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Blue shirt,
with three huge concentric circles covering the whole of the chest, in
three shades of blue, from darker to lighter towards the innermost
circle over the left breast. Embroidered gold emblem wholly within the
innermost circle, with a gold star above the emblem. Commemorative logo
underneath the emblem, with 150 YEARS in white on a gold riband and the years 1863 and 2013 in
gold either side of it.
White Swoosh on right breast, white number one below the Swoosh and
on reverse, in same font as on all of the other new England shirts, with surname in capitalised
white
lettering in an arc above number on reverse in same font. Gold emblem
at base of number on reverse. Reinforcing blue rounded rubber upper-case
T-shaped bar across top of each sleeve seam and then along shoulder seam
towards the neck. Eleven rounded blue rectangular plastic
strips running horizontally across to each side seam on the inside of
the front of the shirt, with eight ventilation holes on the uppermost,
followed by strips of seven, six and five holes, then two of four holes,
two of three holes and three of two holes on the lowest strips.
Rectangular obsidian label on left hip with AUTHENTIC in large white
capitalised letters, with two white lines underneath, followed by
DESIGNED TO THE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS OF CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETES in white
capitalised letters below, with a white Swoosh to the left of a
nine-digit serial number in white at the bottom of the label. DRI-FIT in
capitalised white lettering embroidered onto right hip. Blue
shorts, with blue drawstring, and blue rounded rubber upper-case T-shaped bar running
down each seam and towards each other across the back.
DRI-FIT in capitalised white
lettering embroidered onto right hip.
White number one on left thigh, in same font as on shirt, with
white Swoosh
underneath. Embroidered gold emblem on right thigh. Blue socks, with a
white Swoosh on shin. |
Following
hot on the heels of the
gold and
green goalkeeping kits came this blue design from
the same Nike stable. It was worn by Luke Steele
against Israel in the Euro 2013 Under-21
Championship in Jerusalem on 11 June, but never
found its way into the full international dressing
room.
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