Arsenal - so much for tradition.

I can't believe they'd ditch years of tradition for this. I mean, it's an OK kit in itself, but what about the white sleeves? They (AFC) are identifiable worldwide by their classic kit? Bizarre.

 

 

If you look here other than the extra red in the sleeves, its not a huge departure from most of our styles.

 

White sleeves are Arsenal, why change the brand,

 

Blue Oval... Doesn't matter what it is on, we know the brand/make..

 

sh*t on the fans

 

You re-read the thread. You don't seem to be aware of the distinction between "original" and "traditional". As far as I'm aware Arsenal wore a currant strip for a couple of seasons only, very, very early on as Woolwich Arsenal.

Whereas the "traditional" kit, with white sleeves, has been worn since Herbert Chapman brought it in in the mid 1930s, with the exception of a brief spell in the mid 60s when they went all red, reverting to white sleeves after the uproar from the fans.

Your ability to defend your club seems to know no bounds...

 

 

That was a really cool site LG. I had an argument with a fellow gooner that we had solid red shirts in the sixties and he didn't believe me. This proved me right.

I was giving them sh*t for disregarding about 80 years of club tradition in order to come up with something new for the fans to buy. Sure, change the kit, just keep the white sleeves. It's part of their identity.

But then, these big clubs have long since got used to selling their souls for hard cash. What's your stadium called? The Charles Buchan stadium? No. The Herbert Chapman Stadium? No. Alex James? No. Cliff Bastin? No. George Armstrong? No. Liam Brady? No.

You get my drift...

 

and as far as the stadium name goes. It cost over 300mil pounds to build if Emirates airlines wants to pay 100 mil of that for shirt sponsorship and naming rights, therefore reducing our dept burden and keeping ticket prices to a reasonable (but highish considering the place is brand new) level and allowing us money to spend on players, then so be it. The place will still be called Ashburton Grove as far as I'm concerned. when it comes to Money Arsenal has one of the most realistic finance models around, namely being self supporting.

 

Man U with red tops, City with light blue, neither of them would change their shirt too much from what it is. And rightly so. Sorry Arsenal fans but it really does look like a Forest jersey now.

 

A bit defensive lately?  I have to say, I can't read the Aresenal thread any more.  Too much obsession with the minutiae of football.  Even a new tea lady at the training ground would get you guys talking for days about the relative merits of tea versus coffee and how she performed in her previous role, impact on the team, she's better than Man U's tea lady etc. 

 

Great that you're so passionate in your support but don't be afraid to look beyond the walls of Ashburton Grove or whatever you think it's called these days.  This is a Phoenix fan site after all.   

Fair call but until 3 days ago, there has feen sweet F'all else to talk about.

 

Fair call, although the point I was trying to make was that the Arsenal thread runs to 105 pages - probably three times more than any other team thread.  Like it or not, you guys really are mass debating about all things Arsenal. 

 

But chill out.  I'm just yanking your chain for a bit of pre-season fun. 

 

I like that site LG. Here's an alternative one:

 

Interesting to note that it took Arsenal 50-odd years to adopt their "traditional" look though. There's been a similar discussion on the Brighton email list about our stripes and many of the older fans remember an all-white kit.

 

It goes to show that often-times our view of what is tradition depends on just how old we are!