This seems to be the new Inter Milan home football shirt made by Nike for the 2008/09 season. These are "leaked" pictures and the shirt is not yet officially launched.

For the majority of their history Inter have worn black and blue stripes. When the club was first founded in 1908, black was chosen to represent night and blue was chosen to represent the sky. After a merger in 1928 with Unione Sportiva Milanese, Inter changed its name to Ambrosiana SS Milano and its colours to a white shirt with a red cross on top of it, the new colours represented the flag of Milan. The Milanese flag kit has been revived occasionally as the Centenary away kit.

After World War II the club changed their name and their colours back to the original incarnation, Inter continue on with the black and blue stripes to this day, leading to the nickname nerazzurri.

Hartlepool United have launched their new home Centenary Kit for the upcoming 08/09 campaign. The white shirt with blue edging and blue shorts, once again produced by Nike, are commemorative of the kit Pools wore in that first season one hundred years ago.

"We have tried to base it on the original Hartlepool kit from 1908 - incorporating that colour while also trying to keep it as a fashionable kit, " Chief Executive Russ Green explained.

"The fabric is again top quality and we have also worked to revamp the badge to commemorate this special time for the Club.

"And we're hoping the supporters like it as much as the players do - it's proved a big hit at the training ground."

As well as the revamped badge, Pools have changed the colour of the numbers on the back of the shirts to royal blue, with a gold edging to add that extra touch for the Centenary season.

Pools are offering fans the chance to pre-order their kit right now through the Club Shop to make sure you are one of the first to be wearing this unique commemorative kit

The pre-round poll for the best EPL football shirt of the year has ended. With a total of 3289 votes in the last 4 days the 10 winners who will go into the Football Boots awards 2008 on Footy-Boots.com are : Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Portsmouth and Sunderland.

We will be focusing our attention on setting up an FSC (world-wide) football shirt award for 2009 and any feedback on how to make next year's football shirt award a honest one is welcome.

Footy-Boots.com will be launching the Football Boots Awards 2008 on the 21st July.

Spain's success in winning EURO 2008 in Vienna has greatly promoted the sales of replica kits of the national team, a spokesperson for shirt manufacturer Adidas announced on Monday.

Replica shirts had virtually sold out before Spain's 1-0 triumph over Germany in the final and since then Adidas has been producing replicas at a rate of around 10,000 per day.

The company spokesperson said "We can't give out exact numbers so as not to aid our competitors, but it is true to say that we are delighted with the appeal the shirt has had among the fans and the way it is selling,"

The most popular players' names the fans have chosen to have copied on the back of their shirts are those of strikers David Villa and Fernando Torres along with midfielder Xavi Hernandez and goalkeeper and team captain Iker Casillas.

FC Shakhtar presented its new technical sponsor. The Miners shall be using equipment and wear playing kits produced by Nike. On this occasion a press conference was held in the RSC Olympiyskyy Press centre. The event was attended by FC Shakhtar CEO Sergiy Palkin, director of Delta Sport Ukraina Oleh Yemshanov, NIKE Regional Sports Marketing Director Tina Salminen and the coach of the first team Mircea Lucescu.

Sergiy Palkin said:
I am glad to see you all here. First of all, I’d like to thank you for turning out at an event that is so important for our club: presentation of our new technical sponsor – Nike. This company is the leading manufacturer of sports equipment, apparel and accessories. Nike is playing an important role in the world of professional football as well. There are many world-best players using staff of this brand. Nike – is a top company

This is the new Aston Villa 08/09 away kit made by nike which was also unveiled at the free public event in Birmingham together with the home kit..

Several of Martin O'Neill's first-team stars will model the new strips in Central Square situated close to the National Sea Life Centre. The away shirt goes on online pre-order from August 1 but is available from August 21.

We showed you some leaked pictures of the new home shirt a few days ago and today Aston Villa's unveiled the new 08/09 home and away kits at a free public event in Birmingham.

Several of Martin O'Neill's first-team stars will model the new strips in Central Square situated close to the National Sea Life Centre. It follows on from last year's kit launch at Harvey Nichols in the exclusive Mailbox shopping and entertainment centre.

The claret and blue version goes on sale on July 24 while the away shirt goes on online pre-order from August 1 but is available from August 21.

Staff at the KC Stadium were rushed off their feet by fans eager to be among the first to show off the new Hull City 08/09 kit made by umbro.

Lifelong City fan and merchandise collector Tony Sturdy, 54, told the Mail he felt the striped shirt was best suited for a team nicknamed the Tigers. Mr Sturdy, who displays many of his 120 Tigers shirts at Beverley Pine on the town's Tokenspire Business Park, said: "I like tradition and I feel we should play in black and amber stripes.

"We're nicknamed the Tigers because originally we had stripes, so I think we should play in them all the time." In a move that has pleased fans, designers of the strip went for a return to traditional black and amber thick vertical stripes.