What's your all-time favorite Liverpool shirt? Are you the type of individual who thinks it should be the classic Umbro shirt from the late seventies, or do you prefer one of the Adidas or Reebok designs? Vote now at the excellent Some People Are On The Pitch Blog. Chris Oakley has compiled a selection of 16 [. Click to continue reading...

Kitbag is running a 20% sale for today and tomorrow. That's on top of the spectacular England National Football Team sale they've got. With these discounts, the 2007/09 authentic Umbro home shirt is $12 US or £6.80 and the 2007/09 authentic Umbro home shirt is $5 US or £ 2.72. Being the hopeless kit collectors that we are, we [. Click to continue reading...

We've found a couple of phenomenal soccer shirt deals on the net. Kitbag has the 2007/09 Umbro England home jersey WITH ROONEY OR GERRARD PRINTINGS for an amazingly low $15 US or £8.50. This shirt usually retails for $79.99 US or £39.99. With shipping to the USA, this shirt will cost you $27 US. Where else can you [. Click to continue reading...

We've found a couple of phenomenal soccer shirt deals on the net. Kitbag.com has the 2007/09 Umbro England home jersey for an amazingly low $15 US or £8.50. This shirt usually retails for $79.99 US or £39.99. With shipping to the USA, this shirt will cost you $27 US. Where else can you find a deal like that [. Click to continue reading...

Everton FC has an Umbro Limited Edition Pink Short Sleeved 2008/09 Woman's Shirt. Buying this stylish shirt and allows the club and its fans to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign charity. 10% from the sale of this product will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign (a charity registered in England). Click to continue reading...

Before we press on with other matters, here's a final word on the subject of football kits.

Just before the current domestic football season started here in the UK, we carried out some research to see which kit manufacturers were the most popular among the 92 league clubs, and duly compared our findings to those of last year. Click to continue reading...

Add Everton to the hall of shame that includes Chelsea and Wigan. All three teams are guilty of producing yellow flourescent shirts that are absolutely horrible. I mean, come on, who would actually buy these shirts and wear them in the main street? Everton debuted the new third shirt during yesterday's 2-0 away win against West [. Click to continue reading...

It's time for the thrilling climax to our look at the new Premier League shirts of 2008/09. Today, we survey the last five teams in alphabetical order, so let's begin with...

Sunderland
Another case of Umbro tidying up the over-proliferation of diamonds here as they give the Black Cats a much cleaner-looking and rather swish home shirt. Click to continue reading...

Soccer - Back to school sale is on at Soccer Nation. Calle hats, Calle shirts, Calle shorts, Umbro and Joma indoor shoes, are on the list of the back to school sale. Also don't forget check it our Calle balls and Futsal balls that are also on sale. Lastly we have recived a whole bounch of new [...] Click to continue reading...

In the race for the Premier League title, a big factor of whether a team can succeed is not so much the talent on the pitch but rather off it. In a long season of 38 Premier League matches as well as the FA Cup, Carling Cup and, for some teams, the Champions League and [...] Click to continue reading...

Many Glasgow Rangers fans may not be too pleased with the new design of the club's away shirt. Manufactured by Umbro, the shirt looks very similar to the classic England shirt that the national team wore in the 1982 World Cup in Spain. It makes you wonder if some Rangers fans will refuse to buy the [. Click to continue reading...

And so we arrive at Part 2 of our saunter through the exciting landscape that is the Premier League shirts for 2008/09. Today we have five more teams to concentrate on, and this being an alphabetical list of sorts, we continue with...

Everton
Say what you like about The Toffees - when it comes to their home shirts, they don't like to change things around too much. Click to continue reading...

Everton has officially unveiled their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season. The white Umbro shirt, sponsored by Chang, will be available for sale from Friday (check the EPL Talk Shop for more details). The Toffees will be sporting a white shirt with a two thin bands - navy and grey - going from shoulder to [. Click to continue reading...

In our continuing analysis of Premier League matches on TV, here are the teams that will be shown most frequently on Setanta Sports for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season, as of press time Liverpool, 7 times Everton, 7 Chelsea, 6 West Ham, 6 Aston Villa, 5 Blackburn, 5 Bolton, 5 Fulham, 5 Middlesbrough, 5 Sunderland, 5 Spurs, 5 Arsenal, 4 Man United, 4 Newcastle, 4 Portsmouth, 4 Stoke, [. Click to continue reading...

In our continuing analysis of Premier League matches on TV, here are the teams that will be shown most frequently on Fox Soccer Channel for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season, as of press time: Arsenal, 6 times Liverpool, 4 Man City, 4 Newcastle, 4 Spurs, 4 Aston Villa, 3 Blackburn, 3 Chelsea, 3 Everton, 3 Sunderland, 3 West Ham, 3 Bolton, 2 Fulham, 2 Hull, 2 Manchester [. Click to continue reading...

For soccer fans in the United States, it's the $179.88 question. That's the cost* for the next 12 months for hundreds of live football matches on Setanta Sports. But in these tough economic times, should you splash the cash? And, if not, what Premier League matches featuring your favorite club will you miss? Click to continue reading...

