Georgina has come of age.

Having done my apprenticeship, I think it is fair to say I am now a fully qualified football fan.

That's not to say I think I know everything. Far from it.

But I now know the basic skills of my trade. I have demonstrated my ability to;

• Follow my team through thick and thin (in my case largely thin)
• Wear my football shirt every Saturday (home strip when we are at home, away strip when we are away like today)
• Sing in the stands
• Have an opinion
• Despise Leeds United in a random but deeply felt way
• Eat pies

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No, Steven Gerrard isn't wearing a goalkeeper's jersey in the picture. It's Liverpool's third strip for the 2008/2009 season, which was just officially unveiled by the club. Designed by Adidas and sponsored by Carlsberg, the new third strip will be worn in select Champions League matches. The shirt features a black collar, white trim and aqua [. Click to continue reading...

It's a pretty sad reflection on the state of football shirt design when it's much to pick the five worst ones than is to find the best kits for the 2008/2009 Premier League season. Many of the new shirt designs are boring and predictable, borrowing the designs from already created templates. Adidas and Umbro are particularly [. Click to continue reading...

Relief is on the way for Middlesbrough fans who often spill beer on their football shirts.Errea, the manufacturers of Boro's new home and away football jerseys, have woven in flecks of titanium and silver into the new shirts making them waterproof and resistant to other liquids. No, I'm not making this up. Click to continue reading...

Middlesbrough has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season with a design that's manufactured by Errea and sponsored by Garmin. The blue and black striped shirt is reminiscent of Inter Milan's home shirt. But interestingly, according to the Middlesbrough web site, "the new shirt sees a return of the blue and black vertical stripes [. Click to continue reading...

Nice to see them in dark shorts again, but that's quite similar to Malamine Koné's Airness design for us two years ago.  This from the wonderful Football Shirt Culture site, needless to say. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa today unveiled their new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season. The new shirt is designed by Nike and sponsored by Acorns Children's Hospice and is, in fact, the same shirt design that Football Shirt Culture leaked on Friday. The new kit will be available for sale beginning July 24, and is currently available for [. Click to continue reading...

Photographs of Aston Villa's new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season have been leaked courtesy of Football Shirt Culture. The new shirt from Nike features the name of Acorns Children's Hospice as its chief sponsor. The home shirt is designed in the traditional claret and blue of Aston Villa and features the recently updated club crest [. Click to continue reading...

If you had to guess what color Liverpool's new third shirt will be for the 2008/2009 season, you wouldn't expect it to be green but as ridiculous as it sounds, it's true. Last season Liverpool wore black for their European away shirt. This year, the Adidas shirt will be green with a white trim (pictured [. Click to continue reading...