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Next Southampton kit could be a return to 1885
10:31am Friday 5th February 2010
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- By Dan Kerins » Web Journalist
SAINTS could be returning to their roots, according to speculation this morning.
It has been reported that the club's new kit will be a return to the original St. Mary's Young Men Association's kit from 1885.
St. Mary's YMA wore a white kit with a diagonal red sash between 1885 and 1889.
That team went on to eventually become Southampton Football Club.
Following Flybe's decision not to renew their sponsorship of the club, Saints have vowed not to put a sponsor on replica kits next season, as part of the 125 anniversary of the club.
In 2001, Southampton played their last game at The Dell in red and white quarters, in homage to the first kit they ever wore at the ground back in 1898.
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St.Yorkie, Pocklington says...
10:44am Fri 5 Feb 10
All joking aside not sure I want to see the team wearing a white shirt with a red sash - and then again not sure I would want to wear it either.
Hark at me worn a red and white striped shirt for 40-years - not exactly subtle is it? I'll feel like I have won a beauty contest - red sash indeed - not very macho!
S Pance, Morten Harkett says...
10:58am Fri 5 Feb 10
Personally, I think it'd look great, so long as it's a while shirt with a fairly wide diagonal red stripe.
I agree though, if the diagonal stripe is a single narrow 'sash' like affair then it won't look as good.
Failing that, how about a shirt with a series of diagonal red/white stripes? In other words a combination of the original and of the modern?
Not sure anyone else has diagonal stripes on their shirts-this could be the start of a trend among clubs.
baileymp, London says...
11:20am Fri 5 Feb 10
Why not go the whole hog and have a big star in the middle? or diamond patterns...
NC Fan4Life, Chandlers Ford says...
11:38am Fri 5 Feb 10
They wore long white trousers tucked into red socks.
The first proper shirt was not worn until 1889 which was red and white quarters.
Saint, says...
12:06pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Also what going on with the DE website, very strange set up this week?
aliscan66, southampton says...
12:07pm Fri 5 Feb 10
baileymp wrote:This truly made me giggle, in fact, i went hysterical...very good ;)
We'd look like a bunch of Jockeys having a kick around. Why not go the whole hog and have a big star in the middle? or diamond patterns...
Big Mac, southampton says...
12:30pm Fri 5 Feb 10
NC Fan4Life wrote:Good post – nice to see someone doing their research – please take note Daily Echo
In 1885 the first players of St Mary's YMA wore their own long sleived white shirts but were given a red sash to wear diagonally over the shoulder and under the opposite arm, hence the diagonal stripe effect. Usually over the left shoulder but some players wore the sash over the right.
They wore long white trousers tucked into red socks.
The first proper shirt was not worn until 1889 which was red and white quarters.
gosportsaint, East of the Promise land says...
1:03pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Saint wrote:If your'e left handed like me, you tend to wear things back to front (although that doesn't apply to Y fronts). I always wore my school sash on sports day over the other shoulder.
Why do the sash they are wearing not go in the same directions? Also what going on with the DE website, very strange set up this week?
Red Shirt, West End says...
1:34pm Fri 5 Feb 10
That lot in the picture don't look very cool either, we'd be a laughing stock.
By the way, that geezer 3rd in from the right at the back looks like he's playing pocket billiards! Can any other readers spot a suspicious looking act in the photo?
techsture, Newark says...
1:41pm Fri 5 Feb 10
We will look like Peru circa 1980
If you want to see how Red and white stripes is done properly look at Athletico Madrid, they nail the design every season.
As for the sponser we are missing s trick here, why not just do a Barcelona and have Unicef or something worthwhile, even a local cause or something.
rpjcheney, Wokingham says...
1:45pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Red Shirt, West End says...
2:03pm Fri 5 Feb 10
rpjcheney wrote:Great idea. and Pardew will have to wear a full suit and a bowler hat on the touchline.
Can we convince the squad to grow moustaches in order to complete the retro look?
How about paying the players 19th Century wages, i'm sure they'd be up for it! They could travel to away matches in horse-drawn carriages too. The possibilities are unlimitless!!!
St.Yorkie, Pocklington says...
2:06pm Fri 5 Feb 10
rpjcheney wrote:Well never mind the squad - each shirt should be sold with a stick on moutache...how cool would that be when 28,000 retro shirts turn up at SMS all looking circa 1885 with moustaches.
Can we convince the squad to grow moustaches in order to complete the retro look?
This may not be applicable some of the female followers of The Saints - they may have to undergo wearing of a whale-bone corset!
gosportsaint, East of the Promise land says...
2:40pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Red Shirt wrote:Sorry, the smelly lot down the road have beaten us to that one
rpjcheney wrote: Can we convince the squad to grow moustaches in order to complete the retro look?Great idea. and Pardew will have to wear a full suit and a bowler hat on the touchline. How about paying the players 19th Century wages, i'm sure they'd be up for it! They could travel to away matches in horse-drawn carriages too. The possibilities are unlimitless!!!
Saint Cope, Southampton says...
