LoI Kit Bag - 2023 Edition

[A N Mouse]

New Derry away kit to be announced tomorrow. Keeping both this years kits, with the blue number becoming third kit.

Expect anything, except Argentina stripes - though would be nice segue between 1st and 3rd. We've been through the spectrum at this point. If taking hints from last years home kit then some kind of canary coloured monstrosity. Or could be back to black.

[brendy_éire]

Genuinely surprised that this hasn't been leaked by someone at O'Neill's like the last two tops.
Some garish monstrosity would do me grand; purple and green stripes like that one the 90s even.

[dcfc_legend9]

New kit dropped this morning. Gold and black. I like it a throw back in history.

https://www.derrycityfc.net/2022/12/a-golden-era-awaits-2023-away-kit/

[DCWA]

I'd be curious to know what kind of sales O'neills got from Bohs last year and Derry this year due to both being in the cup finals and bringing a load of fans along ? Surely they must be shiftng more stuff for LOI clubs like that these days than they are for a lot of GAA counties ?

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/market-for-replica-county-gaa-shirts-dead-as-a-duck-42146879.html

This article references Derry’s cup success being a boost amd the success of their relatively new superstore.

I think everything O’Neills have produced for Derry so far has been excellent including todays release.

With them having a big superstore right in the heart of the city and DCFC merch being very prominent I would like to think the relationship between DCFC and O’Neills is mutually very beneficial.

[Mr A]

Some garish monstrosity would do me grand; purple and green stripes like that one the 90s even.

Something like this
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUvTu6PXwAEq-Ti?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

A thing of beauty

[joey B]

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Pats new effort,not a fan tbh…..

[brendy_éire]

New kit dropped this morning. Gold and black. I like it a throw back in history.

Ruined by the off-colour crest. Something the FAI are partial to as well.
I bought that boot ugly home top we have at present, but I doubt I'll be buying this new away one.

[kksaints]

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Pats new effort,not a fan tbh…..

It's last season goalkeeper jersey. The tweet was a teaser of the Odumosu re-signing.

[joey B]

Ah ok,seen a retweet talking about Umbro and assumed it was a jersey release….

[Shinkicker]

New kit dropped this morning. Gold and black. I like it a throw back in history.

https://www.derrycityfc.net/2022/12/a-golden-era-awaits-2023-away-kit/
It looks like a gaelic shirt

[culloty82]

Treaty announce they'll have an O'Neills kit next season.

[joey B]

Dundalk’s new kit…

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[2 Year Contract]

Very plain but quite nice. Probably best for a new and unproven supplier to go with something simple for their first effort. It’s better than any of the Cx Sport Dundalk kits in my opinion, a lot of which tried to do way too much with the design

[oriel]

Some more photos here, have to say although very plain, I do like it.

https://www.dundalkfc.com/new-home-kit-unveiled/

[joey B]

New badge and colour scheme for Wexford…..
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[culloty82]

The connection with the GAA colours makes sense, and the link to the county's history seems a nice touch.

[2 Year Contract]

That new Wexford crest is horrendous. It looks like a transition year student made it on Microsoft paint. The addition of the vibrators to it doesn’t help things at all :D

[Longfordian]

Some more photos here, have to say although very plain, I do like it.

https://www.dundalkfc.com/new-home-kit-unveiled/

Yeah it's simple but it's not cheap looking. Should sell well.

[joey B]

Nice third shirt from Galway......
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[EatYerGreens]

Good to see Wexford moving away from the 'Mick Wallace likes things Aye-talian' phase they've been in, and attempt to adopt a more local identitiy instead.

The new colours probably make sense, but as others hasve said the crest doesn't look great. It's really not obvious that there are supposed to be 3 pikes on there either, or that they allegedly combine to symbolise a 'W'.

The pike could become a good symbol of the club though. If I was them I would have just gone with a single one on the crest.

People of a certain age may remmeber Wexford band 'Cactus World News'. They used to sell badges in the shape of the top of a pike, which looked good and could be a merchandise piece for Wexford FC. Though you just know that the cloub and its fans will now become known as 'The Pikies' :D

[joey B]

If Bohs and Rovers had a baby!

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[oriel]

Pretty sure Bohs had hoops one season, maybe 83 or 84, have vague memories of Paul Doolin / Rocky O'Brien in something similar.

Its not bad, zig zag effect is cool, but I'd have gone for black with very thin red hoops, too many PD home teams have red or red base, can only use this v Cork City, Rovers and UCD. Mind you probably Pats away as the ref will deem too much white on Pats again and both teams will have to change, like last year.

[2 Year Contract]

Looks a bit rugby-ish to me for some reason

[thebronze14]

Looks a bit rugby-ish to me for some reason
Thought the same as well...think it's the collar

[Pauro 76]

The Sligo kit is all over the place, Joma designs are absolutely shocking. Really like the Dundalk one, plain but classy. Their away one is snazzy.... The font for the number and name on the back is the same as the new LOI logo. is that something the LOI are bringing in for all shirts?

