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Kitman: Manchester City unveil new home kit

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Manchester City have unveiled their new home kit for next season during their post-season trip to New York. As well as announcing their involvement in a new MLS franchise, the club has attempted to maximise exposure for their US visit by also launching the new kit. The kit is City's first to be manufactured by [.

Kitman: New Liverpool home kit 2013/14

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Liverpool have revealed their home kit for next season. It's the second shirt to be made by American kit supplier Warrior. Given its nods to the kit of the 1983/84 European Cup-winning shirts in the shape of the collar and white trim, we're guessing this will probably be a hit with Reds supporters. And even [.

Kitman: Chelsea unveil new home kit

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Chelsea have unveiled the new home kit at the scene of a Smurf massacre. David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Fernando Torres and Oscar are all implicated in the vicious and sustained attack on the Smurfs, with the Stamford Bridge old guard are conspicuous in their absence from the main publicity photo for the new kit.

Kitman: Barnsley play in Crystal Palace’s away kit

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Barnsley were forced to play their Championship clash with Crystal Palace in their opponents' away kit on Saturday. Ahead of the match, referee Kevin Stroud decided that both Barnsley's home and away strips were to similar to Palace's red and blue home kit. Left with no suitable kit to wear, the Tykes had to don [.

Arsenal

Kitman: New England kit unveiled by Jack Wilshere

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The new England kit has been revealed through the medium of a slightly strange tweet from Arsenal's Jack Wilshere. The midfielder posted a photo of the new kit on his Twitter account with the message: "Like this kid, my England dream began here, so he was first in #theshirt – England's new kit from @NikeFootball.

Howard Webb swaps shirts after being bitten by midges (Newcastle vs Arsenal)

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Referee Howard Webb and his team of officials swapped shirts at half-time during yesterday's match between Newcastle and Arsenal amid fears that their yellow jerseys were irresistible to Tyneside's insect life. After being bitten by midges in the first-half, Webb and his assistants swapped to green shirts at half-time.

Robin Van Persie turns down Manchester United’s number 9 shirt

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Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie has turned down the opportunity to take the club's number 9 shirt next season because he doesn't want fans to be out of pocket. RVP has worn 20 on his back this season and is reluctant to swap and disappoint supporters who have bought a number 20 shirt. The [.

Video: Arsene Wenger suffers zip problems yet again (Arsenal 3-1 Norwich)

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's ongoing war with his coat saw another vicious battle at the weekend. In the opening stages of Saturday's home win over Norwich, the Frenchman was captured by TV cameras once again engaged in hand-to-hand combat with his knee-length puffa jacket. This time it was the zip that was causing Wenger problems.

Kitman – Arsenal’s new away kit for 2013/14

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Whether or not this is a fake remains to be seen (there is a slightly polo shirt look to it and the badge looks a touch cheap), but it seems that this may be a leaked version of Arsenal's new away shirt for next season. 2013/14 is the last season that Arsenal have with current [...]

Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere pictured wearing West Ham shirt

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Relax Arsenal fans, it's not the biggest shock in transfer window history! The pictures above show Jack Wilshere as a young whipper-snapper taking a shine to the West Ham strip. Just to make us all feel old, we're pretty sure the likes of Paolo Di Canio trotted about in that very jersey edition. Although the [.

The real reason why Arsenal’s Andre Santos swapped shirts with Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie

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The fella just needed a new tablecloth.


Arsenal pair Olivier Giroud and Francis Coquelin give their shirts away before extra-time against Reading

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Arsenal enjoyed an incredible comeback to beat Reading 5-7 in the Capital One Cup yesterday evening, but Olivier Giroud and Francis Coquelin gave their shirts away before the job was complete. The pair threw their jerseys into the crowd at full-time with the score at 4-4, believing they were through to the next round on [.

Noticias: Man United’s Kitman Mispells Anderson’s Name, Andy Carroll Drops ‘Bomb’ On Bench

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Things didn't start on a positive note for Man United after their 0-1 opening defeat to Everton yesterday and it appears even the club's own kitman hadn't expected "Andesron" to come on, after a terrible season (he was an unused substitute).

English Premier League

Kitman: New Manchester United home kit leaked

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This is reported to be Manchester United's new home kit for next season. The champions are set to return to defend their Premier League title equipped with button down collars if these images are anything to go by. The new kit is expect to go on sale on menswear sites such as Sports Direct, as [...]

