Clash Strip

[mcgarnacle]

Since when does yellow clash with red?

its the black/dark that is the problem................its the main colour on both strips.

 

[DaSawx]

I reckon if we "so have to" be forced to wear a Clash jumper, that we should use our red training strips. I think they are ok! Sure it isnt very "traditional" but its better then the Clash we have now!

I think they still want to continue the red sash on a black jumper tradition, no matter how thick it is. Isn't it some kind of record?

 

[mcgarnacle]

I think they still want to continue the red sash on a black jumper tradition, no matter how thick it is. Isn't it some kind of record?

it ain't a sash anymore..........its just a wide diagonal block of red. sashes are never that wide.......unless its is on a prize-winning heffer at the royal show!!

the club's primary match-day strip will always be a black guernsey with red sash, black shorts with red trim, and red socks with black hoops. this will not be lost should an alternate strip incorporate other features.

widening a sash into a block, or inverting the colours does not replicate the main guernsey, so coming up with a decent alternative which can actually serve a purpose would portray a better image for the club in the long-run.

the club can adopt an alternate strip which can be associated with the Essendon FC in the long-term. Examples of big football clubs which do this are Milan and Arsenal.

milan's primary strip is a shirt with red & black stripes, white shorts, and black socks with red trim. however, they've used an all-white strip (recently incorporating red & black trim) since the day FIFA imposed regulations on similar match-day strips. they are still nicknamed the 'rossoneri' (red&black). the Milan-end of the stadium during the champions league was still imposing in red & black.................more so than any essendon match........even though the club chose to wear white in the final. this will never be lost to the club.

the purpose of match-day playing strips is to clearly differentiate the oppossing teams on the field. imo, our alternate strip does an extremely poor job of this. but ultimately, i guess this is the AFLs problem.........it adheres to their regulations.

 

[DaSawx]

I agree it does look crap but in actual fact it is still a sash on a black jumper, something the club wants to incorporate to keep the "record" going as well as satisfy the AFL

 

[AJ_2000]

I love the clash jumper as we are undefeated in it.

Until that changes, long may it rule.

 

[BomberGal]

its the black/dark that is the problem................its the main colour on both strips.

And I suppose if you have difficulty seeing the yellow or red in all that black, you can't tell the difference between white or black shorts?

OK that's pointless, it's an argument against us having clash jumpers at all, which is no longer relevant...

 

[jhgoat]

can i ask why we arent wearing RED & BLACK stripes? Essendon wore this for the first 2 years of its existence?

 

[Longy413]

I don't think we ever played in red and black stripes.

It was our original jumper design, but I'm pretty sure we played our first game in our current style strip. I stand to be corrected.

Wouldn't worry me in the slightest if we wore red and black stripes, although I'm not sure it would solve the "problem."

 

[hayesy_27]

I reckon if we "so have to" be forced to wear a Clash jumper, that we should use our red training strips. I think they are ok! Sure it isnt very "traditional" but its better then the Clash we have now!

I agree entirely with you here, we still hold tradition in what 90% of our matches. Why is wearin our training tops or something similar a problem, collingwood have the same arrogant problem. If the other 14 teams are made to change theres for 5 to 10% of there games then why shouldnt bombers. Our new alternate strips look really bad. Red shorts where shockers.

 

[Lovett Lover 13]

its a shocker i reckon maybe a silver strip with the essendon sign in the middle still be bad but what are your thoughts?

and imagine if Stanton went number 5 next year that would go off

 

[DaSawx]

It doesn't look good and all i know is it would not have made a diiference imo to the television viewing audience to which jumper we wore on Saturday night, watching the players run around from afar on the telly you wouldn't have really noticed how fat the stripe was, the red and black with white shorts made us look exactly the same as we did in the past

 

[Longy413]

It doesn't look good and all i know is it would not have made a diiference imo to the television viewing audience to which jumper we wore on Saturday night, watching the players run around from afar on the telly you wouldn't have really noticed how fat the stripe was, the red and black with white shorts made us look exactly the same as we did in the past

It doesn't look good but it looks exactly the same?

I actually don't mind it.

 

[hayesy_27]

Na dont give stanton number 5, i recon retire the number no one should ever wear the number again its sacred. Hird is the god of the essendon fc

 

[DaSawx]

It doesn't look good but it looks exactly the same?

I actually don't mind it.

Haha, I was rambling, it looks bad close up imo but on telly with everyone running around it wouldn't have made a difference imo

 

[Lovett Lover 13]

Na dont give stanton number 5, i recon retire the number no one should ever wear the number again its sacred. Hird is the god of the essendon fc

fair comment but i cant see that happening and i really hope some dud rookie picks it up and turns out to be a kepler bradley or something it should be kept for a few years and give it to a future young gun

 

[Burzum]

Na dont give stanton number 5, i recon retire the number no one should ever wear the number again its sacred. Hird is the god of the essendon fc

Let Dal Santo take it next year.

