By Chris Wright

Those canny devils over at Umbro have just launched their 'Icons Reissued' collection, which sees them reproducing a small gaggle of premium stitch-for-stitch replicas of some of the brand's most classic designs from yesteryear.

You'll be glad to know that Pies have been able to nab a few photos of the new range from the folk over at Umbro, which contains but four vintage items starting with Sir Alf Ramsey's iconic England 1966 World Cup Anthem Jacket.

We've been sent what appear to be the new shirts from Puma for Newcastle United for next season. They were sent by the Football Shirts site, but the very first thing that you see is the old Northern Rock logo and of course that will now be Virgin Money. But after contacting the Football Shirt site, [.

When the two Manchester clubs were drawn together in the FA Cup third round, it opened the door to other clubs with aspirations of lifting the famous old trophy.

One of the best two sides in England at this present time will be out of the FA Cup and that opens the competition up to the rest.

I'd always thought that tartan in football strips was a mid 90s phenomenon restricted to Scotland's Euro 96 team and Morton.
Yet it seems it's a trend that is almost as old as the game itself.
The 10th Lanarkshire Volunteers combined navy jerseys and red socks with Black Watch tartan "knickerbockers" way back in 1884-85 while in 1888-89 Vale of Atholl adopted breeches fashioned from the local tartan.

Best Selling Football Shirts - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Sales of football gear derive a large amount of the profits football clubs make. International tournaments like the World Cup and the European Championship give national teams a chance to boost their merchandise sales as well.

Controversial QPR midfielder Joey Barton has finally ended his war of words with former club Newcastle United.

Those looking at Premiership predictions note how Toon boss manager Alan Pardew criticised Barton this week for comments he made about the St James' Park hierarchy.

And with the vital Premier League clash with Chelsea coming up this weekend, negative publicity is the last thing needed at Newcastle, and to be fair at any club.

The Africa Artist Series. Created for the African Cup of Nations.

In an effort to truly harness the identity of different African nations participating in the upcoming 2012 African Cup of Nations (co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea), PUMA called upon local African artists to symbolically represent their nation's essence by designing respective football shirts for the tournament.

David Villa signs for Benitez

Spain are in London this weekend to face England in the friendly at Wembley but Rafael Benítez caught up with the squad before their trip and persuaded a number of them to sign football shirts for him to be auctioned for charity. As already mentioned on this site, a shirt signed by Spain's World Cup winning coach Vicente Del Bosque is up for auction and all proceeds from the sale will go the various charities that the Montse Benítez Foundation (MBF) raises funds for.

It's been another bad week for Hibs.
So I'm happy to share some good news.
Seven years ago Hibs awarded their exclusive merchandise rights to themselves.
That meant the club shop at Easter Road was the only place fans could buy official club merchandise.
This had its benefits.

Spain New Jersey 2012 Euro- Adidas Spanish Home Jersey 12-13 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Spain New Jersey 2012 Euro- Adidas Spanish Home Jersey 12-13 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This is Spain's new jersey for Euro 2012 that was released today by Adidas.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists he is not looking to bring unsettled Man City striker Carlos Tevez to White Hart Lane, because they wouldn't be able to afford his wages.

Tevez appears on the verge of leaving the Etihad Stadium after being handed a two week suspension and two week's wages fine for apparently refusing to come on as a substitute in City's 2-0 Champions League defeat against Bayern Munich.

Football can do a lot of things. It can turn completely stable people into emotional wrecks, it can play with our emotions like nothing else, save perhaps a member of the opposite sex. In short, it's a very powerful thing. One thing it should not do, however, is to change our perspective. Not footballing perspective, of course you should feel free to argue that your team is better than my team, your fans are louder than my fans, your grass is greener than our grass.

With the latest round of international fixtures out of the way, attention turns to Anfield at Saturday lunchtime with Liverpool hosting Champions and bitter rivals Manchester United.

It is a clash which will be a huge test of the title credentials of Kenny Dalglish's side as the Reds look to put down a marker and derail United's own title bid.

Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Tartan Army and another major step back for the national team at a time when the quality of player available for selection is as high as it has been for some time.

Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Tartan Army and another major step back for the national team at a time when the quality of player available for selection is as high as it has been for some time.

Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Tartan Army and another major step back for the national team at a time when the quality of player available for selection is as high as it has been for some time.

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In this week's review section, a wonderful gesture by the Old Lady, Korean clubs in the Asian Champions League and a football executive forced to resign in England.

A bright future looms on the horizon in Libya with spectacular scenes overnight of celebration and victory over the decades long dictatorship of Muammar el-Qaddafi. Many have lost their lives during this struggle but they should all be remembered as heroes.

As for those fighters still on the front line risking their lives, and the countless innocent victims of Qaddafi's regime, one thing has stood out amongst the endless snapshots of war football shirts.

By Chris Wright

Granted, we know next to nothing about the NHL/Ice Hockey, in fact, we haven't watched any since Charlie Conway was earmarked as the next big thing back in the early '90s but, nevertheless, these 'ere 'Sockey' kits get our seal of approval.

Some dilligent (presumably otherwise unemployed) soul has been busy, beavering away at producing these fantasy Sockey strips i.

Manchester United striker ahead of Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal stars in selling football replica kits - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Wayne Rooney was king of the replica kit last season. The Manchester United striker's surname was the most popular for the back of Premier League replica shirts.

Football-Shirts leaks what appears to be this season's third kit. Eh.

As with this year's away, I was initially impressed but am now indifferent. It's clean, which is a plus, yet could have been so much more. I feel as if this colorway could have been used in a much more innovative fashion.

