LeafyVilla Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I really hope it's not black socks again as that just looks plain awful, my twins have the kit and I can't bear to put the socks on them, saying that I really like white socks with our home kit as long as they've a great deal of claret & blue on them as well, looking forward to seeing what Macron can offer us after the Nike dross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Has anyone else noticed how they have added a white border to our badge? In the 12 or so months since it got leaked you've noticed it now? How random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I really hope it's not black socks again as that just looks plain awful, my twins have the kit and I can't bear to put the socks on them, saying that I really like white socks with our home kit as long as they've a great deal of claret & blue on them as well, looking forward to seeing what Macron can offer us after the Nike dross. The black socks are a throwback if I recall correctly, although I must admit I'm not a big fan of them either. Still, they've grown on me throughout the season. We should go back to sky blue socks with claret trim, that looks best in my opinion. Having white socks would just make us look like West Ham, which considering we're the top two claret and blue teams in the country and we're both having our kits manufactured by Macron as of next season, we need as many things different as possible to make us stand out. Not only that, I just think white socks look a bit shit. I hope we get to see the kits soon. I was thinking if the rumour about how the only place you'll be able to buy Macron products is the club shop, and if that include the kits, then a leak will be unlikely which is a shame. Still, I suppose at least we'll see them and be able to buy them earlier than we have with the last couple of Nike kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I popped into the club shop today to buy me a support stan t shirt. The sales assistant said the new home kit should be revealed soon as it is going on sale from the 16th June. She also said there will be over 120 villa macron products available to buy which is more than double what Nike provided. She said we are going to be macrons flagship team and all products will only be available via the clubshop. She seemed to think that macron will treat us a lot better than Nike did. Im going to reserve judgement until I have seen the quality of the products but I think the deal and the way we will be treated by macron sounds promising I can assure you this is incorrect, the distribution of kits is being handled exclusively by the Aston Villa Wholesale Department as opposed to Macron themselves. The products will be available from whomever they can get to stock them. I imagine this is due to the nightmare we had where Nike after a season or two of lousy sales decided not to distribute the kits outside of the UK and Ireland. US retailers were unable to stock the kits as Nike wouldn't deal with them and Villa couldn't distribute the kits themselves. From what I've seen the wholesale dept seem to be intent on getting Villa merchandise into as many shops as will take it. Not an easy task considering how few people there will be interested in buying it but the intent is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Really not a fan of the collar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Has anyone else noticed how they have added a white border to our badge? In the 12 or so months since it got leaked you've noticed it now? How random. No I noticed it before but only just thought to mention it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Back to the ongoing sock argument. Here's a break down of our sock choices throughout the clubs history. NOTE some of these season we switch socks half way through in those cases I marked them down for the full season. That's why the years don't add up. Also number indicate year each season started. Years with claret socks: 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1969 1970 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 Total: 53 Years with white socks: 1965 1966 1967 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1986 1987 1993 1994 Total: 12 Years with Blue socks: 1874 1875 1876 1881 1882 1883 1968 1969 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1998 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total: 35 Years with black socks: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1884 1885 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 2011 Total: 41 years For the sake of completion year with chocolate socks: 1886 So claret socks have been the most used throughout the history of the club with black socks in second place. The original Claret and Blue kits also featured claret socks although prior to the adoption of those club colours black had been used. The most successful sock is claret with 6 league wins. Our only other title came in blue along with the European cup. We last won the FA Cup in black socks 1957. The 6 other wins came in claret socks. We won two League Cups in claret sock seasons, two in blue seasons and one in a white sock season. There, all you need to know about Villa socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Chocolate socks, I'd like to see that again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Chocolate socks, I'd like to see that again They'd all melt by half time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhalla Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Tell me you didn`t really look up the year by year sock colour history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooh-Ah Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Back to the ongoing sock argument. Here's a break down of our sock choices throughout the clubs history. NOTE some of these season we switch socks half way through in those cases I marked them down for the full season. That's why the years don't add up. Also number indicate year each season started. Years with claret socks: 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1969 1970 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 Total: 53 Years with white socks: 1965 1966 1967 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1986 1987 1993 1994 Total: 12 Years with Blue socks: 1874 1875 1876 1881 1882 1883 1968 1969 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1998 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total: 35 Years with black socks: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1884 1885 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 2011 Total: 41 years For the sake of completion year with chocolate socks: 1886 So claret socks have been the most used throughout the history of the club with black socks in second place. The original Claret and Blue kits also featured claret socks although prior to the adoption of those club colours black had been used. The most successful sock is claret with 6 league wins. Our only other title came in blue along with the European cup. We last won the FA Cup in black socks 1957. The 6 other wins came in claret socks. We won two League Cups in claret sock seasons, two in blue seasons and one in a white sock season. There, all you need to know about Villa socks. The only thing sadder than the idea of you compiling these statistics is the fact that I think this is the greatest post in the history of the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Rainy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Back to the ongoing sock argument. Here's a break down of our sock choices throughout the clubs history. NOTE some of these season we switch socks half way through in those cases I marked them down for the full season. That's why the years don't add up. Also number indicate year each season started. Years with claret socks: 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1969 1970 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 Total: 53 Years with white socks: 1965 1966 1967 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1986 1987 1993 1994 Total: 12 Years with Blue socks: 1874 1875 1876 1881 1882 1883 1968 1969 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1998 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total: 35 Years with black socks: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1884 1885 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 2011 Total: 41 years For the sake of completion year with chocolate socks: 1886 So claret socks have been the most used throughout the history of the club with black socks in second place. The original Claret and Blue kits also featured claret socks although prior to the adoption of those club colours black had been used. The most successful sock is claret with 6 league wins. Our only other title came in blue along with the European cup. We last won the FA Cup in black socks 1957. The 6 other wins came in claret socks. We won two League Cups in claret sock seasons, two in blue seasons and one in a white sock season. There, all you need to know about Villa socks. Goodness me :shock: This is longer then prideofbrum's post. For what its worth I think claret socks look the best. Claret shirt, white shorts, and claret socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 And I am sure 2002 was the NTL kit, and therefor blue socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Bout time we had a leak isnt it? Lots of leaked pictures at the moment, even quite a few clubs officially showing off their new strips and there has been a few of macrons unveiled lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Tell me you didn`t really look up the year by year sock colour history. No, I had an intern do it. I did however analyze his findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Prefer black socks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Imagine if we launched our kit like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Wouldn't put it past the club. They probably think staying up is something worthy having a party over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I like the look of that kit. Hopefully ours is similar and then when Mcshit is gone I'll be able to allow myself to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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