New Hull City Umbro Kits 2009-10
The new Hull City kits for the 2009-10 season, manufactured by Umbro have been released. Totesport.com replaces Kingston Communications as Hull’s shirt sponsors. The name totesport.com will feature on the new Hull home shirt, while we’ll see only totesport on the away strip. The junior shirts will not carry the totesport logo because of gambling laws prevalent in the United Kingdom.
The Hull home shirt for the 2009-10 season is amber in colour, with black pinstripes. It is accompanied by black shorts, and amber socks with black hoops.
The new Hull away shirt is a blue one ( light blue to be specific). You can see a dark blue trim around the collar.
The price of the adult Hull jersey is £39.99 while the junior shirt retails at £29.99
New St.Mirren Hummel Kits 2009-10
Scottish Premier League side, St.Mirren FC, who finished 11th in the league last season, have officially put their home and away kits for the 2009-10 season on sale.
As mentioned in the title, the new strips are made by Hummel. The sponsors of the new Saint Mirren shirts are Braehead Shopping centre.
The home kit ( white and black) is modeled by John McShane, while the away kit ( black and gold) is modeled by Darren Cowan.
You can buy the St.Mirren shirts at the official club store ( stmirrendirect.co.uk) or at the shop on Causeyside Street, Paisley.
Spain beat South Africa 3-2, finish third in Confederations Cup
An injury time free kick from Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso helped Spain secure third place in the 2009 Confederations Cup as they beat hosts South Africa 3-2 in Rustenburg.
Some of the Spanish players prior to this clash said that they’d rather “be on vacation” than play this third place playoff, and for much of the game Spain did look lethargic.
Katlego Mphela, who had replaced Steven Pienaar, gave South Africa a shock 73rd minute lead, lashing home a cross from Siphiwe Tshabalala. With South Africa seemingly destined for a famous win, Spanish substitute Dani Guiza scored twice in two minutes to put Spain ahead. But Mphela sent the match into extra time with a brilliant 25 yard free kick in the third minute of injury time.
Xabi Alonso had the final say, curling home the winner in the 107th minute. For the second time in as many games, a set piece proved to the South Africa’s undoing.
Final score : Spain 3-2 South Africa
Goal scorers :- Dani Guiza 88′, 89′, Xabi Alonso 107′/ Katlego Mphela 73′, 90+3′
New Chelsea FC Away Kit 2009-10 season
We’ve already seen the 2009-10 season CFC Home Shirt. Now the Blues have unveiled their new away kit which will be worn for the first time in a pre season game against AC Milan on July 24.
The new CFC away strip will be officially launched on July 23. It is manufactured by Adidas. The shirt has dark navy and new navy as its two main colours, with the Adidas stripes in a neon yellow colour. It has been made using Adidas’ Climacool technology.
Check out the photos of the new CFC away shirt and shorts. How you would rate Adidas’ work on the new season Chelsea jerseys?
New Manchester United Home Kit 2009-10
Premier League champions Manchester United have officially unveiled photos of their new home kit for the 2009-10 season.
The new shirt, manufactured by Nike, celebrates the 100th year of Manchester United’s home ground, Old Trafford. The stadium was opened in the 1909-10 season.
The shirt is primarily red, with a large chevron across the chest. The jersey, made of Nike’s Dri-Fit fabric, is accompanied by white shorts with a red stripe along the side.
It will go on general sale in July, and will be first worn by United in their preseason tour of Asia.
What do you think of the new Man Utd 2009-10 home strip?
Newcastle to meet FC Utrecht in pre season friendly
Newcastle United have confirmed that they will meet Eredivisie side FC Utrecht in a preseason friendly on July 26.
The Magpies will start their preseason campaign against Irish side Shamrock Rovers on July 11. Darlington (July 18) and Huddersfield Town (July 21) away are their next two fixtures, following which they will make the trip to Holland to face Utrecht. Three days later on July 29, they will host Leeds United, and will finish their preseason engagements with a trip to Tannadice to play SPL side Dundee United.
