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The Crystal Palace kit designs for next season have now been announced and on the club's official website. They give fans the chance to decide on the home and away shirts which the team will be wearing for season 2008/09.

The choices for both home and away are shown below and you just need to e mail the club on and in the subject line just state the following : Home A or Home B  ----   Away A or Away B

you'll find all the info here

This is the new Cameroon 08/09 and Africa Cup 2008 home shirt made by Puma. The sportswear company act as technical supplier to Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Egypt and Tunisia, half of the 16-team field at the tournament that runs from January 20 to February 10.

Each team has a new shirt, which features anatomically placed seams for superior aerodynamics, as well as ergonomically placed stretch insert 'flex bow' for ideal freedom of movement.

This is the new Ghana 08/09 and Africa Cup 2008 home shirt made by Puma. The sportswear company act as technical supplier to Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Egypt and Tunisia, half of the 16-team field at the tournament that runs from January 20 to February 10.

The shirt is part of PUMA’s v1.08 collection that will be launched globally in January 2008, featuring lightweight moisture-wicking materials, mesh layers and welded-technology in its performance apparel pieces

This is the new Senegal 08/09 and Africa Cup 2008 shirt made by Puma. The sportswear company act as technical supplier to Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Egypt and Tunisia, half of the 16-team field at the tournament that runs from January 20 to February 10.

Each team has a new shirt, which features anatomically placed seams for superior aerodynamics, as well as ergonomically placed stretch insert 'flex bow' for ideal freedom of movement.

This is the new Morocco 08/09 and Africa Cup 2008 home shirt made by Puma. The sportswear company act as technical supplier to Angola, Morocco, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Egypt and Tunisia, half of the 16-team field at the tournament that runs from January 20 to February 10.

The shirt is part of PUMA’s v1.08 collection that will be launched globally in January 2008, featuring lightweight moisture-wicking materials, mesh layers and welded-technology in its performance apparel pieces

Up for auction : RARE LUTON TOWN 80S PLAYERS SHIRT JERSEY

The seller added the following : OFFERED FOR AUCTION IS THIS LONG SLEEVE PLAYERS ISSUE LUTON TOWN SHIRT / JERSEY. PRODUCED BY UMBRO FORTH 1989-90 SEASON IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ALTHOUGH THE CUFFS AND COLLAR ARE A LITTLE FADED.

THE SHIRT FEATURES THE EMBROIDERED DIRECTLY TO SHIRT TEAM CREST AND UMBRO LOGO (THESE WERE RAISED FELT ON THE OFFICIAL REPLICA SHIRT ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC) AS WELL AS THE RAISED FELT BEDFORD SPONSORSHIP LOGO. THE REAR OF THE SHIRT FEATURES THE MACHINE STITCHED FELT UMBRO NUMBER 7. SIZE ADULTS LARGE. DON'T MISS OUT AND VERY SOON IT COULD BE ON ITS WAY TO YOU.

Up for auction : RARE HEREFORD UTD PLAYERS MATCH WORN SHIRT JERSEY

The seller added the following : OFFERED FOR AUCTION IS THIS HEREFORD UNITED SHIRT / JERSEY WORN BY LEROY MAY ON 05/12/93 FOR THE FA CUP TIE AGAINST BATH CITY. PRODUCED BY MATCHWINNER IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH JUST A FEW TINY BOBBLES.

THE SHIRT FEATURES THE EMBROIDERED TEAM CREST AND MATCHWINNER LOGO AS WELL AS THE SUN VALLEY SPONSORSHIP LOGO (THIS SEEMS TO HAVE SMUDGED A BIT). THE REAR OF THE SHIRT FEATURES THE SEWN ON NUMBER 14. SIZE IS ADULTS XL 42-44.

 

George Best infamously admitted to spending his wages "on booze, birds and fast cars," but while this may be usual for a professional footballer, the typical fan squanders their money on, among other club merchandise, the prized football shirt.

It was in 1977 when Hibernian Football Club set the ball rolling to transform the usual muddy shirt into a global and heavily commercial business, when the Scottish club became the first British club to emblazon a sponsor upon their shirt. Across many fellow countries in Europe this pattern to advertise on football shirts was already common practice. By the 1980’s this tradition grew in Britain however the Football League did impose certain limits such as disapproving of sponsorship from cigarette companies in order to pacify some fans and the "non-advertising" BBC.

Some 30 years on, sponsors such as The Evening Gazette of Middlesbrough and similar small businesses have traded places with the global commercial giants. Today it is a mixture of mobile phone companies, gaming corporations and an invasion of foreign investment that projects the total value of Premiership shirt sponsorship to the incredible £70 million a year figure.