Liverpool overcame Manchester City to reach the Carling Cup Final their first final at Wembley since the 1996 FA Cup Final and the club have already chosen what suit they will be wearing. The Reds last played at the home of English football in 1996 when they took on mortal enemies Manchester United in the [.

Okay. It's not just me. I've asked a few people if this thing looks like it should be worn with a kilt and have 100% agreement.
Wait a minute...Isn't Beckham intent on leading Team Great Britain at the London Olympics this summer? What better way to get the Scots on board with his leadership, eh?

Thierry Henry has all but completed his two-month loan move back to Arsenal after photos of the French striker wearing the new Arsenal shirt were released. The Gunners legend will spend two-months on loan with his former club and is even expected to feature in Arsenal's FA Cup third-round tie with Leeds United at the [.

I'm a fan. I won't say anything else about this because I can't explain how badly I am looking forward to the day where all MLS clubs can do a Retro Day.

In the past few weeks we've two impressive stories of professional soccer players battling off field problems. The first was David Testo who made public the fact that he is gay. That is challenging in and of itself, but it takes that much more courage to come out when you're a professional athlete. As impressive as that story was, I was struck by another.

Montreal unveils their new jerseys. (Photo via Montreal Impact)

It's blue. It's white. And that's about it. Simple and to the point but nothing over the top.

Boy that away jersey just screams San Jose and old school Kansas City.

What do you all think?

Train. Wreck.
Absolute train wreck. 30% off at the team store? I'm afraid you'll need to be paying me to wear such an abomination. Which, I suppose, is how they got those gentlemen above to don them. Ignoring for a moment the awfulness of the red away collars and those apparently bloody sleeves.

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri stole the headlines during his sides 2-1 defeat to Napoli n Tuesday night by sporting a pair of brightly coloured underpants! N/H The image immediately went viral as the Frenchman prepared to make his appearance from the City bench. Just who wears pants or, better still 'boxers' like those worn [.

One of the saddest parts of modern football is the way in which the non-Premier League divisions have been neglected and forgotten by the mainstream media. Take a look through some old cigarette card collections or the wonderful Football League Review magazine and you'll find that although not necessarily billed as equals with First Division clubs, many of the smaller lower league sides were included and covered alongside many of the giants of English football.

Spain have warmed up nicely ahead of their friendly clash with England at Wembley by revealing a brand new strip for Euro 2012. The outstanding feature of the new kit is its tightly-fitted nature; meaning that opponents will find it harder to tug at the European and World champions an attribute which Spanish striker [.

The first ever La Liga game played at midday resulted in a resounding 7-1 win for Real Madrid as Cristiano Ronaldo smashed home another hat-trick to crush sorry Osasuna. There was no mercy for the visitors at the Santiago Bernabeu as a ruthless Real Madrid side hit Osasuna for 7 in a Ronaldo-inspired goal frenzy.

Mario Balotelli's fabulous T-shirt asking 'Why Always Me?' is now on sale for $13.90 and is set to come to a shop near you! Balotelli curled in the opening goal at Old Trafford for visitors Manchester City before the striker stood still in Eric Cantona-like fashion, looked dead straight before brandishing a powerful, yet humorous [.

Today Chelsea have revealed their new 3rd kit for this season and I have to say straight away WHY!!?.
Why on earth do we need a 3rd kit that has black and yellow on it for god sake, so please someone tell me, I thought your kit was supposed to represent your club! How on earth does this one represent us?

Today Chelsea have revealed their new 3rd kit for this season and I have to say straight away WHY!!?.
Why on earth do we need a 3rd kit that has black and yellow on it for god sake, so please someone tell me, I thought your kit was supposed to represent your club! How on earth does this one represent us?

Uh huh, you know what it is. The Trotters are back in black for the first time since the Anelka days. A photo of our away shirt leaked ages ago but this morning, we have got a photo of Gretar Steinsson wearing the full kit and in my opinion... It's fantastic.
As you can see, the kit is all black save for yellow badges, yellow Reebok logos, a white 188Bet sponsor logo, and some yellow accents.

Is this the new Chelsea 3rd strip?.
Credit to todosobrecamisetas.net to obtained a leaked photo. It's totally different to anything we would even consider but based on some of our kits in recent times it's not too bad in my opinion.
What are your thoughts?
KTBFFH
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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.

This shirt reminds me of...... I don't know about you but this shirt from the 2001/02 season always reminds me of Juan Sebastian Veron. I'd be lying if I said the ultimate failure of Veron to fulful his undoubted potential at United isn't one of my greatest disappointments down the years. When 'Seba' [.

Arsenal have unveiled their new away kit for the 2011/2012 season with the club opting for a traditional blend of dark navy and light blue in a combo swoosh!

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Available for pre-order from Tuesday 28, June, 2011, the new away jersey showcases the proud origins of the North London-based club 125 years ago.

Liverpool's new 3rd kit is to be unveiled tomorrow, but we've got exclusive pictures revealing the kit that may shock some fans, by having blue in it!

