Last year at this time, there was some talk about the new Bolton shirt and its similarity to a certain undergarment worn by females, but backwards. Personally, I thought it looked like the front-view of an overloaded backpack on a five-year-old, but I can see where the reverse bra idea originated. It definitely popped back into my mind when I saw this week’s entry–Everton’s home shirt from 1985.
Yes, Everton are back in this week’s GBWTF, becoming the first club to be featured in back to back weeks. And, considering the recent release of their new away shirt, they might make it next week as well. Goodness, this club just does so little to make themselves likeable, beyond employing Timmay. Whereas last week’s entry was an affront to the fanbase who hates red on instinct, this week’s shirt is just an affront to all.
No real support included
Maybe it is just me, but when I saw this shirt, just at a glance, shortly after posting last week, all I could see was a sports bra on top of a blue shirt. Maybe it has something to do with the way the white just extends underneath the armpit, making it seem like it goes all the way around, while binding the moobs close to the chest. I guess, then, this would be more of a mansierre, or bro, than a bra. Either way, it’s not a look I’d like to sport around town.
The rest of the shirt is equally a mess. The blues don’t match from the cuffs and collar to the rest of the shirt. The badge doesn’t really stand out. There’s sublimated print. Worse, the sublimated print is of the manufacturer’s logo, not of the club. Everything about this shirt screams “F**k you, Everton fan. I’m gonna make you look like an idiot”.
It is with some wonder that I note that Everton has recently returned to using Le Coq Sportif as their kit manufacturer. How has the French company repaid the club’s faith in them? By realeasing two horrible kits so far. The away kit would at least be salvagable with the choice of another color scheme. There is nothing good, however about the home shirt. That’s just plain wrong.
Arsenal 1 -0 in the 80 minute against Hannover… looks like Vermalaen just went off with a hamstring injury.
Of course he did.
09-10 Arsenal: Feel the magic! Or at least the ACL tears.
Stan Petrov goes off with a dislocated shoulder in Villa’s 3-1 win over Mexico’s Atlante, leaving Villa’s thin squad threadbare (though the kids have been fantastic in the Peace Cup thus far)