New home kit for next season celebrates Goodison Park

Be nice to be able to get a shirt without the sponsor on it.

Might be tempted to buy one but I hate the Stake logo.

I do not like the collar at all.

It also looks like it is made from 1970s school bog-roll dyed blue.

Fuck me, that's the first shirt in years that I wouldn't be embarrassed to wear, except for the sponsor's logo of course. Which is why I won't be buying a replica shirt. That and the price of them.

Our primary colour is blue and I believe our kit should reflect that! Just my opinion!

Can't please some people!!

I feel for Hummel having to incorporate that obnoxiously-large logo.

Bring back the days of teams being sponsored by Nintendo, SEGA, Walkers Crisps, Brown Ale, and Chang.

I must admit to a liking for the '90s home kit (Danka were the sponsor) which was a darker shade of blue with black detailing and the hooped black and blue socks. We won the FA Cup in that kit; however, my very favourite memory was the sight of Amokachi celebrating his goals at Elland Road when we destroyed those media darlings (Spurs) in the semi.

If I see the Danka shirt on a retro website, I always think of Amo's big smile, it's become an autonomic response! It cheers me up, anyway.

I realise there's a retro 1979 Hafnia vibe meant to be going on but... Jesus. Nearly as bad as last season's Man Utd shirt.

Looks like an after-thought on the collar and sleeve – reminds me of an episode of Peep Show where David Mitchell dread veins onto a bit of cheddar to make it look like Stilton.

Best kit we've had is the 1969-70 simple blue shirt, blue cuffs. Round white collar. And we also had a group of players fit to wear it.

It's the last full season in Goodison. It's a tip of the cap to tradition, something Goodison radiates as a cathedral of sport.

Sharp as fuck. Love it. Class.

Below is a list of English clubs using Hummel kits. We are not exactly in distinguished company and, with the relegation of Southampton, we are the only Premier League club using Hummel supplied kits.

As far as I can tell, Hummel does not supply kits to any of what I would call "Elite clubs" in any of the major European leagues. They appear to specialise in, shall we say, the lesser lights. Maybe if we can improve our standing and up our profile, we can start getting our kits from the likes of Nike and Adidas instead. Here's the Wiki link:

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Basildon United
Coventry City
Everton
Hyde United
Nuneaton Griff
Southampton
St Albans
Wycombe Wanderers

Like the shirt, don't like the collar and hate the sponsor. I asked last year if they'd do me a short without the sponsor and they said they weren't allowed. Shame.

It's not the shirt – it's the players inside them that sells them as Everton's commercial side of the club is poor, and that was another failure by the board.

I appreciate that I'm in a minority, but don't understand the appeal to adults (particularly overweight ones). What's wrong with a scarf, rosette or club tie perhaps?

My (former) jersey was given to me by Steve Ashcroft, Blue and dear friend, and had Yakubu's name on the back of it. Absolutely loved it.

When I went to Orlando to see Everton pre-season when they came to the States, I wore it. Sitting next to Lyndon in absolutely sweltering heat as the afternoon Florida summer sun shone directly at us with temps around 95 degrees, sweating like an absolute hog, the damned shoulder stitching came apart on the jersey.

I honestly believe it was all the moisture degrading the fabric from sweating. It was unbearably hot – never been that hot in my life. Finished the game with a flap of fabric hanging from my left shoulder, shoulder exposed.

So I need a replacement, and I'll be getting this jersey from the final year at Goodison.

Side note - I watched hundreds of Blues that day pound beer. Being a Floridian, I knew not to drink due to the heat. How people avoided extreme dehydration that day is a mystery along the lines of loaves and fish. People should have either been dropping like flies, or looking like raisins. So, so, so hot that day. Professional guzzlers is how I'd describe Evertonians based upon that event.

I don't know why we can't stick with the one playing shirt and various designs for polo and tee shirts as we can't be that vain that people might tell how good a supporter by the design of the shirt.

Edit.. As an overweight adult, you can piss off, Mike Doyle (30). :)

It's sad to see that Calvert-Lewin can't even wear the jersey without comments being made.

You make a valid point about the club's standing and profile influencing the choice of kit supplier. A decade ago, we had Nike for two seasons. They lost interest when we sunk down the Premier League table.

The global brand suppliers have no desire to be tainted by association with failing clubs, such as we have been for most of the last decade.

Success on the field is the key to commercial growth off the field. I know that is a statement of the obvious.

they withdrew to save the money, to invest in better conditions for their sweatshop workers.

I think we've only worn all-blue kits away from Goodison Park at the likes of Old Trafford et al, I can't remember us wearing all-blue at Goodison Park, but could be wrong.

