City’s new kit

Tuesday, 24/05/2011

Umbro have unveiled the new Manchester City away kit for next season – which is based on one of the most famous shirts in the club’s history.

It is modelled around the black and red shirt worn in 1969 and 1970 during which time City won the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup.

The shirt is designed so that when a player celebrates a goal or links arms with team mates, the black and red stripe remains consistent. For this reason, there is no seam on the underarm as traditionally stitching can distort the shape and flow of a stripe.

The stripe width on the shirt was inspired by the old 1969 kit. The long sleeve version features an all-black forearm so that there is a unified stripe-look when the players link arms in goal celebrations.

The club crest and sponsor detail is key-lined in gold in order to give standout against the black and red. City’s home colour, sky blue, is featured within the crest so that the away kit always carries a piece of ‘home’. Black stitching is used on the cuff of the shirt and an equal amount of black and red is featured on the hem.

The shorts are plain black and include the club crest whilst the socks are black and similar to the shirt, feature two bands of red.

The new kit is available for pre-order and will be on sale from June 23.

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