Oh look "Another" kit thread - Admiral anyone?

[The_Green_Man]

Just admiring the simplicity of Wimbledon's new Admiral kit for the coming season and it led me to casting my eye back on a supplier who quite possibly created some of the finest Blades kits of yesteryear in my own humble opinion.

It has to be said that I am somewhat a traditionalist when it comes to football kits and whilst Adidas are a leading brand who in all fairness have created a decent enough kit for the coming season, I do find myself longing for a bit of retro simplicity.

Once again this leads me back to Admiral who appear to be making a leap back into the British market as a manufacturer again! I had a quick at the kit builder on the website and I am overjoyed and almost slightly aroused to see some fantastic retro templates, the one of note being the "sheffield" template. The iconic seventies number worn by such greats as Currie, Woodward and Sabella.

Now I know that this might ruffle a few feathers of the Adidas lovers however would it be such a bad thing to revert back to a traditional, British manufacturer like Admiral upon completion of the kit deal? After all we don't need our team to wear snazzy, modern stock templates.....It would be great to have a bit of "authenticity" back!

To give you an idea of the beautiful retro templates on offer take a look below at a few quick "mock ups" of away kits from the kit builder. A case could be made for each as I am sure you can agree however my head and heart sway towards the first.

As for the home kit. This quite simple! Bring back the lovely, traditional, thick striped Admiral shirt from the seveties!

 

[The_Green_Man]

 

[blade too long]

I love the fact they can tuck the bottom of their shorts into the top of their socks in cold weather

 

[Revolution]

The problem with Admiral kits is:

1. We wore them during our worst top division season of all time and our subsequent slide into the lower divisions. Not exactly happy memories.

2. I associate them with Dirty Leeds and Don Revie more than with us.

 

[FriethBlade]

Revolution you forgot :

3. The cheese grater material result wd in sore nipples and the occasional blood stain !

I do like the kit mock ups, the white shirt with diagonal stripes is quality

 

[Jermyn]

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This was the first shirt I bought aged 10 with my own money. 6quid if memory serves back in 1978 the material wasn't the best though, it always gave ne nipped chafing

 

[pommpey]

Still think we should have diamonds.

*shoots self*

pommpey

 

[The Crab]

Still think we should have diamonds.

*shoots self*

pommpey

Worst...........kit.........ever. Got to go and bleach my brain now, took years for me to forget that shirt!

 

[bladestrivia]

my first ever shirt was the sabbela pic ive got the one woody is wearing to

 

[S6 Blade]

As long as our away kit is not the like derby's home kit. They look like they are on their way to school with their backpacks on!

 

[DifferentClass]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I sometimes buy clothes from Sainsburys (money is tight you know...) and recently acquired a nice retro-style trackie top from their Admiral collection. Absolutely gorgeous.

The problem with Admiral kits is... I associate them with Dirty Leeds and Don Revie more than with us.

I also associate Admiral heavily with the dirties, considering they once had their logo emblazoned across the sponsor area! However, take comfort in knowing they supplied a good percentage of the league's sportswear in the mid/late 70s. Remember Coventry/Dundee/Wales' "tramline" kit?