I couldn't agree more!

Sorry to pull a statto, but we didn't wear that shirt at Elland Road for the Semi. We debuted that kit for the Final, and that was our last appearance with NEC. Danka's first appearance was at the Charity Shield.

All those many, many, years ago. Good memories, especially driving home from Leeds, and the weekend at Wembley.

@ Jamie 31

Why the hell the stadium organisers only opened half the Stadium that day (the half in the sun, not shade) was beyond me. Sells more beer I guess. But another Trophy day regardless. Ha.

Personally I think it's an awful new shirt..... "what would Everton do".

I'm sure we worn it at Old Trafford when we beat Man Utd 3-0. Beardsley, Mo Johnston and Warchyca scored.

"but don't understand the appeal to adults (particularly overweight ones)."

Simple. It's a motivation to lose weight when you get it and it fits like skin on a sausage. Then you step up your exercise and dieting efforts. and 10 minutes later you accept defeat and put it in the back of the closet with the rest of the collection and never wear it again.

Final thought… I assume the nod to Archie Leach was timed to coincide with our last season at Goodison - but Colin Chong tells us it won't be. Everton that!

Just so stuck in the past, living off former glories.

I like the nod to Archibald leitch but come on, this is Brexit kit (it were great in my day)

As a collector of Blues shirts it's not bad but at £70 for the long sleeved version...I'll wait!

In Dixie Dean's day socks were blue or even darker shades. '95 blue and black stripes were great as were '84-'85 blue hoops on white socks. Something a bit different!

Maybe Michael K can set something up?!!!

Looks like a decent traditional Everton kit to me.

For the away, go back to amber with blue shorts and amber socks.

As much as I didn't like that pink kit, I saw some of my favourite matches in it last season. Leicester, Wolves and Brighton away.

But let's got to amber.

Other kits over the years. I liked that dark green away one we had in the Moyes era. I liked to Black Watch One with the sash.

Worse ones? Take your pick.

The Gary Linekar white bib?

That one-to-one lighter shade of blue (not Royal Blue) with that awful yellow stripe across the middle?

The away strip around 96 that was yellow but had black and blue stripes all over it?

Or the white concoction that I refer to as the Vinny Samways kit?

Does Michael Keane count?

Move forward and modernise everything. The club really hasn't got a clue. Retro, my arse.

I'm sick to death of tradition.

Dave Thomas down the wing crossing for the Latch.
The magic of Duncan McKenzie
Andy King and the brick wall bulldozer that was Mick Lyons
3 League Cup finals and derby semi-final robbery.

Diamond days indeed!!!!

The electric blue of 1998 shirt was as bad as the football!!!!

God bless Gareth Farrelly !!!!

Fans and players should be encouraged to grow a mullet and moustache to complete the look.

I mean, where's the flamboyant perennial embroidery we've had to endure for years from the no-marks in charge?

I won't be buying it though.

UTFT

Why is this and when did the colour of the shirt veer away from Royal Blue?

https://youtu.be/OeXSUSe2aME

I'm also in the large group who would buy one if it wasn't for the massive Stake logo.

It just made me wonder if the loss of revenue from shirt sales (from us anti-sponsor types) would be greater than the fee paid by Stake.

Digressing, on the badge, I quite like the new simple representation of Prince Rupert's Tower that is on the club website, the App and my Everton water flask as well as my Amber T-shirt.

Maybe for the away kit that, with a retro 70s style EFC underneath it. The modern with some reference to the past.

Be original. I know some get very emotional about the badge on the shirt, but the club hasn't always worn the official crest on the shirt. I think that came about in the early 80s, but disappeared during the brief glory years.

Just a thought.

There must be a way to accelerate this process? Might take a hair dryer to one and see if it works.

My dirty horrible red nose partner said we need to go and get our son the new Everton kit but I told her I'm not buying another thing from Everton until the second biggest curse on our 145-year history is removed.

Then yesterday I went into the club shop and saw the kit up close and personal. It looked and felt so cheap and tacky. It reminded me of one of those blag kits you can buy in Magaluf.

Last seasons had "ship" written all over it. The pink being particularly awful.

I agree there's a difference in pictures vs real life slightly cheaper feel to it.

I'm not an amber fan, I'm not a fan of grey kits and would love to adopt green as our 2nd colour. Alternatively a dark purple would be lovely.

Thought it was meant to be '80s retro it's more early '90s. I didn't like the collar but the shirt is alright. It's blue, is it Royal blue? Not sure it is… I think it needs to be a shade darker.

But we've had a variety of colours, the first One2one was both a lighter shade and had that band across it, very weird, and had a collar.