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The fan response to the leaked images of our apparent new away shirt has been overwhelmingly negative. Me, I fucking love it. Guess I just have something for the atypical.

Photo courtesy of Football Shirt Culture

What do you guys think?

Real Madrid and Barcelona have both unveiled their new strips for the 2011/2012 season by adding a little twist and elegance.

The pair have been involved in some weighty clashes on the field having squared up no less than five times this season as the eternal rivals continue to monopolize the top of La Liga.

Do you ever skim through the hot-off-the-press football strips and flush green with envy because your club have churned out yet another eye-sore? If your answer to this question is yes, then read on. If not, consider yourself lucky...

First of all I must say those who support a classic coloured team gain an advantage come post season.

Well we saw the teasers. We got excited. Your beloved blogger Mark even made a mock up of what he thought (hoped) the new shirts would look like. And then tonight, we find out that the look like this.
It's difficult to know what to say at this point except that it's all wrong. I was hoping that it would grow on me, but it just gets worse every time I look at it.

Everyone has been talking for weeks about the new LFC kit, and plenty of fakes have been circulated over the internet, but we have a picture of both the LFC 11/12 away kit and the new 11/12 LFC goalkeeper shirt!

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The new Chelsea Home kit is available now. Click here to order.
I really like it!
KTBFFH

It's that time of year again, when the leaked images start surfacing and the message boards light up with insinuation and rumor-mongering as to what our colors for next year will be. After the jump, we have two photos of what may well come.

So, first, we have an image of one Frank Lampard rocking what would be considered our home/first kit for next year.

So I watched the first half of First Kick last night, desperate for my initial 2011 fix of domestic ball with the training wheels taken off. Not having a particular rooting interest for either team (beyond wishing it were possible that both could lose), I found myself a detached viewer, imagining, as I suppose is only natural for the inherently insecure long-term American soccer fan, what someone from foreign climes peering in at our exotic little strain of the game would think or what assumptions they might make about MLS given this brief window into our world.

So I watched the first half of First Kick last night, desperate for my initial 2011 fix of domestic ball with the training wheels taken off. Not having a particular rooting interest for either team (beyond wishing it were possible that both could lose), I found myself a detached viewer, imagining, as I suppose is only natural for the inherently insecure long-term American soccer fan, what someone from foreign climes peering in at our exotic little strain of the game would think or what assumptions they might make about MLS given this brief window into our world.

The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) presented today Argentina's new kit, to be used in Copa America. The home kit is quite nice, the away not at all. Messi is looking rather nice though...

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1. Messi Takes Ballon D'Or Award
2. Messi novel resolved.

Fashion puts it stamp on just about every decade. From 60's suits to 70's flares, the puff-ball skirts, rolled-up jacket sleeves and torn jeans of the 80's, through to the beginnings of the anti-fashion trend in the '90's and finally on to the chav-and-Ugg's generation we have now. Football jerseys have moved with the times too, capturing the styles of the day.

Sportlifestyle brand PUMA kicked off the 2011 women's soccer season during a launch event Thursday night, while celebrating a momentous year for the sport, a new season for Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), and the debut of the PUMA Women's Soccer Training Collection.

With the FIFA Women's World Cup on the horizon, PUMA pulled out all the stops to showcase its longstanding commitment to women's soccer, the best female players on the planet, and the millions of young rising stars throughout the world.

Looks like the club is already recovering some of that British record transfer fee.

Movin' units

Marketability. The Mirror today has a story regarding the retail madness that has been Fernando Torres shirt sales. Since the Spanish striker joined Chelsea from Liverpool on Monday night, the club have reportedly sold a billion No.

While we're on the subject of obsessing about shirts...
Sounders HQ should be taking notes from this guy (or gal).
Hell, after looking at the rest of the gallery, the league as a whole should pony up for a consulting fee right now (with the understanding that goddamn adidas™ still sucks in fantasyland—witness the New England kits—though the Packers ones aren't bad).

I saw this link earlier and boy did it get passed around twitter like crazy. I finally got time this evening to talk about it and post the images from it. Someone out there had some mad photoshop skills and did some NFL team's soccer kits.

Honestly these are all great. My favorites are St. Louis, Buffalo, and Green Bay.

The DC United third shirt announcement got me thinking about the distribution of shirt colors in MLS, notably the common complaint amongst league fans that "everything is red and blue" with navy blue often singled out as a particularly egregious offender. So I did what seemed logical and headed for a spreadsheet (sad, I know, but true).

Marketing? Money-grab? Shameless euro-poseurism? Jedi mind trick ("these aren't the forwards you're looking for...")?
All of the above.
But screw it. News is slow. In lieu of speculation on where the goals are going to come from this year, let's roll with the fashion angle and tea leaf strewn guessing-game nonsense, shall we?

As part of Nike's French 'new era' campaign a Nike representative talks football to new manager Laurent Blanc. It's all arty and stuff...

Oh, and it looks like a rugby shirt.

Related posts:

1. More than just a shirt sponsor...
2. Pottinger tackles.