There are very faint pin stripes on there, and the white stripe is no longer round the neck but the sleeves now.

Another distinguishable touch is the maroon/blue/white on the inside of the shirt collar. Apparently the way it's tailored is to give more empahasis to the biceps than the stomach, which may suit the fatties amongst us ;)

The shorts are all white, with the Umbro sign and City crest all in white, so you can hardly see it in the fabric. Best of all, the socks have a maroon stripe, proper old school City (circa 1974). All in all, last season's kit was a belter so it was hard to surpass. They have stayed true to that, and it's still a great kit.

We were strictly forbidden from taking photos, so I can't really display what I say, hopefully you appreciate that.

The away kit was, for me at least, an improvement on last season's all black affair. This year it is navy blue all the way. And it looks good. Really good. A deep navy blue, with the collar and sponsor in sky blue (so we always know our sky blue roots, according to the Umbro woman).

The only downside I had was the away socks, which are navy blue with loads of sky blue hoops. They gave a scientifiic reason (apparently our players could make them out more easily) but it rang a bit hollow. If that was the case, why not do it with the home socks too? The away socks are a bit shit, but that's just my opinion.

Overall though, the new kits are mint, and I imagine most will be happy. Some may complain that they're not that disimilar to last season but I think that was a conscious decision. And the new training tops are mint.

On a separate issue, we got to see the new trailer for the film, and a few clips from it. I had a few reservations before the film, thinking it may be shite. Very easy to get this type of thing wrong.

So I was elated to see the trailers. Really well done, and really tastefully done too. An absolute must see for all Blues, it looks great. I could eulogise to my heart's content, it ain't Bowling for Columbine, but it's a top documentary, and about our club. You'd be daft not to go and see it.

At the launch tonight we had Badly Drawn Boy, Mark E Smith and Kid British. Not necessairly A-list but at least a knowing nod to City. A good night all in all.

Apparently the kits won't be released to the public til next week so any questions welcomed.

Wow, that's amazing!

If only somebody off this site had posted something similar!

Not being funny....but his tells us quite a bit more

"The new home shirt is similar to last season's. The neck is more square though and there is a white band around the cuffs. There is a feint dark blue pinstripe running down the shirts.

The socks have claret coloured hoops around the top. This is designed to help the players identify their team-mates when looking across other players.

The away shirt is dark blue but not quite as dark as the away shirt a couple of seasons ago,

Both shirts have a small city scarf emplem on the inside of the back of the colllar.

The material is pretty much the same as last season."

question that I haven't seen the answer to is what colour are the socks on the home kit? white again? with blue turnover AND a maroon band or just the maroon turnover?

and what colour are the away strip shorts?

on that note, I do really like the new 3rd strip socks

Someone showed a picture of Colin Bell from the 70s on bluemoon with the socks that were sky blue with the maroon turnoover and im sure they said thats what they were like.

The away kit will be all navy with hoops on the socks (think they are white), again this is to help players find one another

The shorts in the pictures above are the new home kit shorts.

[SilvaKrAzY]

i like it

That kit seriously is amazing I'll get that and the home one as I love 'em both. Not even near as much as last year though :(