The game between Newcastle and FC Utrecht will be held at Stadion Galgenwaard.
On the same day as the Newcastle-Utrecht game, there will be a game between England and Germany to raise money for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. This game will be played at 6.15 local time, while the Utrecht-Newcastle game is at 2.30 Dutch time. Many players of the 1990 World Cup squad, which Sir Bobby managed, will be playing in this friendly-Gazza, Peter Shilton, Paul Parker, Steve Hodge, Peter Beardsley and Des Walker. England lost to eventual champions West Germany in the semifinals of the tournament.
New Tottenham Hotspur 2009-10 kits
English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur have officially revealed their new kits for the 2009-10 season today ( June 25).
The new 2009-10 Spurs shirts are manufactured by Puma.
The home shirt is white in colour, and will be worn with blue shorts. Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes will wear an all green kit for the games at White Hart Lane. The new Spurs home shirt will be worn for the first time against Barcelona in the Wembley Cup on July 24.
The away strip is totally blue ( blue shirts worn with blue shorts).
The third kit for Spurs has a predominantly yellow shirt accompanied by yellow shorts and socks.
The shirt sponsors are Mansion.com, and the word Mansion is also written in Mandarin on the away and third Spurs shirts.
Check out the photos of the new Spurs jerseys 2009-10.
New VFL Wolfsburg 2009-10 shirts
German Bundesliga champions VFL Wolfsburg have unveiled their new home, away, goalkeeper and Champions League shirts for the 2009-10 season. The new kits are made by Adidas.
The home shirt ( modeled by striker Grafite in this picture), is primarily white in colour, with green stripes running down from the collar to the right side of the shirt and on the shoulders.
The away shirt ( modeled by Alexander Madlung in this picture) is similar to the home shirt, but white and green exchange places in this strip.
The goalkeeper shirt ( modeled by Diego Benaglio) is a black one.
The new Wolfsburg UEFA Champions League 2009-10 shirt ( modeled by Sascha Riether) is a neon yellow shirt with black stripes.
What do you feel about the new Wolfsburg jerseys/trikots?
New RSC Anderlecht 2009-10 home shirt
Along with Club Brugge, RSC Anderlecht, another Belgian football side, have also revealed their new 2009-10 home shirt.
The New Anderlecht 2009-10 Home Shirt is white in colour, and is manufactured by Adidas. We have BNP Paribas as the new shirt sponsors, with the familiar Fortis name just below the BNP text.
The new kit will be worn by Anderlecht for the first time in a friendly on 27 June 2009 against Knokke.
Check out the photo of the new Anderlecht home jersey. For other pics of the strip, please visit the official Anderlecht site ( rsca.be)
New Newcastle United 2009-10 Away Shirt- Championship
The 2009-10 Newcastle United home shirt wasn’t bad, but the away shirt has had fans seeing red ( or yellow, if you would prefer). Every newspaper worth its salt has criticized the new NUFC away strip. The Mirror thinks it will make them look like a gang of “lemon sherbets” on the field, while the Independent has said that the new “custard and cream” design is anything but stylish.
The new Newcastle away kit is an all yellow one, and is manufactured by Adidas. I won’t take the trouble of describing the shirt- the photo below tells it all.
Only one set of fans will be loving this shirt, and that will be Sunderland.
Here is a look at the new Newcastle away shirt.
New SS Lazio 2009-10 Home Shirt
This is the 2009-10 SS Lazio football home shirt. The Rome based Serie A team are the current Coppa Italia holders.
The new Lazio 2009-10 kit is made by Puma. It is a light blue round necked shirt. There is V-shaped design at the top ( no idea what it does to enhance the strip though). The Lazio and Puma logos are at the sides. The shirt has no sponsor.
See the photo of the new Lazio 2009-10 football home jersey.
New Feyenoord Rotterdam shirts- home and away
Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam’s shirts for the 2009-10 Eredivisie season have officially been released. Feyenoord, one of the big three of Dutch football along with PSV and Ajax, finished seventh in the 2008-09 season of the Eredivisie.