QPR keeper Julio Cesar dons a Chelsea kit for David Luiz’s birthday party

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Earlier today we brought you some entertaining pictures of David Luiz wearing a Chelsea Pensioner's outfit to his fancy dress birthday party. What we didn't realise at the time was that QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar attended his compatriot's bash, presumably dressed as Luiz. That meant that, in the week that QPR virtually ensured their relegation [.

Former Spurs man Didier Zokora rebrands as ‘Maestro’, Chelsea old boy Salomon Kalou becomes ‘Kalhuno’

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Too many African Cup of Nations tournaments will drive a player to distraction. The back-to-back competitions seem to have convinced several Ivory Coast players that they need to change their names in order to keep things fresh. Clearly jealous of team-mate Gervinho faux-Brazilian nickname, a couple of former Premier League players have rebranded themselves.

Nike Maxim footballs for 2012/2013 season

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The top leagues across Europe have been using the Nike Maxim footballs, but as of last weekend, the Nike Maxim Hi-Vis ball has been introduced to the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga. The Nike Maxim Hi-Vis take the visual acuity game to the next level with multiple colors on the ball's surface that [.

Liverpool

Newcastle fans angered as Hatem Ben Arfa dons PSG shirt

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Gym members at Tyneside health club were left furious on Monday night after Hatem Ben Arfa turned up to do his workout in a PSG kit. Just two days after the Newcastle winger came on as a sub during the 6-0 hammering at home to Liverpool, he opted for the unfortunate choice of outfit as [...]

Optimistic / deranged Liverpool fan wearing personalised Balotelli shirt

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This in the know Liverpool fan has preempted the final two weeks of transfer window activity and opted for a 'Balotelli 10′ personalised shirt. Snapped by fellow bus passenger @SeanBailey_7, this lad has clearly decided that Mario's future lies away from Manchester City. At Anfield, to be precise. Hmmm.

Former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish distances himself from Luis Suarez support t-shirts

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Ex-Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says the controversial decision to wear t-shirts in support of Luis Suarez following racism allegations against him was not made by him. He claims the decision was made by the players. He told talkSPORT: "I didn't send them out in the T-shirts. The boys decided that themselves.

Videos

Video: Juan Mata hand-delivers new Chelsea shirt to fan

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Chelsea star Juan Mata made a personal visit to a Blues supporter's workplace to hand his pre-ordered replica shirt to him. The unsuspecting fan had bought into the club's "it's blue. What else matters?" slogan, which encouraged fans to pre-order the shirt without so much as seeing him. As a thank you, he was plucked [.

Bolivian president Evo Morales dresses Lionel Messi in a poncho

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With the world's best footballer in town for a World Cup qualifier, Bolivia's president Evo Morales took the opportunity to foist the national dress upon him. Morales handed Lionel Messi a poncho to wear when the two met. The Barcelona star duly obliged, although he seemed eager to get out of his poncho again as [.

Be Mercurial: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo stars in an arty new Nike video

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It looks a bit like a football-themed disaster movie at first, then it looks a bit like the Matrix... but it's actually an advert for Nike's new Mercurial boots. We finally know why Cristiano Ronaldo uses quite so much hair gel: so he can continue to perform in even the windiest of conditions.

England

Kitman: New England Nike shirt

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When England take on the Republic of Ireland at the end of May it will mark the first occasion on which they shall where a Nike kit after ending their long association with Umbro. There has been a lot of discussion about what look Nike would go for, but for me the navy collar gives [...]

West Brom defender Jonas Olsson auctions Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s wonder goal boots

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's four-goal boots from Sweden's win over England are being auctioned for charity. In a similar fashion to an outstanding racehorse who goes to stud, the boots are being used to generate some cash rather than having every last wondergoal wrung out of them. The boots promise to be quite a collector's item, especially [.

Spain

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new Nike CR Mercurial IX boots help you to pick your lottery numbers

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Famed for his natty fashion sense, Cristiano Ronaldo is now opting to get statty instead. The Real Madrid star is to don a pair of specially designed CR Mercurial IX to commemorate his achievements in 2012. The boots have seven numbers featured on to the side as well as featured within a CR7 graphic.

Real Sociedad display names of their fans on their shirts instead of sponsor

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Spanish La Liga side Real Sociedad have chosen a novel way to get over their inability to find a sponsor and also get closer to their fans. The club have decided to have the names of 22 fans on their shirts, which will be drawn from the clubs 25,000 members in a big raffle draw. [...]