 

[hayesy_27]

wait till hirdies kids are at the mighty bombers! then give them the 5 i recon hehe. That would be fantastic

 

[jules101]

Anyone else notice that with the long sleeves it looks more like the normal one for some reason?

 

[Lovett Lover 13]

Let Dal Santo take it next year.

id be very happy with that i cant see us getting any big trades this off season though

 

[hayesy_27]

yeah thats cos the strip doesnt go down the arm and with long sleeve there is more black around so looks more like the normal one. You look at it from behind though looks different

 

[jhgoat]

I don't think we ever played in red and black stripes.

It was our original jumper design, but I'm pretty sure we played our first game in our current style strip. I stand to be corrected.

Wouldn't worry me in the slightest if we wore red and black stripes, although I'm not sure it would solve the "problem."

'100 years of Football' publications says we wore it for the first 2 years...i was suprised to read this

 

[Mero]

I don't think we ever played in red and black stripes.

It was our original jumper design, but I'm pretty sure we played our first game in our current style strip. I stand to be corrected.

Wouldn't worry me in the slightest if we wore red and black stripes, although I'm not sure it would solve the "problem."

The stripes, as documented in Flying High, and other publications who refer to it, did not mean the jumpers, it meant the socks.

In 1912 Alex McCracken was, by then, the VFL President.
He said in the interview that Essendon's original uniforms had been stripes, and that the colours had always been Black and Red.
What was either left out of that interview, or glossed over by Alex McCracken was that when Essendon started playing, 1873, there were no footy jumpers for sale at KMart. Stockings, however, were imported in large numbers, and were available in various designs, so the stripes McCraken was talking about are the hoops on the socks you still see today.

So they had to order jumpers from England.
And before they ordered them, they had to have the players pay for them, and before that, the players had to decide the club was going to be around for some time.
The first instance of Essendon wearing Black & Red uniforms was about 1890.

Essendon wore Navy Blue work guernseys for their first two seasons, as did every other footy club.
Then, in 1875, they adopted a Red sash to go with the Blue jumpers.
In 1890, there was also the emergence of the nickname Same Old.
This makes sense in light of the change of colours.
It was the same old club, even though the jumpers had changed from a Navy Blue with Red sash jumper to a Black with Red sash jumper.

1875 was the first instance of any club having guernseys imported from England.
This was Melbourne and Carlton, who both got Blue canvas lace-up jumpers.
And still wear something similar today.
By the time the next order came through, jumpers were available in Blue and White vertical and horizontal stripes.
Footscray, Geelong and North still wear variations of these today.
Of the clubs who started in the 1870's, StKilda was the only club who did not wear Blue, or Blue and White.

 

[jhgoat]

thanks for the thesus... but there u go

 

[mcgarnacle]

And I suppose if you have difficulty seeing the yellow or red in all that black, you can't tell the difference between white or black shorts?

OK that's pointless, it's an argument against us having clash jumpers at all, which is no longer relevant...

i'm not exactly sure what your meaning by the second sentence BG.

yes, i'm sure anyone can tell the difference between the colours yellow and red, or black & white, but the purpose of match-day playing strips is to clearly differentiate the two teams on the field. This means the 2 strips out on the park should not be similar, and the in the case of Essendon & Richmond, black is the predominant colour.

 

[Longy413]

The stripes, as documented in Flying High, and other publications who refer to it, did not mean the jumpers, it meant the socks.

In 1912 Alex McCracken was, by then, the VFL President.
He said in the interview that Essendon's original uniforms had been stripes, and that the colours had always been Black and Red.
What was either left out of that interview, or glossed over by Alex McCracken was that when Essendon started playing, 1873, there were no footy jumpers for sale at KMart. Stockings, however, were imported in large numbers, and were available in various designs, so the stripes McCraken was talking about are the hoops on the socks you still see today.

So they had to order jumpers from England.
And before they ordered them, they had to have the players pay for them, and before that, the players had to decide the club was going to be around for some time.
The first instance of Essendon wearing Black & Red uniforms was about 1890.

Essendon wore Navy Blue work guernseys for their first two seasons, as did every other footy club.
Then, in 1875, they adopted a Red sash to go with the Blue jumpers.
In 1890, there was also the emergence of the nickname Same Old.
This makes sense in light of the change of colours.
It was the same old club, even though the jumpers had changed from a Navy Blue with Red sash jumper to a Black with Red sash jumper.

1875 was the first instance of any club having guernseys imported from England.
This was Melbourne and Carlton, who both got Blue canvas lace-up jumpers.
And still wear something similar today.
By the time the next order came through, jumpers were available in Blue and White vertical and horizontal stripes.
Footscray, Geelong and North still wear variations of these today.
Of the clubs who started in the 1870's, StKilda was the only club who did not wear Blue, or Blue and White.

So Essendon FC saying we played our first game in a black jumper with a red sash is a crock?

1873 First game played. Players wore black guernsey with red sash.