While your Premier League brethren in the United Kingdom have to wait more than two months before they'll be able to see all 20 clubs playing entire matches on television, viewers in the United States will only have to wait one week thanks to coverage from Setanta Sports and Fox Soccer Channel. In fact, you'll be [. Click to continue reading...

Sky Sports and Setanta Sports recently unveiled their TV schedule for the 2008/2009 season. But out of the 53 Premier League matches currently scheduled through 1st December, which clubs will be shown most often on television? And what clubs will you have to wait two months to see on telly? Some of these findings may surprise [. Click to continue reading...

Let's hope that West Bromwich Albion are better on the pitch than off it this season. Due to the club's complete incompetence, the Baggies have not secured a club sponsor for the 2008/2009 season. This means that the fans and players will adorn their official football shirts without a sponsor's name emblazoned across the chest. Click to continue reading...

It's a pretty sad reflection on the state of football shirt design when it's much to pick the five worst ones than is to find the best kits for the 2008/2009 Premier League season. Many of the new shirt designs are boring and predictable, borrowing the designs from already created templates. Adidas and Umbro are particularly [. Click to continue reading...

West Ham United today launched their new home kit for the 2008/2009 season. Designed by Umbro and sponsored by XL, the new shirt looks more traditional than previous designs. The shirt features a collar, while the design of the sleeves harkens back to older times. The new shirt will be available as of July 30. Click to continue reading...

This is one of those league tables where football fans may not want their club to do that well since it could indicate how greedy a club is. But football today is a business, and when it comes down to the business of making money, commercial departments are extremely vital. Other than doing sponsorship deals, a [. Click to continue reading...

It's that time of the year when lots of new football kits are being released in readiness for the new season, and SPAOTP will be bringing them all to you very, very soon - never fear.

In the meantime, we'd like to conduct a short interactive survey on a not dissimilar topic - that of football kits. Click to continue reading...

A photograph of the new Blackburn Rovers away shirt for the 2008/2009 season has been leaked. Designed and manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Crown Paints, the new design is very unique by Rovers standards. The navy blue away shirt features the familiar blue and white colors of Blackburn's home kit that run down the center [. Click to continue reading...

Hull City today unveiled their new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season. The Yorkshire club, who are in the Premier League for their first time, have gone back to their traditional black and amber stripes for their home shirt, designed by Umbro. Sponsored by Karoo, the new shirt goes on sale at their club shop on [. Click to continue reading...

Today, Lyon's new '08-'09 kits were unveiled. After seeing the color swathes on Inara's previous post, I was hoping that it was all just deception, and Lyon/Umbro were really going to unveil different colors for the Away and Champion's League kits. But, my hopes were dashed and we have "three" new kits.

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Blackburn Rovers has unveiled their new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season. New manager Paul Ince is pictured on their website holding the above shirt. Manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Crown Paints, the new shirt looks like it has removed the red trim that was a part of last year's kit design. Click to continue reading...

6 days, 4 hours, 13 minutes, and 45 seconds.

That's how long until Lyon's new kits are revealed (and no, I didn't figure out the exact moment myself - there is a counter on Umbro's website).

My question is...who is the blacked out bald guy?

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The new Sunderland away shirt for the 2008/2009 season has been revealed. Designed by Umbro, the blue and black striped shirt (pictured above, worn by Kieron Richardson) is sponsored by Boyles Sports. Judging by the above picture, this is one of the smartest Umbro designs in quite some time. What do you think of the new [. Click to continue reading...

A photograph of Hull City's away shirt for the 2008/2009 season has been revealed. The color is flint a very dark grey. Manufactured by Umbro, the shirt features an amber and black trim and is sponsored by Kingston Communications. Fair play to Hull, this is one of the most aesthetically pleasing shirts among the 20 [. Click to continue reading...

First of all, I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting this past week. My internet in my apartment isn't working at the moment, and I can't access the Offside's admin page from my lab. It's unfortunate about the timing because so many things have been going on that I haven't covered.

Because of that, and also because of the increasing time I have to spend in lab, I can't update this blog as often as before.

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This image was posted on Umbro's France website (click to enlarge). It looks like a glimpse of next year's kit - the lion is a dead giveaway. According to Aulas, all three kits will be different for next season. Home will be white, the Champions League (third) will be turquoise, and the away will be fluorescent yellow.

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Photographs of West Bromwich Albion's home and away shirts for the 08/09 season have been leaked. The shirts are manufactured by Umbro. The away shirt is a yellowish gold color, which may upset some Baggies supporters because their cross-town rival wears a similar color. That team is Wolverhampton Wanderers. Click to continue reading...

Just this past weekend, EPL Talk leaked a photograph of what we believe is the new Sunderland away shirt for the 2008/2009 season. Now, thanks to our friends at Football Shirts, we can see what the new Sunderland home shirt will look like. Modeled by Kenwyne Jones, the new Sunderland shirt from Umbro features a [. Click to continue reading...