Like many fans, I have drawers stuffed full of old football shirts, home kits, away kits, third kits, often with quite odd designs and colours, bearing the names of former sponsors, some of them no longer trading. No doubt if I hang on to them long enough they will become worth something.
Like many fans, I have drawers stuffed full of old football shirts, home kits, away kits, third kits, often with quite odd designs and colours, bearing the names of former sponsors, some of them no longer trading. No doubt if I hang on to them long enough they will become worth something.
But some fans are getting fed up with the frequency that Premier League clubs in particular change their shirts. According to the Premier League charter, home shirts are supposed to change only once every two years. However, last season all but two clubs (Arsenal and Liverpool) changed their shirts and this season all 20 will.
At £40 or £45 a shirt, the mark up is considerable. Of course, fans could ‘just say no’ and refuse to buy them. But somehow I think that is unlikely.