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Sadly football has moved on commercialisation has took over football. We rely on shirt sales and if we kept same design each season we make no money as people would not buy it.

 

Could be worse could have a Cardiff City owner who changes our home kit to red.

Although Bristol Rovers, Blackburn, Newcastle, Sunderland, etc all keep the intrinsic distinctiveness and design of their strip and manage

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If I see the word 'traditional' one more time...

It's traditional for the new kit to provoke debate.

 

Traditional.

 

 

Remember the 'traditional' red and blue hoops kit? Now a rehash of that would've given you all something to complain about.

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Sadly football has moved on commercialisation has took over football. We rely on shirt sales and if we kept same design each season we make no money as people would not buy it.

 

Could be worse could have a Cardiff City owner who changes our home kit to red.

 

So the fans of clubs Latics Pete mentioned, Bristol Rovers, Blackburn, Newcastle, Sunderland, etc don't buy them ?

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I'd appreciate it if someone could put together a thread and pin it so that we can refer to the words we are and are not allowed to use when discussing particular subjects.

 

That's actually a :censored:ing good idea. Possibly one of the best.

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We will never have a kit design that is consistent, that is singularly associated with Oldham Athletic, and that all fans love.

 

 

Clubs that have that (or at least the first two) chose a design a long time ago (before the increased level of commercialism) and stuck with it. Personally I would like to have had a kit of this type, don't know why but there is something positive in my head about a instantly recognisable design, helps give a real sense of identity.

 

Arguably we had that opportunity with the broad blue striped shirt in the pre/post WWII era - but even that pales into comparison to the B****** Rovers level of design - but we didn't take it.

 

Too many changes have occurred for us to ever have that sense again so we accept that we will have a variable kit that (almost) always will be blue.

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Good job OWTB wasn't around in the 1900's - the traditionalists would have gone mental over the change from Red and White stripes to Blue. Anyway it's always been tangerine for this late 60's starter!

For those old enough to remember, how did fans respond to the introduction of tangerine, back in the day? And, then, what was the response to reverting back to blue, six or so years later?

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Still has a whiff of a training kit about it... but at least it actually exists, which is a start.

That should should wash out or return it for a clean one :)

 

 

Sadly football has moved on commercialisation has took over football. We rely on shirt sales and if we kept same design each season we make no money as people would not buy it.

 

Could be worse could have a Cardiff City owner who changes our home kit to red.

Does the club actually get a commission on shirt sales now with the sportsdirect deal? or is it just the rental / sponsorship?

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For those old enough to remember, how did fans respond to the introduction of tangerine, back in the day? And, then, what was the response to reverting back to blue, six or so years later?

Has to be remembered that it was more difficult to share opinions - your circle of friends, the pub, those you stood near at the match.

So assessment of reaction is necessarily flawed but....the 60s were a time of being "with it", bright colours, out with the old, at least amongst younger people and I was a teenager at the time. Ken Bates was promising "Europe in the 70s" and the world of Latics seemed energetic and exciting. So, certainly amongst lots of my counterparts , whilst the intial reaction wasn't good we soon embraced the new colours (and remember our change strip had been tangerine). For the first time too it was possible to easily buy a replica short in the new design!

When the change back to blue came about I recall lots of disappointment that it was to a fairly regulation plain blue shirt. The chance to revert to our distinct "thirds" shirt was missed - and I still hope we can redress that!

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For those old enough to remember, how did fans respond to the introduction of tangerine, back in the day? And, then, what was the response to reverting back to blue, six or so years later?

 

I first watched Latics in 1970, and I remember being surprised - and a little disappointed - that they were changing shirt colours in 1972. It was my Dad who had to explain that Latics were 'reverting' to, rather than 'changing' to, blue and white.

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That's actually a :censored:ing good idea. Possibly one of the best.

 

There's one word in there which you never get printed in a newspaper, so why choose to use it on a messageboard?

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