To Birtley yesterday for the unusual treat of enjoying three games for just three quid.
The Northern Leagues United day was raising funds for both Birtley Town and Cobaltore Onagawa, a Japanese club from the area of that country devastated by this year's tsunami.
The highlight of the day, I'm using the term loosely, was a clash between Northern League Fans and a motley collection of Football Writers.

By Chris Wright

Here's a photo of Snoop Doggy Doo Dah in his stylish Diedre Rachid glasses, posing with the 'Matildas' (i.e, the Australian Women's World Cup team) at their hotel in Germany t'other day.

For 'nonplussed', read 'baked out of his tree'....

"Man, I am waaaay too faded for this shizzle.

Due to a brief summer break, this week's quick round-up football charities is a little later than usual, but this evening we have another couple of causes related to the game which prove that, for all of the bad news that seems to be out there and it can seem, from time to time, to be perpetual there is still some good that can come from the heart of the game.

New Arsenal FC Away Jersey 2011-2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

New Arsenal FC Away Jersey 2011-2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Nike and Arsenal FC have just released the new Arsenal away jersey 2011/2012 that Arsenal will wear as their second kit/change strip during the 2011/2012 Premier League campaign.

New Aston Villa Away Jersey 2011-2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

New Aston Villa Away Jersey 2011-2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Aston Villa have released their new away jersey 2011/2012 which they will wear in their away games during the 2011/2012 season.

Just been adding plenty of stuff to Asian Football Memorabilia - probably the only site of its kind devoted to souvenirs and memorabilia from South East Asian Football.
Check out the site for Indonesian, Singapore and Cambodian football shirts, handbooks, programmes and much, much more.
Could anyone be so sad.

New Tottenham Jersey 2011-2012 Home, Away & Third Shirts for 11/12 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

New Tottenham Jersey 2011-2012 Home, Away & Third Shirts for 11/12 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter These are the new Tottenham Hotspur jerseys for 2011/2012, released by Tottenham Hotspur and their kit partners Puma on June 20, 2011.

New Swansea Home Jersey 2011-2012 Premier League Adidas is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

New Swansea Home Jersey 2011-2012 Premier League Adidas is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This is the new Swansea home jersey 2011/2012 that Welsh club Swansea City AFC will don in their home games during the 11/12 season.

Liverpool FC have unveiled their new third jersey for 2011/2012 today ( 16 June 2011). The new third Liverpool third jersey is a throwback to the Reds' first home kit in 1892 and uses white, blue and black as its colours. However the blue in the jersey has invited mocking comments from third parties, who [.

Under the circumstances, Sir Alex Ferguson could certainly be forgiven for calling it a day at Old Trafford, picking up his golf clubs and his gardening tools and enjoying a well earned retirement. After 25 years, the United boss has seen and done it all in the game and the retirement of Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, along with the imminent end of Ryan Giggs, marks the end of an era for Sir Alex.

Real Madrid officially unveiled their new home jersey 11/12. The new Real Madrid white and gold jersey was already leaked on the internet prior to the jersey's official unveiling by Adidas and Madrid. Here is a photo of Kaka and Angel Di Maria unveiling the new Madrid jersey 2011/2012. Related posts:New Chelsea Jersey 11/12 Adidas [.

This is the new Chelsea away jersey 11/12, unveiled by Chelsea FC and their jersey partners Adidas on June 9, 2011. The new Chelsea away jersey 11/12 is a turqouise and black creation from Adidas. The jersey had been leaked on the internet prior to its official release by Chelsea and Adidas. Chelsea star Frank [.

With Guus Hiddink closing in on returning as the new Chelsea boss, the veteran Dutch coach will be under no illusions about the scale of the task awaiting him on his return to Stamford Bridge. It was a reunion that always seemed destined to happen Hiddink was hugely popular during his first spell as Chelsea coach and neither he nor the club really wanted to leave, but his contractual obligations with the Russian National Team meant he could not continue in the role.

In one of my less busy moments at work this morning I wondered aloud why the Albirex Niigata replica shirt costs 98 SGD was nearly twice as expensive as the Geylang United one which costs 50 SGD.
Koh Mui Tee, who is the Albirex Niigata manager, tells me that it is down to demand. They shift about 150 shirts a year while Geylang United manage a fraction of that.

Can women's football drum up as much profitable merchandise as the men's game? Manufacturers certainly want to find out and have made everything from football shirts to collectible stickers available to fans.

Everyone knows that Liverpool have not had a great couple of years, but since the return of Kenny Dalglish, the sale of Fernando Torres and the signings of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll that all took place in January, there has been a really positive change at the club and fans will be optimistic for what the future holds nowYou can tell the way that those wearing Liverpool football shirts are expressing themselves on the park is in a much more liberal manner, giving them more freedom to play to the best of their ability.

Nike have officially released the new Manchester United home jersey 2011-2012 ( 11/12). The photos of the new Man Utd jersey 2011/2012 were leaked on the internet prior to the kit's official release, and photos of the official released new jersey match with that of the leaked pics doing the rounds. The new Manchester United [.

This is the new black Barcelona jersey 11/12, the first time in several years that that we will be seeing FC Barcelona wear a black away top. Internet sites had for long rumoured that the new Barca away jersey 2011/2012 would be black in colour and Nike have confirmed this rumour with the official release [.

This is the new Barcelona shirt 2011/2012 by Nike, featuring Qatar Foundation as the new shirt sponsors. The new Barca shirt 2011/2012 will be officially revealed tonight ( May 17, 2011) at the Nou Camp, but this photo of the new home top was on sale at Nike's website. Photos of both the front and [.