The new Feyenoord shirts are made by Puma, who return as the club’s kit makers after a gap of 22 years. ASR Verzekeringen are the club’s new shirt sponsors.
The home jersey is a mixture of red and white, and will be worn with black shorts. The away strip is a green and black outfit.
You can buy the new Feyenoord shirts from the official club store. Prices start at 50 Euros.
New Adelaide United 2009-10 Kits- Home and Away
Australian A-League side Adelaide United have officially released their new kits for the 2009-10 season. The launch took place on top of the Montefiore Hill in the northern part of the city.
The home shirt ( modeled by Travis Dodd in the photo below), is red in colour and will be worn for the first time in a pre season friendly against Perth Glory at the Hindmarsh stadium in August.
The away strip ( modeled by Daniel Mullen in the pic below) is predominantly black in colour, and will be worn by the club if the red jersey clashes with the opponent team’s home shirt.
The shirts are manufactured by Reebok. Exact Mining Services are the shorts sponsors, while electrical equipment testing company Testel are the sleeve sponsors.
Also check out other 2009-10 A-League and major football shirt releases.
New West Bromwich Albion 2009-10 Home Kit
Coca Cola Championship club West Bromwich Albion have officially unveiled their new home kit for the 2009-10 season. WBA played in the 2008-09 Premier League, but were relegated along with Newcastle and Middlesbrough.
The new WBA home shirt is made by Umbro. It uses the traditional WBA white and blue striped design.
There is a seventies-style WBA monogram on the back collar area.
The shirt will be worn with white shorts and white socks. The shorts have navy panels on the side, while the socks have navy pinstripe hoops.
Check out the pics of the new WBA home strip. What are your thoughts? Gianni Zuiverloon models the kit in this photo below.
The shirt can be bought for £39.99 ( Adult size)
Arsenal sign Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax
Arsenal have signed Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax Amsterdam for a fee of 12 million euros ( which has a variable component of 2 million euros). The fee details did not come from the Gunners, but were revealed on Ajax’s official site ( Ajax.nl)
Vermaelen, 23, can play both as a left back and a centre back. His versatility will help Arsenal, especially when their first choice left back, Gael Clichy, becomes unavailable.
The duration of the contract was not announced, but Arsenal said that it was a “long term contract”
Vermaelen started his career with his native Geerminal Beerschot and moved to Ajax in 2003. Beerschot were Ajax’s former satellite club, and gave the Dutch giants Vermaelen as well as Jelle Van Damme before the two clubs parted ways.
He made his debut at the age of 18 against Volendam, and went on to make over 140 appearances for Ajax in his six year stay at the Amsterdam Arena.
New Ajax Amsterdam 2009-10 Home Shirt
Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam today unveiled their new home shirt (Thuisshirt) for the 2009-10 season.
The Ajax away shirt was released a couple of months back, but Adidas decided to release the home jersey only in June.
The home kit consists of a white and red shirt along with white shorts. The shirt uses white as its main colour, with red being used in the middle. The three Adidas stripes are red in colour, and so are the ends of the sleeves. The shirt sponsors are Aegon.
Check out the photo of the new Ajax strip, modeled by Luis Suarez and others.
Gold Coast United 2009-10 shirts- home and away
A-League side Gold Coast United have revealed their shirts that will be worn for their 2009-10 league campaign.
The Queensland based side are making their debut in the 2009-10 A-League season.
The home shirt is yellow in colour, with blue shorts and royal blue socks completing the outfit.
Gold Coast United have gone for an all white away strip. Sponsors Mineralogy are represented by the big M in the middle of both the shirts. The company is owned by Gold Coast United chairman Clive Palmer.
The home shirt seems to be inspired by the Brazilian team’s colours, while the away shirt seems to have drawn inspiration from Real Madrid.
Also check out other A-League and football shirts.
PSV Eindhoven 2009-11 Away Shirt
Here is a look at the New PSV Eindhoven Uitshirt ( Away Shirt) to be used for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. This is the only shirt release from PSV this season as the home shirt for 2009-10 is the same as the one which was used for the 2008-09 season.
