Month: June 2009

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?

Also check out a list of major 2009-10 football strip releases.

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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.

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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.

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