Badger

Yes, you’re right it’s not been revived. Probably because it has been supplanted by the yellow/blue combination, especially among you youngsters! I doubt the club will look to have an amber kit along with a yellow/ blue creation the same season. I’d forgotten the Solent green. I liked it second time round, kit was quite nice. In fact we’ve had a couple of decent white away or third shirts (Wembley 2017, and the FA Cup shirt v Coventry a few years back). Im not against the changes and experiments (within reason), but just don’t fuck up the home kit please !

As far as I’m aware through the 60’s and early 70’s until 1973/4 when it changed to yellow and blue. I was told in the 70’s that the amber and black was chosen as this was the colours of the Hampshire Regiment, although later read that we borrowed a kit from the regiment that was burgundy and blue. No idea of the source of this although Fitzhugh might expand on the story. Yellow and Blue was nothing unique to Saints and just followed a 70’s fashion trend at the time. This had previously been the away strip of Man Utd, Chelsea and Everton (and they’re the only ones I can recall, probably more) in the previous couple of seasons. I’ve tried finding footage of Saints in amber and black, but the majority of clips are black and white. This includes away v Man Utd (Ron Davies in his prime), Arsenal on Boxing Day (Eric Martin’s best game ?) , and York City in Cup.

Far too much I agree with, and common sense expressed here to register with those making decisions. If we can’t have a full striped kit then I’d like the Rank Xerox to become the standard default kit. With the sash reserved for anniversaries! Away kit - for me should be amber and black, but accept yellow and blue seems indelibly set for many. Don’t mind if that is varied with navy/yellow (as 2010/11) or stripes as last season. Third kit - I like the red and black, or sky/navy (again, Rank Xerox era)but should give some licence for the club to bugger about and vary it. Within reason. So no Japanese wallpaper designs or psychedelic ‘far out,man’ crap (2022/3 and this year). Two year cycle, good idea, but commercially the club and manufacturers probably wouldn’t suppory that.

Not sure, I recall Gecko did some badge designs. He might have been involved in the shirts at one point.

Fine. Until they turn round. Just looking at the clips on here and the backs look dreadful, very tacky.

It takes years of practice to build the confidence to perfect a dummy like that. You can’t coach it, it’s intuitive.

Introduce him slowly between now and the closure of the transfer window. A couple of goals pre-season and he’ll be at Chelsea before end of August.

Far better in the good old days of The Alehouse when they’d go somewhere and someone would spu their guts up after being under the guidance of Big Ron and the senior pros the night before on the piss.

Not Jander for me. And despite how highly we rate him and the job he does for us, I don’t see Downes in the “big money” category.

And we paid how much for Edozie, Larios etc ???

Even Rupert Lowe invited supporters input in the kit selection. Possibly a lot easier when it’s produced in house, but I doubt we’d end up with the crap we’re served up with if fans views are canvassed. For me a feature on a striped shirt is ‘stripes on the back?’. If that’s not available then I’d sadly be inclined to scrap the stripes altogether.

There were a few on display at the SF, looked really good. Put a lot of modern efforts to shame.

Good, can we loan him to Eastleigh for the rest of the season ?

This is where FAB should come into play and rattle a few at the club, if they have anything about them or serve any purpose. But they probably won’t. Imagine they’re too inclined to just nod along to whatever they’re told, and be grateful the club listen to them on whether the concourse should stock Quavers and Wagon Wheels.

All a matter of opinion but for me the mono colour crest is the least of my concerns. The design and the ridiculous back panel render discussion about the crest pointless. the design is more important, after who will be wearing it of course. Get the team right and I don’t suppose we’ll care too much if the change kit is them playing in their underpants. (In answer to Trousers question I’m pretty sure others have done this with the badge it, but can’t recall who or when).