Just under three quarters of Arsenal fans have voted next season’s away kit the worst in the club’s history. That’s the shocking finding that comes from a survey of around 87, 000 Gunners fans when asked what was the worst away strip in the club’s history. The research which was conducted by safebettingsites.com who regularly review and compare the wide variety of different betting sites on offer in the UK today, discovered that:
73% of Arsenal fans voted the new 23/4 Away kit as ‘worst ever made in club’s history’.
1982/3 Away kit came in as second worst Arsenal Away release with 10.4% of the vote.
1991/2 Away kit ranked as third worst Arsenal Away shirt with 4.8% of the vote.
The data could also have a negative commercial impact on Adidas going in to the new season who are well recognised for making some of the best sporting equipment and kits all around the world today. They have been known for producing some of the best Arsenal kits in the clubs history so this will come as a shock to many who will have been used to the superior quality of the merchandise they normally produce.
Following the release of an extremely popular and good looking Arsenal home kit, many will be surprised in the drop in quality and will show that a lot will need to be done to help them regain their position and hold as the main manufacturer for sports kits around the world.
The Premier League runners up have chosen to go with a high-vis style jersey in a ‘shock yellow’ colour with black horizontal stripes and sharp bends, rounded off with a black neck trim and black and blue sleeve trims.
Away kits have had a mixed reception through out history with fans of most football clubs preferring the colours of the teams home strip as it would be something that hardly changes and has deep historical roots through out the clubs background. The colours chosen usually have a certain meaning to give a particular impression to opposing teams, for example if a club wore red as their home kit, they would look particularly menacing and intimidating to the opposition and this can give them a particular advantage during different matches.
Away colours are a requirement for one team to wear during matches and helps to prevent both teams wearing similar colours that can create confusion for match officials when they officiate different matches. It always helps to have a contrast between the colours of the kits that each team wears, that way if there is a particular disciplinary incident, it will be easier for the referee to decide who needs to be booked etc.
Lee Astley, Head of News for SafeBettingSites.com commented on the poll results, “There is no doubt that Arsenal’s new Away kit is up there with some of the poorest releases in the last few decades, alongside Manchester City in 1994/96, Aston Villa in 1993/95, Wolves in 2020/21 and Everton in 2010/11.
“This could also prove to have a negative commercial impact on Adidas going into the new season, who have been renowned for making some of the best Arsenal kits in the club’s history.
“The recent home kit release has gone down a treat and is likely to be one of the most popular home shirts in years, but the same cannot be said for the Away which could turn out to be the worst-selling shirt in the Premier League’s top six.”
As well as helping to add to the atmosphere during a match, the colour different teams wear can have certain connotations to different organisation or charitable groups e.g. a team might have a particular kit designed to show support for a certain group of people who may have been affected by a particular event.