3:37pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Dorssaints, Christchurch says...
4:26pm Fri 5 Feb 10
wasp1, fair oak says...
4:43pm Fri 5 Feb 10
St.Yorkie wrote:Oh I dunno , most of the females I see at football look like they could easily grow a moustache .
rpjcheney wrote: Can we convince the squad to grow moustaches in order to complete the retro look?Well never mind the squad - each shirt should be sold with a stick on moutache...how cool would that be when 28,000 retro shirts turn up at SMS all looking circa 1885 with moustaches. This may not be applicable some of the female followers of The Saints - they may have to undergo wearing of a whale-bone corset!
iamlouis23, Totton says...
5:37pm Fri 5 Feb 10
The S@1nt, says...
6:23pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Optimist, Soton says...
6:30pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Dorssaints wrote:The "sash" idea is nice but you would not sell nearly as many.
I like the iea of retro shirts and have a couple of them already. My concern here is that by going back beyond 'stripes' we are moving away from who we are today. I can only assume that it will be a traditional red/white stripes with a collar. We need this to be stylish to sell in sufficient numbers.
Red and white stripes IS SFC, last season WBA had their "retro" strip, looked good, no sponsor. Why do we have to go back to celebrate a birthday? I don't wear nappies on mine.
As modern and practical as possible, sell them in their thousands, you will not sell as many for the next couple of seasons but you WILL win more support, you WILL see red and white EVERYWHERE in Southampton. At the moment there are so many "other" clubs tops worn in the city, take the city back and paint it red & white!
In any case a great fan posted this link the other day, all our previous home strips on one page.
http://www.historica
lkits.co.uk/Southamp
ton/Southampton.htm
OhWhenTheSaints..., Dorchester says...
6:40pm Fri 5 Feb 10
White and red till dead, NZ says...
7:25pm Fri 5 Feb 10
S Pance, Morten Harkett says...
7:48pm Fri 5 Feb 10
http://www.football-
shirts.co.uk/fans/su
riname-new-shirt-for
-wc-2010-qualificati
on_1532
Also, check out the nantes 09/10 away shirt (Wrong colours but you get the idea)
Both styles would look great!
S Pance, Morten Harkett says...
7:54pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Problem with choosing a local charity is that there are so many local ones and it'd be unfair to pick one over the others.
gosportsaint, East of the Promise land says...
9:24pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Optimist, Soton says...
9:53pm Fri 5 Feb 10
If done right we can have a clasic but classy strip, that said if NC and the King want to paint the city red & white then they have the perfect opportunity to do so.
Jesus_02, Freemantle says...
10:20pm Fri 5 Feb 10
S Pance wrote:Crystal Palace
I'm sure this won't be an exact copy of the original kit, just something that is reminiscent of it.
Personally, I think it'd look great, so long as it's a while shirt with a fairly wide diagonal red stripe.
I agree though, if the diagonal stripe is a single narrow 'sash' like affair then it won't look as good.
Failing that, how about a shirt with a series of diagonal red/white stripes? In other words a combination of the original and of the modern?
Not sure anyone else has diagonal stripes on their shirts-this could be the start of a trend among clubs.
Shaving your pubes is so 2010, woodmill says...
10:28pm Fri 5 Feb 10
Optimist wrote:whats wrongwith the sash?river plate has an awsome kit.its a break from the norm and goes back to the roots.hopefully we will get rid of our ugly away kit this season.its minging.blue and yellow aint on.go with the sash sashquatch
I might prefer the red & white stripes, but someone posted a link to the River Plate strip that I actually thought was quite good.
If done right we can have a clasic but classy strip, that said if NC and the King want to paint the city red & white then they have the perfect opportunity to do so.
aliscan66, southampton says...
11:01pm Fri 5 Feb 10
wasp1 wrote:Yeah wasp and they probably have more balls than you have too!!
St.Yorkie wrote:Oh I dunno , most of the females I see at football look like they could easily grow a moustache .rpjcheney wrote: Can we convince the squad to grow moustaches in order to complete the retro look?Well never mind the squad - each shirt should be sold with a stick on moutache...how cool would that be when 28,000 retro shirts turn up at SMS all looking circa 1885 with moustaches. This may not be applicable some of the female followers of The Saints - they may have to undergo wearing of a whale-bone corset!
OSPREYSAINT, Southampton says...
11:45pm Fri 5 Feb 10
gosportsaint wrote:Vertical Red and white stripes, red socks with white on them, are my choice, the fifties style preffered, looking at the picture I wonder if there was any significance about whether they dress to the right or to the left!
Whats wrong with good old red and white virtical stripes
KyleGraham, Locks Heath says...
1:55am Sat 6 Feb 10
http://m.gmgrd.co.uk
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Sorry about the **** in the photo.
j_saint, says...
10:13am Sat 6 Feb 10
St. Curious Chimp, Totton says...
1:23pm Sat 6 Feb 10
The first known picture of the Saints - courtesy of Duncan Holley
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Southampton says...
10:40am Fri 5 Feb 10
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