Talk:Kit (association football)

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[edit] Association football headgear

I have recently added an article about headgear in soccer, titled Association football headgear. As it is a form of equipment for the sport, if any of the users and editors of this page could look it over and give me feedback, that would be very helpful! Thanks! Swanyk (talk) 00:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge replica shirt into kit (football)

Replica shirt seems more of a section of the kit article than a free-standing article, at least at the moment. Feedback welcome! --iamajpeg 00:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Kit (football) → Kit (Association football)- The move would be in-line with the recent moving of the page Football (soccer) to Association Football.--Lucy-marie (talk) 12:02, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Moved per request, as I don't see how this can be controversial. Dekimasuよ! 06:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
But not with a capital A, I'll move it back to Kit (association football) thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comments, put here to avoid cluttering the FAC page

Very good article, but I have concerns about its Anglocentric nature. I'm not entirely sure how this ought to be rectified, so opposing the FAC would perhaps not be actionable. However, some comments and suggestions:

  • Sponsorship: Given that shirt sponsorship was commonplace in continental Europe at the time, its not that relevant that Liverpool were the first English club to do so.
  • Also on the theme of sponsorship, I'm fairly sure that Adidas were the pioneers of paying players to wear their boots, and the feuding Dassler brothers (who owned Adidas and Puma) started the bidding wars and advertising associated with the practice. Pele stopping to tie his Puma laces in the 1970 World Cup being a notorious example.
  • Perhaps where possible national teams should be used as examples to replace some of the English ones.
  • One thing which don't know whether to consider worthy of mention or dismiss as trivial: the trend of players revealing slogans under their shirts, and the subsequent IFAB decision to ban them. Oldelpaso (talk) 19:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
    • I think that's quite relevant - Robbie Fowler (?) supporting dock workers (?) seems to stand out in my warped and tired mind? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Women's kit in muslim countries?

Am I allowed to add a section about the kit for female footballers in muslim countries? Obviously there are some major differences visivi the players' kit in other countries...... [1]

83.178.19.203 (talk) 23:31, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

As long as it's appropriately written and reliably sourced then go for it ChrisTheDude (talk) 06:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)