The Mariniere design, first used by the French navy, has been an iconic design for long in France, and it again forms as the inspiration for the French national team’s new 2015 away kit, made by Nike.
Classic mariniere stripes on the front, with blue shorts and red stripes down the side, reflecting an attempt by Nike to mix a vintage design with modern elegance for the FFR.
France away kit 2015/16 Release date March 22, 2015
When will it be first worn?
Against Denmark on March 29, 2015
Yokohama Rubber have been announced as Chelsea FC’s new shirt sponsors, replacing Samsung after the two parties signed a five year agreement. The deal is worth $60m/season (40 million pounds per season) and is more than double of what Samsung used to pay the Blues.
Turkish Airlines were rumoured to be Chelsea’s new kit sponsors after it became known that the Samsung deal was ending after the 14/15 Premier League season, but Yokohama have won the race with their bid, easily the biggest shirt sponsorship deal in Chelsea’s history
Nike have unveiled a striking creation that will serve as the USA Soccer team’s new alternate strip. It’s themed “Bold in Blue”, and as you can see in the pics below, there is plenty of that colour in this gradient themed jersey. It becomes progressively darker going down, with white on the shoulders
Some fans have reckoned that this change jersey would be better off as a training kit, but what do you make of it?
We’ll get to see it in the flesh for the first time next month when the USA take on Denmark in Aarhus.