[pineapple stu]

Jaysus - there's a blast from the past.

It's been a while Pauro!

[Martinho II]

The Sligo kit is all over the place, Joma designs are absolutely shocking. Really like the Dundalk one, plain but classy. Their away one is snazzy.... The font for the number and name on the back is the same as the new LOI logo. is that something the LOI are bringing in for all shirts?

Welcome back Pauro you must have only remembered your password!

[culloty82]

The massive sponsor's logo would seem to make Cobh's home offering a hard sell:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fjd_8EvX0AIuGuZ?format=jpg&name=large

[thebronze14]

The design is lovely...sponsor ruins it

[EatYerGreens]

The design is lovely...sponsor ruins it

Agree. It's the text bit of the sponsors logo. Take it down a couple of font sizes and it would all be fne. But it just dominates the top too much at the moment.

[thebronze14]

Never really noticed before but the Cobh crest is one of the best in the league

[total hoofball]

New Shels 2023 home/away, home shirt is ok safe design and I like the return of some blue. Still with Umbro despite JACC out of the picture, not sure who is distributing


https://twitter.com/i/status/1604049122998239232
https://twitter.com/shelsfc/status/1604081874388897792/photo/4

[ToberonaTornado]

UMBRO UK.
Clubs distributing them.

[culloty82]

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Note that New Balance have their HQ in Boston ...

[culloty82]

An eagle-eyed observer discovered a work-in-progress version of the Kerry FC club shop (won't launch officially until sponsorships are confirmed), so here are the templates for the various jerseys:

Home:

https://www.kerryfc-shop.com/libraries/mthumb.php?src=https://media.newbalanceteam.co.uk/products/home-kit-reply-jersey-15-12-2022-09-23.jpg&q=95&a=c&w=500&h=600&zc=2&cc=FFFFFF

Away:

https://www.kerryfc-shop.com/libraries/mthumb.php?src=https://media.newbalanceteam.co.uk/products/away-kit-cup-jersey-15-12-2022-09-59.jpg&q=95&a=c&w=500&h=500&zc=2&cc=FFFFFF

Third:

https://www.kerryfc-shop.com/libraries/mthumb.php?src=https://media.newbalanceteam.co.uk/products/third-kit-cup-jersey-15-12-2022-10-08.jpg&q=95&a=c&w=500&h=600&zc=2&cc=FFFFFF

Personally, the away wins by a country mile, but you can peruse all kinds of kit here:

https://www.kerryfc-shop.com/

[outspoken]

Very Celtic ey

[2 Year Contract]

I think they’re 3 nice jerseys. I see where outspoken is coming from with the Celtic thing but that’ll happen when they were also with New Balance for years, you tend to associate green, white and New Balance with Celtic

[culloty82]

Personally, would have liked a gold V on the home, the little strips on the sleeves seem to get lost in the green. Away is my personal fave.

[EatYerGreens]

Very Celtic ey

My thoughts exactly. It's the pin-stripes I think.

Shame they couldn't get somethig a bit more distinct, but they are a new club with no track record of sales.

How long before they bring out a jersey that's green with a big stripe of gold across the chest/middle ?

[Longfordian]

The similarity to Celtic and Ireland shirts probably won't be a bad thing initially. Might sell a few more to those with a casual interest. They can wear them in the pub for Ireland and Celtic games.

[gufct]

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#ItsATribalThing

[joey B]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WexfordFC/status/1616421204675678209

Wexfords new kits…

[Elfman]

Don't get me wrong, I'm loving Wexford's new colour scheme, but I'm disappointed they've passed up the chance to go for a purple kit with yellow stripes.

[outspoken]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WexfordFC/status/1616421204675678209

Wexfords new kits…

rotten

[Shearer]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WexfordFC/status/1616421204675678209

Wexfords new kits…
That's John O'Flynn's company. Not sure on the quality but I've seen a good few junior clubs in Cork and Limerick get them.

Hope it works out well.

[culloty82]

Now that there's an official Kerry home jersey, the sponsor logo actually works well in breaking up the wall of green:

https://media.newbalanceteam.co.uk/wysiwyg/file/Kerry FC Kit Launch 1080px.jpg

[nigel-harps1954]

That's a nice kit. As good as you'll find in the league this year.

[sbgawa]

That's a nice kit. As good as you'll find in the league this year.


It would look better if they added some nice white hoops ;)

[Shinkicker]

It would look better if they added some nice white hoops ;)
Sure why would they want to look like Celtic??

[EatYerGreens]

Nice shirt that Kerry one. Might have to pick one up when I get to a game.

€65 a pop, when the average in the league seems to be around €70 ?