Celtic boss Neil Lennon ends the race for Lionel Messi’s jersey by banning shirt-swapping with Barcelona

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Celtic's players have been banned from swapping shirts with illustrious Champions League opponents Barcelona in a bid to stop them being starstruck. Manager Neil Lennon hopes the move will keep his side focused on the match rather than playing a game of 'Who Will Be Standing Closest To Lionel Messi At The Final Whistle?

Manchester United

Kitman – Is this Manchester United’s new home shirt?

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It appears that Manchester United's new home shirt for next season may have been leaked online already. Initial thoughts are that at least the gingham style has been excluded after just one season, because it was fairly dreadful. Additionally, the shirt has a button collar coming part way down the front, almost a polo shirt [.

Kitman: Manchester United’s Anderson become Andesron after spelling FAIL

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Robin Van Persie and Shinji Kagawa's debuts were the ones that Manchester United fans were most interested in as their side faced Everton last night. But there was also a first appearance for little known Peruvian mountain dweller Andes Ron. Ron came on as a late substitute after a mix-up in the middle of Anderson's [.

The Rest

Kitman: New Newcastle 2013/14 away kit revealed

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Newcastle's away kit for next season has been revealed... through the medium of a rather sultry looking Steven Taylor. He must have been working on his pout. It's the first Magpies shirt to be released since a controversial sponsorship deal with payday loan company Wonga.com was announced. The Puma kit comes in an insignia blue [.

Kitman – AC Milan’s new shirt (with a pocket?)

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Without unnecessarily resorting to national stereotypes, we had the Italians down as a stylish bunch, and Milan is the fashion capital of Italy. Surely, therefore, AC Milan would't make any serious faux pas when designing their.... Ah, I see. Whilst we aren't sold on the gold colour of the kit (Barcelona did something similar a [.

Kitman – Olympique Lyon’s new third strip glows in the dark

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Well aren't Lyon the clever clogs eh? For this season the French club became the first ever team to release a 3D kit, but their third kit for next season goes a little bit childhood retro on us. It is going to have areas that will glow in the dark. Quite why we are not [...]

Kitman – Ajax players deliver club’s new away shirt to lucky fans

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Aww, isn't that sweet. Ajax may have won the Dutch league (again) this season, but that doesn't mean that the club haven't forgotten the fans that buy replica shirts. They made the decision to release their new away kit be presenting 32 lucky supporters with the new away kit for pre-ordering online, one fan for [.

Competition: Win a pair of PUMA evoSPEED 1.2 CAMO

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The new PUMA evoSPEED 1.2 CAMO will hit pitches this weekend with Sergio Agüero and Radamel Falcao both wearing these eye catching boots. They're designed for players whose game is based around speed – blink and they'll be gone! The CAMO version will be on sale from May 6, before the new evoSPEED 1.

Kitman: Everton’s new club crest

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It seems that this may indeed be Everton's new club crest? Firstly to note is the removal of the club's motto 'Nil Satis Nisi Optimum', although that phrase only appeared on the badge since 1991. Without being overly critical, it does seem to have been overly-simplified into something that has been created on Microsoft Paint.

Kitman: Barnsley forced to play in Crystal Palace’s away kit

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The attached footage of the game is admittedly rather grainy but it gets across the rather amateur and Sunday League message perfectly. Barnsley travelled to Selhust Park yesterday to face Crystal Palace, but they ended up wearing the away kjit of their opponents after the referee deemed that Barnsley's away shirt clashed with the Palace [.

Kitman: New Celtic home shirt leaked

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Celtic have a new sponsor next season, with cider manufacturer Magners taking over the reins. The immediately evident change with the kit is the splitting of the wide green stripes into smaller stripes, the first time the club have made such a change. It also has a v-neck collar to show off Georgios Samaras' gorgeous [.

Kitman – New Manchester City home shirt leaked

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Manchester City are changing their kit manufacturer as Umbro is enveloped by Nike after signing a six-year deal with the giant. And it seems that their new brand are not looking to change too much to City's current design. The white trim on collars and cuffs are a tweak, whilst the climalite air pockets also [.

Kitman: Sao Paulo take their kit launch to intergalactic levels

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The Brazilians sure don't do half measures when it comes to football do they?! When Sao Paulo came to launch their new kit, they decided against the simple display in the club shop, or even getting scantily-clad ladies to drape themselves in the new attire (a South American staple). Instead, they attached the kit to [.