2011 Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo state championship) and 2010 Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup) winners Santos FC have unveiled their Umbro home and away kits for the 2011 season. The Umbro Santos 2011 kits were presented on Sunday before the team’s 3-1 win over Avaí at the Vila Belmiro. They use under the popular Tailored by Umbro theme.
Nottingham Forest F.C. is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham. It is currently playing in the second tier of English league football, The Championship. The club was founded in 1865 and has an illustrious history which encompasses winning two consecutive European Cups, along with a domestic title, two FA Cups and four League Cups. Nottingham Forest were founding members of the Football Alliance in 1889 and the Premier League in 1992.
Los Merengues’ 11/12 training kit arrives in advance of the highly-anticipated Real Madrid 2011/12 adidas home and away kits. As is rumored to be the case with the playing strips that Cristiano Ronaldo and company will wear for their 2011/12 season, the training kit features golden adidas stripes, a gold adidas logo and gold accents.
No Mas knows a thing or two about celebrating sporting accomplishments, both legendary and nefarious. This Summer, the New York-based brand honors a homegrown club with global appeal – the New York Cosmos. In 1977, with Pele firmly at the helm, the Cosmos raised a championship trophy and finalized a 5 year journey to bring soccer into the consciousness of the Big Apple. The hang tag is especially good, featuring Pele himself clad in Cosmos green.
English Premier League side Fulham FC has unveiled its 2011/12 Kappa away kit ahead of Sunday’s season-closer against Arsenal at Craven Cottage. The all black outfield player strip will see action during the club’s pre-season along with the new lime green goalkeeper uniform.
The graphic tee is a streetwear staple, the canvas that brands like Stussy, The Hundreds, and Freshjive began on before evolving into more complete collections. This extensive feature at Complex documents the history of these tees, following the evolution from surfer graphics into the modern images of lifestyle brands. The story features a host of interviews from industry luminaries who took part in dictating the direction of graphic tees.
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Yesterday, Umbro unveiled the new Manchester City away shirt for the FA Cup winning club’s 2011/2012 Premiership campaign. With a nod to past glory – the shirt takes cues from City’s triply victorious (League, FA, and European Cup Winners Cup) 1969/1970 season – the shirt is made of cutting edge stretch mesh. The black stripes are wider than the red, consistent with the ‘69 shirt, but the cut comes from Umbro’s contemporary approach to sports tailoring. They’ve made it so the stripes remain consistent during a goals up celebration.
Media firm Spicer and Moore has produced the official launch video for the highly anticipated Manchester United 2011/12 home kit and has published the work on video sharing site Vimeo. Here is a look at the new video featuring interviews with United men Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, Patrice Evra and Rio Ferdinand.