The new PSV away jersey 2009-11 is manufactured by Nike. It is black in colour, with a vertical red and white checkered stripe on one side of the shirt. The checkered colours are inspired by the colours on the flag of Brabant, PSV Eindhoven’s home province.
Red shorts and black socks complete the new away strip.
Man United accept £80m bid for Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United have accepted a £80m (€93m or $131.5m) bid from La Liga giants Real Madrid for Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo, FIFA’s World Player of the Year for 2008, was heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid last summer, and United even complained to FIFA accusing Los Merengues of “unsettling” their player.
The relationship between Real and Manchester United seemed to have soured, but the re-emergence of Florentino Perez, along with Ronaldo’s “own desire to leave” ( stated by United as one of their reasons for accepting the bid), have made the world’s biggest football transfer possible.
Should Ronaldo accept Real’s terms, the fee Real will pay for him will dwarf the £56m they paid for AC Milan playmaker Kaka last week.
Manchester United bought Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon in 2003 for £12.2m. He has since then gone on to make over 190 appearances for United, and has scored 84 goals for the Red Devils ( a ratio of nearly a goal in every two games)
2009-10 Cambridge United Home Kit
English Conference side Cambridge United’s Home Kit for the 2009-10 season has been revealed.
The new Cambridge United home shirt, manufactured by Vandanel, is an amber jersey with a black sash running down from the left of the shirt to the bottom right.
The V necked shirt also has black and white flashes running down from the collar to the armpit. Global Self Drive are the shirt sponsors.
Here is a picture of the shirt modeled by Jai Reason. It is based on a design made by U’s fan Andy Stock. Reason signed a one year deal with Cambridge after being released by Ipswich Town.
The shirt can be purchased for £40 at the Cambridge United club shop.
New Paris Saint-Germain 2009/10 Shirts- Home and Away
French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain’s home and away shirts for the 2009/10 season have been revealed.
The new PSG strips are made by Nike. The home shirt ( maillot domicile) is navy blue in colour, with red pinstripes. The collar and the ends of the sleeves are red in colour. The PSG club crest and the Nike logo are on the sides, while sponsors Fly Emirates are represented in the centre.
The away jersey is a white one with polka dots all over it. The ends of the sleeves and the collar have red piping. The text of sponsors Fly Emirates is in navy blue ( in the home shirt it was in white)
You can buy these new PSG shirts from the official PSG store.
John McMahon to join Liverpool
Shrewsbury Town assistant manager John McMahon is set to move up three divisions by joining Premier League runners up Liverpool.
McMahon, the brother of former Liverpool player Steve, will join Rafa Benitez’s back room staff as head coach of the reserve team.
He joined Shrewsbury after eight seasons with Tranmere Rovers. The Shrews finished seventh in League Two in the 2008-09 season, and lost the playoff final to Gillingham.
This is what McMahon had to say.
“To work with a manager of the quality of Rafa Benitez and an assistant manager like Sammy Lee is brilliant and it’s a place where I can continue to learn and develop as a coach and hopefully give them something back.
“Ultimately I would have liked to have left the club with them being promoted but it wasn’t the case.
“I’ve really enjoyed my time with Shrewsbury and the chairman, manager, the staff, players and spectators have been fantastic to me.”
New Grimsby Town 2009-10 Shirts- Home and Away
English Football League Two side Grimsby Town have revealed their new kits for the 2009-10 football season.
The new shirts, manufactured using nano technology, have been made by Italian company Errea for the second season running.
The new home shirt is a white and black striped one, while the Mariners will wear a blue outfit on their travels away from Blundell Park next season.
The shirts can be bought at Grimsby Town’s official club shop. They will cost £39.99 for an adult shirt and £34.99 for junior sizes.
New Sunderland 2009-10 Away Shirt Umbro
After the new Sunderland home shirt, the Black Cats have now revealed their away strip for the 2009-10 season.
