City’s New Kits

[Citizen Green]

NO

Manchester City FC home colours should and always be sky blue with white shorts

I used to fall in line with this too, but the reality is that City play in a mixture. Our shorts from 1976-1985 were blue, and on numerous seasons since including 2 iconic title winning ones.

Think it’s time to accept it’s part of the club’s DNA like white shorts are.

 

[southamptonblue]

Made my laugh when his eyes lit up talking about the kit. But am just imagining the chaos on here when in next season's video Khaldoon says 'right you tossers in the kit thread I've had enough... you can either have me or a guarantee of white shorts but not both, make your mind up boys and girls'

Bloody hope not, there're enough people precious enough about white shorts that he'd shut the door on his way out! ;)
I only take notice of the shirt tbh, and we have hah enough crap ones to not worry about colour of shorts.
I get the white shorts brigade, but think unless the socks are navy, blue looks better.

 

[Keeper!]

I used to fall in line with this too, but the reality is that City play in a mixture. Our shorts from 1976-1985 were blue, and on numerous seasons since including 2 iconic title winning ones.

Think it’s time to accept it’s part of the club’s DNA like white shorts are.

Blue shots are not part of our DNA, at least they should not be, it's not our identity, just a marketing exercise.

You would never see the rags, dippers do that, and we should not do either.

Our whole identity should be sky blue and white, unique and very much Manchester City FC.

 

[radcliffe1309]

Blue shots are not part of our DNA, at least they should not be, it's not our identity, just a marketing exercise.

You would never see the rags, dippers do that, and we should not do either.

Our whole identity should be sky blue and white, unique and very much Manchester City FC.

Exactly !

 

[Keeper!]

The all blue this year was a great look.

I dont get this obsession with white shorts being our identity. We've never had any consistency with kits outside of a sky blue shirt.

And please don't do that stupid "but wE lOOk LiKe CoVEntRY cITy" shit. They don't own sky blue shorts. Lazio and Celta Vigo have historically played in sky blue shirt/white shorts. Are we copying them every time we use white shorts?

It for me was a terrible look, poor colours, poor design, poor fit.

Even on the players it looked poor and the sales reflected that.

As the chairman has already stated , the new 2022/23 home kit has already broken sales records because it is a proper traditional City kit, iconic, stylish, quality and represents the true identity of Manchester City FC.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

My son really liked the white shirt from this season until THIS arrived in the mail for his 24th birthday! His new favorite!




When you know your sister is the best Aunt she could possibly be to your (adult) son!

Match shirt, signed, and all for moving seats to let his family members sit together!

CLASS ACT!

(And, don’t worry, it’s getting framed. He only slipped it on for a Thank You pic for his Aunt! At 6’2” and 180lbs, he’s a smidge bigger than Ilkay!)

 

[urban genie]

I used to fall in line with this too, but the reality is that City play in a mixture. Our shorts from 1976-1985 were blue, and on numerous seasons since including 2 iconic title winning ones.

Think it’s time to accept it’s part of the club’s DNA like white shorts are.

14 years out of 127, doesn't make it part of our DNA, just an anomaly, unfortunately Umbro made an error in 76 changing to all blue in a time when kits lasted 2-3 seasons, they corrected that error in 85 and went back to tradition.

It took 20 more years before tradition was broken by lacoq, and only 5 more times in the last 16 years has our kit makers used blue shorts, nike being the worst perpetrators of this deviation.

14 years is nowt in terms of our kit history

 

[cashmereundies]

The blue shorts were introduced by the club in the 1970's on the premise that an all colour kit made the players look taller. This was why Shankley dropped white shorts (pardon the pun) at Liverpool and brought in red. I may be wrong but I think he got the idea whilst watching Real Madrid and noticed the all white kit made their players look bigger and more numerous.

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Blue and WHITE they go together, we will carry on forevermore!

 

[Bluesince1979]

The blue shorts were introduced by the club in the 1970's on the premise that an all colour kit made the players look taller. This was why Shankley dropped white shorts (pardon the pun) at Liverpool and brought in red. I may be wrong but I think he got the idea whilst watching Real Madrid and noticed the all white kit made their players look bigger and more numerous.

