Everton extend Umbro kit deal

I’ll give EFC the benefit of the doubt, but in my adult years in my view the quality of the kits is not comparable with Adidas, Nike, or LCS.

It’s been a long haul with Umbro, and a EFC, let’s hope next seasons kits are as good or better than this seasons, and a decent price point.

I'd be much more inclined to buy my kids more gear than just the kit if the make was Adidas, Nike or Under Armour.

Kids simply don't want an Umbro track suit.

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Off topic I see Matty Pennington is in the running for Ipswich player of the year.

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I actually like Umbro and until we challenge, win and or move to a new stadium the traditional football brand Umbro will do me.

I liked the green kit of 4 seasons ago and last seasons purple edition. Both bold, unique and my two favourite colours other than blue.

Up until this season monstrosity I have preferred the third kits of recent years. The home designs have looked cheap. If they can't do a proper job then plain blue is great. I'm not a fan of the panelling just for the sake of it.

So more greens and purples for me, but not together! Black and green, purple and white.

Seriously though I just don't see Umbro attracting the fickle masses, like Nike, adidas etc, seems only one step away from Slazenger.

My feelings over the years, were that people who knew me, knew I was an 'Evertonian' and people who didn't know me weren't all that interested anyway. However, I do think that they bring a bit of colour to proceedings, and it's nice to see all the youngsters wearing them with pride.

It also confirms why I avoid oasis whenever possible. They were pure manc shite

Couldn't give a fuck about designs, as long as it's blue and has the badge on it.

If we started to actually win things then it would sell in droves.

Iv'e never bought a shirt either.

Andy #23, it's not quite that dismal. PSV, Schalke, CSKA, Nurnberg, Hearts and Republic of Ireland wear Umbro too. It's not a top-tier name anymore, but it's not exactly Puma either.

It helps me feel connected despite being on the other side of the planet. Not a lot of Everton anything around here.

I don’t really give a shit so long as we are doing ok, but hate the Angry Birds on the sleeve. It just looks crap.

On saying that I’d be interested on seeing a Adidas kit - just as we’ve never had one.

Cheap and lacking of class. Nil satis... blah blah blah.

Thanks to John # 35. I wrote this before i saw your informative post .

Half the crowd of mainly Chinese wore Arsenal colours.
It became known that outside the ground several booths did a roaring trade in Arsenal based trivia but not one booth had any Everton stuff for sale.
Whoever was in charge of our promotional dept deserved a cick up the bum.

It says a lot when the models look shit in the overpriced tracksuits.

I think that Nike and Adidas refused to sponsor us and we simply had to stick with what we've got!

If you look at the templates Adidas use, many are the same for all the top clubs and likewise Nike has produced the same templates for many teams.

This season’s shirt is pretty smart that we have and I trust in the main that Umbro do a fairly good job, just a shame our marketing department isn’t good enough.

Some of the kits they have posted are superb. Umbro really should consult with whoever is behind that account.

Can ToffeeWeb run a poll asking simply if they like Umbro or not please?

We did Nike and the shirt designs were nothing special. They use templates for everybody apart from a few select CL teams. They have also been responsible for that hideous England kit ( sky blue and white with red socks ) and some none too pleasant Man City kits.

Adidas is for chavs these days. They’ve flooded the market with their products and it’s got no gravitas... A sad decline of a once proud brand for me.

What does concern me is that our Marketing Dept miss out on opportunities like the Asian friendlies against Arsenal and Leicester mentioned above.

That’s what we should worry about, Umbro kits are as good as we will get until we are CL regulars and it’s time people faced that and stopped the whining.

I don't see the so called big hitters having a bidding war to produce our kits but I'm sure the football economic experts on here will have a different idea.

We missed a trick (a few actually) when we had players from China (and sponsor Kejian), an Australian sports icon in Cahill, and a huge US market with our American players. Not to mention the long term sponsorship with Chang.

All these were pre-Moshiri. Hopefully, we can kick on.

I'm less bothered by the fact that we have Umbro, as compared to the kinds of opportunities that many of us have spoken about, in terms of tapping into markets outside the UK.
If we can begin to tap into these markets, and start doing well on and off the pitch, then the kit deals will follow.

Back in the 90s a kit would last two seasons at least and that made it much more reasonable. And you had some actual memories of that particular kit.

I was watching a YouTube video of Mikel Arteta earlier today and I realised just how many kits I'd completely forgotten about over the last decade! They become all very similar and much of a muchness or just something that you have absolutely no recollection of at all!

As for Umbro, it's never been a fashionable brand and not many people would choose it over one of the more established makes. Especially the training gear.