Promotion/Relegation Kits

[mattbianco1]

In the kit thread someone mentioned that they would've preferred white socks on the new kit. I have always thought that Black Shorts/White Socks were the best combination. A friend of mine suggested that we always get relegated in white shorts. So i checked.

The following is all kits that we have been relegated wearing (since WWII) followed by all the kits we've been promoted wearing. It's quite interesting to see that it's the white socks which seem to be relegation fodder. Twice we've gone down with White shorts. And in terms of promotions, we've NEVER been promoted in White Shorts (i guess the closest was in 2003).

We've also done pretty well in red socks.

I thought that was an interesting 10mins anyway..

RELEGATION FODDER


PROMOTION CLASSICS

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

So what we can deduce from this is that....the kits we've been relegated in look very similar to the kits we've been promoted in.

Superb stuff.

 

[Silent Blade]

In the kit thread someone mentioned that they would've preferred white socks on the new kit. I have always thought that Black Shorts/White Socks were the best combination. A friend of mine suggested that we always get relegated in white shorts. So i checked.

The following is all kits that we have been relegated wearing (since WWII) followed by all the kits we've been promoted wearing. It's quite interesting to see that it's the white socks which seem to be relegation fodder. Twice we've gone down with White shorts. And in terms of promotions, we've NEVER been promoted in White Shorts (i guess the closest was in 2003).

We've also done pretty well in red socks.

I thought that was an interesting 10mins anyway..

RELEGATION FODDER
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PROMOTION CLASSICS
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Where's the 1892-93 promotion kit?

 

[mattbianco1]

Another interesting fact is that last season was the 1st time we've worn black socks since being in League 1.

 

[mattbianco1]

So what we can deduce from this is that....the kits we've been relegated in look very similar to the kits we've been promoted in.

Superb stuff.

No. We can deduce that we're not very good in White socks. FACT!

Bring on the black!!!!

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

So to summarise, we need to stay well away from red & white stripes, and instead try to go for some sort of white & red stripped concoction instead...

 

[FTPE]

Add this to the promotion catogry. You don't look that good without going up.
That's our stall well and truly set out.

 

[SteveBlade]

If you remove all of the stripes bar one and then increase the lone stripes size to make up the entire shirt is it still a stripe?

 

[frechyblade]

We also seem to get relegated when we have a black stripe in the kit!!

UTB

 

[Bladesman]

Another interesting fact is that last season was the 1st time we've worn black socks since being in League 1.

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I always thought the white socks were holding us back.

 

[DifferentClass]

We also seem to get relegated when we have a black stripe in the kit!!

UTB

As shit as the 75/76 season was the kit was undoubtedly a classic. So were the black Admiral trackies with the player names on the back. *drools*

 

[mattbianco1]

We also seem to get relegated when we have a black stripe in the kit!!

UTB

Oh FFS!

 

[blade.i.am]

For me it's all about the shirts. The only time we have sunk to the 4th tier we were wearing a very non Blade unstripey shirt, can't imagine what they were thinking about. Although I first watched the Blades in white socks I am prepared to be persuaded about the value of black. Definitely like the new kit.

 

[bigbirdblade]

That's wrong. We were relegated in 94 with the Umbro shirt that had thin red and white stripes and black horizontal band across the middle and relegated in 2007 with the le coq sportif kit with capital one as sponsor.

 

[AlanWrightsShinyHead]

We also seem to get relegated when we have a black stripe in the kit!!

UTB

Either that or have an underwhelming season - see 98/99, 99/00, 04/05 (from recent memory

That said I do think black stripes make the kit so much smarter!

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

No. We can deduce that we're not very good in White socks. FACT!

Bring on the black!!!!

Well they do say that once you go black, you never go back...

 

[stringer]

and relegated in 2007 with the le coq sportif kit with capital one as sponsor.

That's there

 

[DifferentClass]

That's wrong. We were relegated in 94 with the Umbro shirt that had thin red and white stripes and black horizontal band across the middle

No, we wore the When Saturday Comes shirt in 94/95. When we were relegated we wore the laceup shirt.

 

[mattbianco1]

That's wrong. We were relegated in 94 with the Umbro shirt that had thin red and white stripes and black horizontal band across the middle and relegated in 2007 with the le coq sportif kit with capital one as sponsor.

We wore the lace up shirt in both seasons in the Premier League. Here's a picture of the shirt launch complete with Football League sleeve patches:

And here is the footage of the final day of the 1994 season:

 

[Bladesway]

Another interesting fact

You say this like there was an interesting fact previous to this one.

 

[bigbirdblade]

My bad. Sorry

 

[JohnDenver]

If you remove all of the stripes bar one and then increase the lone stripes size to make up the entire shirt is it still a stripe?

Depends how tall you are.