Goggles & Flippers Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Erm, the one on the fishal website modelled by the women's team. Is that just for them for to be extended to all squads? If so, I don't know how it passed so many levels of scrutiny. Maybe UBH can confirm how often has a team not incorporated any their colours at all in the away strip. Before any smart arse gets involved, white doesn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman1991 Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 With you on that one Goggles - this has no connection to the club at all. Which players designed this? The Women? the men? a mixture? Sorry guys AFAIC an epic fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Thought it was fairly clear the women had designed it for their own use only. But since it’s to support a specific charity, it’s a bit odd that the charity doesn’t seem to use those colours either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Goggles & Flippers said: Erm, the one on the fishal website modelled by the women's team. Is that just for them for to be extended to all squads? If so, I don't know how it passed so many levels of scrutiny. Maybe UBH can confirm how often has a team not incorporated any their colours at all in the away strip. Before any smart arse gets involved, white doesn't count. That strip is truly honking, I know UBH is proud of the mfc script and the work put into it rightly so, but in my untrained opinion it looks naff, the club crest/badge looks a lot better. Replace the black with claret and the blue with Amber, and a club badge and that would be a tidy strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Colour wise, what is the connection to our club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Didn’t we have a black strip with no claret and Amber? Maybe not. Wasn’t our original color blue? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 It is something different for charity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkySuperSub Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Spiderpig said: Replace the black with claret and the blue with Amber, and a club badge and that would be a tidy strip. Is it black? I looked at it on the laptop earlier and thought it was a dark navy blue, but it is certainly bordering on black on the phone. But aye, not a fan either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, texanwellfan said: Didn’t we have a black strip with no claret and Amber? Maybe not. Wasn’t our original color blue? Yeah, black with a bit of white, only claret & amber was the crest. Wore it when we got 2nd place at Pittodrie. Still a shit strip though. I thought petrol blue was our original colour, but I'm only going by the couple of times they used it recently, others will know more about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Yes blue was our original colour but it was a petrol or prussian variety very similar to our recent away one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Don't know why people are getting all hyped up about it personally. A one off strip for charity so don't see the problem with it being a different colour. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Glencairn played in Dark Blue, could be a reference to that. We also had the 1997 fluorescent yellow kit which only had claret and amber on the crest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 I’m a big fan of incorporating claret & amber into every kit where possible. However, it’s a charity shirt designed by the team and I don’t think we should look too deeply into the shades used. The blue tone we originally wore way back was a bog standard navy and a mid blue. The petrol blue shade we adopted is a modern interpretation based on nothing more than an image from cigarette card illustration. The colour dyes used at the time were pretty basic and bespoke colours weren’t that prevalent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Worth noting in the modern game far bigger clubs than us choose lots of weird and wonderful colours for their alternate kits. This woman’s shirt is pretty conservative in comparison to some shades used. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosemite sam Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Sorry, but whether that strip is for charity or not, its horrible, and doesn't say anything about MFC, other than the letters on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 I don't think it's supposed to say anything about Motherwell FC any more than this is supposed to say anything about Barca (other than "we're supporting a charity with our away kit"): or Doncaster Rovers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 If you want to raise money for charity through sales, the first and last criteria is to come up with something people will buy. Probably gonnae be too un-Motherwell for a lot of fans and too unremarkable for most non-fans. I don't get who they were aiming at here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, bobbybingo said: If you want to raise money for charity through sales, the first and last criteria is to come up with something people will buy. Probably gonnae be too un-Motherwell for a lot of fans and too unremarkable for most non-fans. I don't get who they were aiming at here. Plenty of folk over on FB already wanting to know how to buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, santheman said: Plenty of folk over on FB already wanting to know how to buy one. Mibbe about a dozen? No sure what the Brazilian guy's after. I really hope they sell plenty, but I still think something with a wee bit of our colours would shift more shirts - or something so wild it would get noticed elsewhere. I imagine they're limited in what Macron will actually produce, and mibbe there's a very personal reason for choosing those colours. Best of luck to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 hours ago, bobbybingo said: If you want to raise money for charity through sales, the first and last criteria is to come up with something people will buy. Probably gonnae be too un-Motherwell for a lot of fans and too unremarkable for most non-fans. I don't get who they were aiming at here. I’m on kit collector groups and there has been a positive reaction to it and that will likely generate sales from non Motherwell fans. Sometimes you need to see the wider picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles & Flippers Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 I don't know what the potential sales are from kit collectors over 20,000 attendees and people who have an affiliation to Motherwell that if you put a hint of something C&A on it would get a bite. You'd also sell some to the kit collectors if done right too. A discussion was probably had about the lack of anything associated with the club bar the monogram and the decision was to push ahead regardless. Dundee's lawyers must have already been on the blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Goggles & Flippers said: Dundee's lawyers must have already been on the blower. Sadly there is no copyright on colour in the same way that any team could adopt claret & amber as ‘their colour’. However, I agree it would make a nice Dundee shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 It never fails to amaze me how anyone can get so worked up about a fitba kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles & Flippers Posted March 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 It never fails to amaze me how so many on internet discussion boards can infer so much backstory and perceived mock outrage when there is none 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted March 17, 2021 Report Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/16/2021 at 8:58 AM, SteelmaninOZ said: Very good cause. Can’t see the Motherwell C&A looks more like Dundee. Well done for 3-0 win Maybe I should have posted this here instead of the women’s thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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