Im sure i saw some shite from shankley (the cult started with him) that he wanted all red do it looked like a sea of blood attacking.

or some such culty ctap

 

[Keeper!]

Im sure i saw some shite from shankley (the cult started with him) that he wanted all red do it looked like a sea of blood attacking.

or some such culty ctap

"sea of blood"

quite a visionary was Shanks

 

[Manx Blue]

its 50 odd quid in the airport jd sport as well

Some form of tax knocked off perhaps, as in duty free part?

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Nipped over to the Clubshop and bought the new shirt with KingCol on the back , one of the best shirts for years , got a BBQ on Sunday with quite a few Rags and Dippers in attendance , will be pointing to the Champions emblem on the sleeve and telling them "you aint got one of them have you ?" .

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Nipped over to the Clubshop and bought the new shirt with KingCol on the back , one of the best shirts for years , got a BBQ on Sunday with quite a few Rags and Dippers in attendance , will be pointing to the Champions emblem on the sleeve and telling them "you aint got one of them have you ?" .

Under cook their burgers.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Nipped over to the Clubshop and bought the new shirt with KingCol on the back , one of the best shirts for years , got a BBQ on Sunday with quite a few Rags and Dippers in attendance , will be pointing to the Champions emblem on the sleeve and telling them "you aint got one of them have you ?" .

Ask the scouser does he want pepper on his burger

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Ask the scouser does he want pepper on his burger

Defo claiming that :)

 

[yeseye]

Blue and WHITE they go together, we will carry on forevermore!

Debate over!

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Under cook their burgers.

BBQ could run out of gas , like the french police unfortunately did ,once ive finished with them they will be shitting through the eye of a needle for a week.

 

[Oyster28catcher]

Blue and WHITE they go together, we will carry on forevermore!

Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman and Lol Creme got it spot on. They didn't even have: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_City/Manchester_City.htm


Seems like 1976-85 was the sky blue short era. 06/07, 11/12, 14/15, 16/17, and 21/22 being the 5 other seasons where sky blue seemed easier to wash than brilliant white. Four seasons of black/grey/navy shorts as Ardwick and early MCFC are reflected in later trims but never appear as a home main short colour.

Between 1897 and 1976 there were only white shorts. Right? Mostly sky blue or white socks.

Occasionally navy or black socks (1887-1951). Back 1987-93. The laser blue years embraced it too.

The maroon trim introduced in 62/63 (back 66-72) was class and it is good to see it back.
Sadly only seen in socks in my life time. 2010/11 obviously had it and 17/18 lesser so.

Never truly understood the 72-74 red/white and blue socks. Or the 19/20 purple bits, no matter how they're justified.

Probably a way to use maths and calculate the perfect City historical kit:

Shirt: sky blue with maroon and white trim. Navy somewhere on there, as a sponsor likely.

Shorts: white, mostly

Socks: bar white/blue with a maroon and navy trim.

Gotta be close:

 

[Cellarite]

Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman and Lol Creme got it spot on. They didn't even have: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_City/Manchester_City.htm


Seems like 1976-85 was the sky blue short era. 06/07, 11/12, 14/15, 16/17, and 21/22 being the 5 other seasons where sky blue seemed easier to wash than brilliant white. Four seasons of black/grey/navy shorts as Ardwick and early MCFC are reflected in later trims but never appear as a home main short colour.

Between 1897 and 1976 there were only white shorts. Right? Mostly sky blue or white socks.

Occasionally navy or black socks (1887-1951). Back 1987-93. The laser blue years embraced it too.

The maroon trim introduced in 62/63 (back 66-72) was class and it is good to see it back.
Sadly only seen in socks in my life time. 2010/11 obviously had it and 17/18 lesser so.

Never truly understood the 72-74 red/white and blue socks. Or the 19/20 purple bits, no matter how they're justified.

Probably a way to use maths and calculate the perfect City historical kit:

Shirt: sky blue with maroon and white trim. Navy somewhere on there, as a sponsor likely.

Shorts: white, mostly

Socks: bar white/blue with a maroon and navy trim.

Gotta be close:

“Occasionally navy or black socks (1887 - 1951)”

So half of our history then?