Matthew Le God

Were you expecting a squad photo? Maybe they were on holiday. Maybe they didn't need 20 1st team players for a photo shoot of 5 players. Some had to be left out.

An 85% approval rating from a poll of 1077 people is very impressive! With 7% indifferent and 7% against. I doubt many kits from any team have ever had such high approval from a large sample of the fanbase. Umbro and Cortese/Liebherr (who would have given it final approval) choose very well indeed.

So what happens if they play a non Football League team (Premiership or conference) in the FA Cup or League Cup away from home and there is a clash but Saints have no away kit?

You do talk crap. That breaks Football League rules. 35.1 and 35.2

So what about MK Dons and Tranmere? What about cup games? btw I guarantee you the Brentford vs Saints game will be with Saints in an away kit due to a clash. It is a Football League rule all teams should have an away kit.

Just a few examples (there are others in League One)... Red and White Brentford Exeter Teams that have lots of white - like the Saints kit MK Dons Tranmere Are you also saying Saints won't play teams in the 3 cup competitions that the new kit won't clash with? You clearly don't understand what constitutes a kit clash.

You can't get more traditional than wearing a kit based on the first ever kit.

I don't understand why some are complaining about the black socks. The 1885 kit had black socks so if you are doing a modern version then the 2010 kit should have black socks. Either go the whole way with the concept of a historic kit or don't bother.

S****horpe are in the League above Charlton.

The Daily Echo's circulation has decreased significantly over the last 10-15 years(basically coinciding with the rise of the internet) and is continuing to fall. Local papers need clubs FAR more than clubs need local papers when they have so many other media outlets available to them compared to the 60's, 70's, 80's and early to mid 90's.

Is that a good or bad thing?

If the club didn't want the Echo to show the kit they just don't sell them the pictures. They don't need to wait until after they start going to print. If these were release 5 hours ago the paper couldn't just steal the photos from the website without Cortese's permission. You have turned it into a conspiracy theory.

Who's going to start the "Where is the away kit and goalkeepers kit" thread?

The photos it is based on has the sash both ways. This is due to it physically being separate from the white shirt. Thus some players in 1885 put it over one shoulder and some put it over the other shoulder. You'd think they would realise and be uniform.

Looks great!

Merry Christmas

At least with Wiki it has people that correct things if people make errors. With http://footballrumours.co.uk they just let it stay on the site

This website just puts lists of rumours that ANYONE in the world sends to them. It is the least reliable source for transfer information there is.

It was nothing to do with money etc He simply would have failed the medical at Southampton and they refused to offer him a long term contract with the clause that Brighton put in. From the Brighton OS Saints didn't want to sign a potentially crooked right back and then need to sign another one in January. Brighton did and have admitted as much with the clause.

Pompey have far more players than AA is willing to talk about in the press. The have an under 18 team for a start. All of which are eligible to play in the first team. Yes, they'd lose alot of games in the Championship, but no need to relax a transfer embargo when the club can use youngsters to make up the numbers.

The Ukraine is full of business corruption and dodgy dealings, little surprise AA has resorted to flogging the club to markets such as these with the situation so desperate. Just look at this chairman's past... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Rabinovich I wonder if Rupert Lowe ever sold tanks to the Taliban? I don't think the Ukraine has particulary strong fit and proper persons tests!

Why have you not included yourself in the list? You do exactly what you accuse Nick G, Smirking Saint, Once Bitterne and myself of.

At least everyone is now fully prepared for no installment plan in 2011/12 and beyond.

You can't compare the two! - A car for most is required in every day life. - A season ticket for a football club is a luxury item and is not "needed" especially if you aren't in a healthy financial position. Just goto fewer games, you don't HAVE to goto all 23.

If you are "that" close to the limits of your bank account, a luxury item like a season ticket shouldn't be a priority - installment plan or not! You don't HAVE to goto every game. Just ration yourself with for example 8 home games per season until you are in the position to be able to afford the luxury of 23 games so it doesn't effect your financial health.