Southampton fans react as new home shirt is leaked before announcement
Southampton announced via their official Twitter account last Thursday that their new kit would be revealed on June 16, but images of the home shirt have already leaked and been shown on sale in Australia, and Saints fans have been quick to react to that and the design ahead of the big club announcement on Saturday.
#SaintsFC’s brand new @UnderArmourUK kits for the 2018/19 season are coming soon…
Find out more: https://t.co/vITwzBR56P
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) June 7, 2018
In what has seemed to be a big mix-up between the south coast outfit and kit manufacturer Under Armour, the red-and-white striped strip has already been sold in Brisbane, as well as in Asia.
Saints and @UnderArmour probably ought to coordinate better with the the release of kits… on sale in Brisbane a week before it’s official release!?! Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/8RrbigiFs9
— Tom Dodds (@DoddseyT) June 10, 2018
The design is certainly very different to the 2017/18 effort, with the narrow stripes replacing the large white column with red sides that made up the one that was worn as Mark Hughes’ men narrowly avoided relegation to the Championship.
Southampton supporters, who have delivered their verdict on the club’s potential double transfer swoop, were quick to have their say on the appearance of the home shirt and the fact that is already on sale in other countries days before its official release via social media, and while one described the kit as an “absolute horror show”, another described the whole situation as “embarrassing”.
Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…
@SouthamptonFC @UnderArmourUK @UnderArmour they can’t even release the kit correctly.Embarrasing that people can buy it before the official release by the https://t.co/6mQQeE1EoF many leaks of it. We are very amateur at everything these days. ‘We march on’ is a joke. #SaintsFC https://t.co/fren6HG1Kr
— David Comlay ? (@DavidComlay) June 11, 2018
Why aren’t @SouthamptanFC media team on the ball re the new kit? If it’s being sold already, why wait to announce n give it a launch date? The surprise has gone. They really need to up their game I’m afraid.
— simon leason (@simon_leason) June 10, 2018
Not a fan of the new home kit but I’m more worried about who's going to be wearing it next season.#saintsfc
— Bushy The Saint (@Saintbushy) June 9, 2018
Maybe Worse home kit in over 10 years? (since flybe logo kit) @SouthamptonFC #SaintsFC https://t.co/EPoqvw7ykM
— Marching Halo (@Marching_Halos) June 9, 2018
The new saints kit is terrible. #saintsfc
— Pete Wotherspoon (@PeteWotherspoon) June 9, 2018
Does anyone actually like the leaked/rumoured home shirt? I think it's an absolute horror show ? Too much black on it, the blank panel at the top with no stripes on it, the way the black line goes round the Under Armour logo. Really bad. But hey, just my opinion. #saintsfc
— Maya ?? (@NI_SAINTS) June 11, 2018
This is the new leaked #saintsfc shirt. First off its dreadful and secondly, its an almost exact copy of a shirt #afcb wore a few years back. pic.twitter.com/3GeqCmfbMM
— Gareth Davies (@garphied) June 9, 2018
Another example of treating football fans like dirt, ignore those who go week in, week out and launch this a week early in the Far East. Of course that’s where the real fans are… #Saintsfc #underarmour #EPL
— Keith Milner (@keith_milner) June 9, 2018
That leaked kit pretty much sums up the drop in standards by club over the last couple of years. Absolutely disgusting kit. The photos look photoshopped it's that bad. When I say Photoshop I mean Microsoft Paint. #saintsfc
— gregiola (@gregvul) June 9, 2018
Saints and @UnderArmour probably ought to coordinate better with the the release of kits… on sale in Brisbane a week before it’s official release!?! Ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/8RrbigiFs9
— Tom Dodds (@DoddseyT) June 10, 2018
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