jazzy
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Subtle compared to the atomic monkey piss colour puma have come up with
City’s New Kits
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Kippax Street 1880
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Be useful if you break down on the hard shoulder on the way to an away game!
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Genuinely love both of these. The Nike one originally had black socks which looked great with the ombre details on the shorts.
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I was trying to think of the antibiotic that turns your urine that colour but Atomic Monkey Piss Green is definitely the right name for that.
I wonder why we've never used "volt" before, probably because it's awful.
It's OK if you want to dig up the road I suppose!
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Love a bit of volt. My favourite colour after garden blue and sunset scarlet sin.
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That third kit, if true, sounds okay-ish. Least said about the other two, the better.
southamptonblue
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Had to Google 'volt' ......wish I hadn't bothered.
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LangleyBlue1970
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That’s what I was thinking and hoping for. Could be a good one that.
LangleyBlue1970
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Is it reVOLTing?
We don’t know what colours St Mark’s wore, there’s no record of it. It was Gorton AFC (1884-1887) who wore the black kit.
Plus these clubs and Ardwick aren’t strictly City’s heritage.
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I was always under the impression that St Marks wore a black kit mate?
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Which as we all know is celebrated on the 115th day of the year. April 25th. St Marks Day
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As long as “Other Details” don’t look something like this I’ll be happy
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LangleyBlue1970
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So that’s when the verdict will come out ;-)
City came out with some ‘St Mark’s West Gorton’ merchandise a few years ago:
Gear: The St Mark's range
Take a look at our latest pieces of City kit that you can get your hands on...
www.mancity.com
And off the back of that things like this have sprung up:
Souvenir Shop - St Marks (West Gorton)®
St Marks (West Gorton) - The original name of Manchester City FC. Official Merchandise and the fascinating true story behind the name is here.
stmarkswestgorton.com
However, I remember reading there was only ever one unconfirmed report that mentioned St Mark’s colours, which were said to be scarlet and black. But there is something else I’ve read that said Manchester Association FC’s original colours were scarlet and black. And there are no photos of the St Mark’s team or kit in any of their years of their existence.
St Mark’s became West Gorton in 1883 (they hadn’t been called ‘St Mark’s West Gorton’ and ‘St Mark’s’ was dropped, so never were). Then West Gorton merged with Belle Vue to become West Gorton AFC. Again, there are no reports of kit colours nor team photo.
Then they split again and the club became known as Gorton AFC in 1884. Around 1885 is when the famous photo in my other post was taken with the black kit with white cross pattée.
What City did with that recent merchandise above is package each of St Mark’s, West Gorton, the West Gorton and Belle Vue merged West Gorton AFC, and Gorton AFC as one and the same, calling them ‘St Mark’s West Gorton’ and using Gorton AFC’s black kit and white cross pattée as the logo… numerous clubs conflated as one.
1. St Marks: unknown founding date - 1883 (no known kit colours)
2. West Gorton: 1883 (no known kit colours)
3. West Gorton AFC (West Gorton and Belle Vue merger): 1883-1884 (no known kit colours)
4. Gorton AFC: 1884-1887 (famous black kit with white cross pattée)
4 i. Belle Vue split from West Gorton AFC: 1884
5. Ardwick AFC: 1887-1894 (Sky+white halves or Sky+navy halves)
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Penworthamblue
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So you don't fancy a volt coloured top to walk round sunny Ireland then?