The new strip is manufactured by Umbro. The shirt is a round necked white shirt, with impactful carbon sleeves with a contrasting sulphur trim. Sulphur panels also feature on the back and sides of the shirt, which has a shadow stripe emboss to the front and back.
White shorts with carbon panels to the sides and sulphur on the lumbar panel and white socks, with a carbon and sulpher turnover complete the the new away kit.
New West Ham 2009-10 Away Shirt
English Premier League side West Ham United’s away shirt for the 2009-10 football season has been revealed. The new WHUFC 2009-10 shirt is manufactured by Umbro, the company that also manufactured the new England shirt.
The shirt has navy blue as its base colour. There is a light blue vertical stripe running down the center, with a thin white border. Light blue and white are also the colours on the collar. We’ve got the Umbro logo on one side, with the West Ham crest on the other. Sponsors SBOBET have their logos in the centre ( however for the children’s shirt, the SBOBET logo is replaced by the Bobby Moore Cancer Fund logo).
Navy blue shorts and socks complete the strip.
The new WHUFC Goalkeeper shirt has undergone a massive change. Robert Green wore black and orange in the season gone by. This season he will wear a shirt which has silver effects (check photo below)
New Everton FC 2009-10 Home Kit
English Premier League side Everton FC have revealed their new home strip for the 2009-10 season.
The kit, manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, was unveiled at the new Everton Two @ Liverpool One store in Liverpool city centre by Howard Kendall.
The shirt is primarily blue, as you would expect from Everton, but has a white V inspired by the kit worn by the Toffees over 2 and a half decades back in the 1984/1985 season. On one side, you have the Everton crest. The Le Coq Sportif logo is on the other, with sponsors Chang present below the V portion of the shirt.
It is worn with white shorts, with blue as the alternative home shorts option.
International Friendlies result- June 2
The results from all the international friendlies that took place on June 2.
France 0-1 Nigeria in St.Etienne ( Joseph Akpala 32′)
Joseph Akpala’s 32nd minute strike gives Nigeria a shock win over 1998 World Cup winners France in St.Etienne. Great win for the Nigerians ahead of their World Cup qualifying game against Kenya in Abuja.
Turkey 2-0 Azerbaijan ( Hamit Altintop 69′, Ibrahim Uzulmez 74′)
New Barnsley FC 2009-10 Home Kit
Coca Cola Championship side Barnsley have officially revealed their new home kit to be worn during the 2009-10 season.
The shirt is primarily red in colour. There is a distinctive white trim on the sleeves and at the bottom as well as white strips emphasizing the shoulder area.
White shorts and red socks complete the strip.
How do you feel the Tykes have done with their new home kit?
Also have a look at other 2009-10 English Football Shirts.
New Motherwell FC 2009-10 Home Shirt
SPL side Motherwell have released their new home jersey for the 2009-10 season, manufactured by New Zealand based Canterbury.
It is an amber shirt with claret and white trim and claret hoop. The Canterbury logo is below the collar, with the Motherwell crest and the logo of sponsors JAXX below it. It is accompanied by yellow shorts (with claret edges) and yellow socks.
Motherwell will be competing in the newly formed Europa League.
Check out this photo of the new Motherwell 2009-10 Home Shirt.
Also have a look at other 2009-10 Scottish Premier League shirts.
New Olympique Marseille 2009 shirts- home and away
French giants Olympique Marseille (OM) have unveiled their new home and away shirts for the 2009-10 season.
The new OM kits are manufactured by Adidas. They celebrate the 110th anniversary of the club that was founded in 1899.
The home jersey is white with vertical blue pinstripes. You also have blue adorning the V shaped collar, the shoulders ( Three stripes representing Adidas), and the end of the sleeves. The Adidas Logo, the OM crest and logo of sponsors Direct Energie complete the home shirt. The colors of the French tricolor are on the collar.
The away shirt is basically blue, but with some interesting innovations. The Adidas and OM logos are in black, with the three stripes representing Adidas also in the same colour ( on the shoulders).
Also have a look at other 2009-10 European club jerseys.
