Everton unveil new 2024-25 away kit inspired by floodlit Goodison nights

I suppose this just fits in with the world since Covid, because prices have risen, but the standard or quality of a lot of things has regressed, although driving towards Bramley-Moore Dock has become something I really enjoy because the stadium is beginning to look awe-inspiring.

I'll have a walk past the new stadium when I'm up for the Roma match.

His company has won the ISPO Award for innovation in the sporting industry so Castore have been trying to arrange a meeting with them to try to get access to their product technology. They were told to do one.

Finally, a jersey with character.

The Everton jersey — home, away or third option — should have the Everton crest on it, particularly in this age of the global game. We went through enough drama in 2013 getting it back to something worthy of the club after all.

For me, that simplified tower has no personality but I've always liked the all-black change strips.

You just need material and a needle and thread. Simple.

This is not just a drastic mess up by Castore, but also whoever signed it off in Everton marketing.

Surely they can see it's a massive part of our heritage and should never be displayed as a misshapen arrow.

Let's hope there is an immediate apology and U-turn.

There should be a proper badge. A black away kit looks great but a neater trim with white or navy blue would be better than the yellow.

You Luddite!

10 years ago, it was rejected when the badge was changed with 22,000 fans calling for the more traditional design. No consultation this time, so why has it now been done so again?

The dab of yellow bears no resemblance to the tower, or the club in any way. It has no significance or class. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Great for leisure wear as a subtle nod to the famous tower, but the actual kits should have the proper badge on them.

Reminds me of a team I once helped out who played in white shirts because everybody had one of some sort or other. And the photo above looks like they've all just gotten out of bed.

The tower 'badge' has been used on the 3rd kit the last 2 years. Now it's appeared on the 2nd kit. The dilution of tradition, hoping no one notices.

Imo, a cost-saving exercise. Much less expensive than a proper crest to produce. Stinks of Castore's low-quality, high-price strategy.

The cost of shirts is a scandal, It does look flimsy.

Technology is destroying the world.

Agree, Paul #17, I always think it's better to employ people who have families to feed than replace them with machines. But I've lived mostly in what is termed "third world countries" or developing countries if you're being nice about it, and if you don't have work, you don't have anything: no food, no education, no health care. No prospects.

The club as a product, nothing more, nothing less. And if you think this is bad, wait until the new Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock starts up — the way we will be sold to, manipulated, exploited.

The language of product and brand, the very worst of modern day capitalism. Tragic that our beloved football club has been absorbed into this world.

However, these Goodison under the lights nights are so rare. But this century: Lampard v Palace was unbelievable and to be honest Benitez v Arsenal.

I can't count last season v Liverpool as the first home win against them in 14 years.

"I think it's great that the away kit is inspired by Goodison under lights and some of the great night games that have taken place there.”

Surely, iconic Ferguson moment was his debut goal against them?

I do like the kit though, having collar love ins over here.

I hope the quality issues are unfounded; as a shirt collector, I'll wait to see if any of my fellow Blues have any issues with our new Castore shirts before any purchase.

Looks like Castore are the current favourite ‘whipping boy' (with very little in the way of player faults to moan about).

I'll take Tony's complaint at face value because he's been able to handle the goods and compare and contrast but, from the announcement of them becoming the kit manufacturers, there seems to have been a groundswell of negativity for what seem to be very subjective things.

I have never handled Castore products but I've seen others wear their stuff and it looked fine. More than that, I've heard people who take their sports and leisure wear much more seriously than me speak very highly of the brand.

Maybe that's what it is? They seem to be very fashionable and booming (despite a few high-profile problems) and that can make things ‘marmite'. Same with being locals made good (especially if allegiances aren't clear).

The articles I read about the wet-look kit made it sound like a performance issue with a high-tech fabric and that seems to have led to lessons learned.

Rugby jerseys have changed radically in my lifetime. The old cotton ones just feel nicer against the skin and the actual durable playing kit had to have a good ‘density'. The new ones tend to feel less pleasant and less substantial but usually have more ‘beneficial' sporting performance in other ways.

I'm not sure you'd choose out of preference to use precisely the same materials for a professional kit and leisure wear versions but, if you use wholly different ones for the proper kit and a replica version, then presumably you will end up with kits that look too different.

Maybe the problem is that the replicas end up being neither one thing nor the other and the Pro versions just aren't actually that comfortable compared to most of the other free-choice clothes you'd wear?

The absolute bare minimum on a team shirt? The team name.

Increasing brand awareness around the world with shirts that seemingly belong to no one but Stake and Castore. Unbelievable.

Shoddy.

And then there's this.

It won't be long before that attempt of a tower is on all 3 kits. Anybody who doesn't like it should let the club know. The more negative noise they hear, the more chance there is to stop them.

We've always had the crest, but not always worn it on the shirt.

In the '70s, we had the simple diagonal EFC. In the '80s, it reflected Prince Rupert's but wasn't the official club crest.

The club crest will always be there, but I personally don't get over excited as to whether it's on the shirt to be honest.

Great to modernise and simplify if it actually looks better, but this has taken every ounce of of character out of the badge.

I could never see those across the park doing similar and replacing the liver birds with a rubber ducky.

Sorry, can't find anything positive to say about it.

Change, change, change — they never give up. Tradition and heritage are dirty words to The Agenda.

"10 years ago, it was rejected when the badge was changed with 22,000 fans calling for the more traditional design. No consultation this time, so why has it now been done so again?"

Christine, yep. Laid in wait and slithered back out for another go. They'll be watching the response, sick little charts will be produced to monitor the acceptance. Not a function of artistic expression or a change of supplier; it's marbled into almost everything.

This aside, the basic kit itself is okay.