Always struggle with a Welsh shirt regarding Wanderers ancestry.
After spending my formative years in the furniture industry, and how the older fraternity would still display and regale the stories and anger of when the Welsh scabs were brought in to break the great strike.
Your fourth paragraph is key. You could also argue that it was only the run of poor results immediately preceding the successful run-in that prevented us from achieving automatic promotion.
‘Up the Wyc’ ? Why tarnish an otherwise excellent post with that staccato unchantable monstrosity?! Surely it has to be a beautifully drawn out “Come…..on….You….Blues” ?
Jorge Campos was the one that got away, I so very nearly got him for RTB.
Shortly after the original Baz Richardson GK top went viral, I was out in Mexico CIty and Jorge was also due to be in town as a TV pundit to cover the Mexican national team. We crossed over by a day and a friend of Uri's got me his number and arranged to meet, but we missed each other by a few hours so the interview and photo opp with the WW kit sadly never happened :(
@micra sorry but “come on-you-blues” is a dirge that sucks the life out of every promising corner, needs to be consigned to the ‘we are the old bucks boys’ songbook of historic Chairfolk chants.
Re goalie tops (btw why aren’t they called this anymore?) it used to be a classic pub quiz question “name the three positions on the pitch that laws of the game require to have long sleeves?” - ref and two keepers. It was so the ref could tell if an arm touched the ball in the box (guess advent of big fat gloves put an end to that requirement?).
Not sure that quote stands up to much scrutiny really (and apologies for not looking at the quote in context but far too lazy on a hot afternoon).
”One of the fastest…” So not THE fastest.
”…in recent times.” 5 years? 10 years?
So what it could actually be saying is that is an averagely popular kit.
(Personally I quite like it, including the v neck and same coloured sleeves but its approximately 85th down the list of things I care about involving the club and only read this thread so I don’t have to put up with it staring out in bold at me when I open up the site)
I'm not sure it needs to stand up to much scrutiny, particularly as you care so little about it.
It does suggest though that a couple of dodgy links on a press release haven't ground sales to a halt. Which I'm pretty sure is the point they are making.
Thanks @StrongestTeam it wasn’t meant as a dig but the context, as you’ve just reminded me is with the thread title - I’d forgotten this was the one about the initial dodgy link (which is of interest to me) and not the kit itself (which is of less interest) and therefore your use of the quote does make sense.
apologies I should have been a little more attentive before posting
That would be great, but I don’t think they’d ever let it happen.
There was that time - I think the 07 kit - where we didn’t actually have a sponsor agreed (until Dreams was signed up at a late stage) and they could have done a sponsorless version then, but instead ended up putting a crappy iron-on transfer sponsor logo on at the last minute.
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Were they ever equal? I assumed they just appeared that way cause players used to tuck their shits in.
Always struggle with a Welsh shirt regarding Wanderers ancestry.
After spending my formative years in the furniture industry, and how the older fraternity would still display and regale the stories and anger of when the Welsh scabs were brought in to break the great strike.
Thank the lord for Jason Puncheon taking a stand against players being forced to do this
I'm guessing they are not equal to coincide with the position of the sponsor (which has to be positioned in a certain place I believe)
What's more strange is short sleeved GK shirts. Is that the norm now?
Keepers have been wearing short sleeves for a good 20 years at least! I think Fabien Barthez popularised it?
It's behind the looking glass sequences like this that make me glad to be a Gasroomer.
Honestly, I think I probably am
Not so sure that's true. Jorge Campos for me.
Of course 🤦
The longest short sleeves you've ever seen
Or was that a long sleeve shirt with the last inch cut off?
Your fourth paragraph is key. You could also argue that it was only the run of poor results immediately preceding the successful run-in that prevented us from achieving automatic promotion.
‘Up the Wyc’ ? Why tarnish an otherwise excellent post with that staccato unchantable monstrosity?! Surely it has to be a beautifully drawn out “Come…..on….You….Blues” ?
Jorge Campos was the one that got away, I so very nearly got him for RTB.
Shortly after the original Baz Richardson GK top went viral, I was out in Mexico CIty and Jorge was also due to be in town as a TV pundit to cover the Mexican national team. We crossed over by a day and a friend of Uri's got me his number and arranged to meet, but we missed each other by a few hours so the interview and photo opp with the WW kit sadly never happened :(
Gary Lineker?
@micra sorry but “come on-you-blues” is a dirge that sucks the life out of every promising corner, needs to be consigned to the ‘we are the old bucks boys’ songbook of historic Chairfolk chants.
Re goalie tops (btw why aren’t they called this anymore?) it used to be a classic pub quiz question “name the three positions on the pitch that laws of the game require to have long sleeves?” - ref and two keepers. It was so the ref could tell if an arm touched the ball in the box (guess advent of big fat gloves put an end to that requirement?).
"One of the fastest selling new home kits in recent times" is quite the response to the intent of much of this thread, well done all
Not sure that quote stands up to much scrutiny really (and apologies for not looking at the quote in context but far too lazy on a hot afternoon).
”One of the fastest…” So not THE fastest.
”…in recent times.” 5 years? 10 years?
So what it could actually be saying is that is an averagely popular kit.
(Personally I quite like it, including the v neck and same coloured sleeves but its approximately 85th down the list of things I care about involving the club and only read this thread so I don’t have to put up with it staring out in bold at me when I open up the site)
There was no more context to it than that. I thought exactly the same!
I'm not sure it needs to stand up to much scrutiny, particularly as you care so little about it.
It does suggest though that a couple of dodgy links on a press release haven't ground sales to a halt. Which I'm pretty sure is the point they are making.
Thanks @StrongestTeam it wasn’t meant as a dig but the context, as you’ve just reminded me is with the thread title - I’d forgotten this was the one about the initial dodgy link (which is of interest to me) and not the kit itself (which is of less interest) and therefore your use of the quote does make sense.
apologies I should have been a little more attentive before posting
I wish you could get our shirts in long sleeves, but I'm not sure there's even a long-sleeved player version anymore?
I think a sponsorless version would do well too. Obviously Dreams isn't a problematic sponsor, but plain shirts can look great.
I've used a privileged link to someone who knows, and I can confirm that for an absolute fact that it's the fastest selling kit....
since last year.
That would be great, but I don’t think they’d ever let it happen.
There was that time - I think the 07 kit - where we didn’t actually have a sponsor agreed (until Dreams was signed up at a late stage) and they could have done a sponsorless version then, but instead ended up putting a crappy iron-on transfer sponsor logo on at the last minute.
I'm sure I saw a club not sponsored by a gambling company offer theirs sponsorless, can't remember who know
Richie?
Probably cos my grumble made them fix it asap. I'd say that puts me a smidgen behind Frank Adams in terms of contribution to this club.
Immediately demand a pre-season friendly down your way @Frome_Blue
(Would be a good day out)
I prefer a long sleeved shirt although we must remember that Terry Evans frowned on them as being garments not worn by real men.
Wasn't it John Gregory?
Had it in my mind he only got those all red kits for the Col U away cup tie in short sleeves as it was a game for real men