Sky Bet League One 2015 - 2016
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Barnsley
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Special
9 April v Chesterfield
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Designer: Puma
Sponsor: CK Bennett
After one season in Avec, Barnsley have again selected one the of majors and are turning out in the bog standard new Puma design, disappointing some supporters.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Mark Littlewood)
Blackpool
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Designer: Errea
Sponsor: Village Urban Resorts
Relationships between chairman Karl Oyston and supporters could not get any worse. Relegated with six matches left, their final game of last season had to be abandoned as fans staged a demonstration on the pitch. A similar invasion led to their opening pre-season match to be abandoned also.
(Peter Gillatt, Joseph Jolly)
Bradford City
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Designer: Nike
Sponsor: JCT600
Nike's templates are generally good, solid designs free of gimmicks but every so often they push the envelope and it all gets a bit messy. Remember the jaggy stripes and bizarre chevrons from 2011? We can now add the latest version of the Precision III shirt to the list of designs that should never have been allowed to see the light of day. The austere black change strip is a positive relief.
Burton Albion
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Designer: Tag
Sponsor: Baytree Cars (1st) Anvil Hire Company (2nd)
Burton are retaining their rather fine change strip and revealed their new first choice on 4 August, which is in the same template. Albion are appearing in the third tier for the first time after winning the League Two championship.
(Ben Vickers, Francesco Pernigoni)
Bury
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Designer: New Balance
Sponsor: Village Urban Resorts
After winning promotion in May, Bury are now equipped by New Balance whose brand now appears prominently in the Premier League. The first strip reinstates blue shorts and adds a complex cross motif to the shirt which is partially obscured by the shirt sponsorship. The blue and charcoal change strip is very unusual indeed.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby)
Chesterfield
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Designer: Puma
Sponsor: Napit
Chesterfield are pretty conservative when choosing new strips and this season they have simply updated them to the latest Pitch design. All red was used last season as third choice.
(Alec Hitchman)
Colchester United
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Designer: Puma
Sponsor: Weston Homes plc (1st) Jobserve (2nd)
Colchester have opted for a plain orange change strip trimmed in black and a first kit in their usual colours updated to Puma's latest striped shirt design. The white and gold strip dates back to 2013-14 and was worn, for no apparent reason, at Sixfields in a Johnstone Paint Trophy tie with Northampton.
(Jordan Knott, Patrick Rawlins, Bill Craven)
Coventry City
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Designer: Nike
Sponsor: Allsop & Allsop (1st) Stat Sports (2nd)
You can't go wrong in Coventry with a re-creation of the strip worn at Wembley in 1987 when the team won the FA Cup for the first time. Nike, who have signed up for four years, replace Puma and it must be said, the new look is a considerable improvement.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby)
Crewe Alexandra
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Designer: Carbrini
Sponsor: Mornflake
As usual, Alex have chosen smart templates from the JD Sports catalogue. The subtle assymetric trim on the shirts and shorts is a nice touch and the sponsor's logo is now picked against a white background to make it more prominent. This is the tenth season that Mornflake Oats has sponsored the team shirts. The blue change kit from last season was needed at Doncaster.
(David Raffelle, David King)
Doncaster Rovers
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Designer: Avec
Sponsor: One Call Insurance
Ever since Doncaster reverted to hooped shirts in 2001 they have worn red or black shorts. This season they are teamed with mainly white shorts and socks, the colour scheme introduced in 1930 and worn for twenty years. Indeed the broad hoops are almost identical to the shirts worn immediately after the Second World War. The alternative is similar to last season's change strip but in navy rather than mid-blue and with a vertical red/white stripe rather than a sash. Very smart indeed.
(Alexander Leiberich, George Pannell)
Fleetwood Town
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Designer: Puma
Sponsor: BES Commercial Gas
Puma's latest template makes for an attractive outfit when worn with Fleetwood's now traditional white sleeves. The change strip is basically unchanged aprt from some minor detailing.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Jordan Smith)
Gillingham
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Designer: GFC (Own Brand)
Sponsor: MEMS Power Generation
I am reliably informed that the Gill's will play in the same strips as last season.
(Lee Capeling)
Millwall
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Designer: Macron
Sponsor: Wallis Teagan Building Contractors
The new change strip was chosen by supporters from a short-list of four. White sleeves have appeared several times in the past but this is the first time they have been worn with navy shirts. Contrary to earlier reports on the club website, the strips have new sponsorship.
(Alexander Leiberich, Mark Alden, Colin Bridges, Ben Gershaw)
Oldham Athletic
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Designer: Sondico
Sponsor: PFE Express
Red trimmings were a regular feature of Latics' kits for 20 years until the accent colour was dropped in 2004. Now it's back.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby)
Peterborough United
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Designer: Nike
Sponsor: Mick George
Nike's Precision template looks very smart worn with contrasting white socks. The third kit is recycled from last season and was worn at Blackpool. Why oh why? as Daily Mail readers might ask. (@MyPoshShirts supplies the answer - because of a clash with the white in Backpool's socks.)
(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Bruce E Bailey, David Rafelle)
Port Vale
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Designer: Errea
Sponsor: GMB
"V is for Valiants" claims the club's launch publicity. It's also for "Very Good Indeed." The amber trimmings lift this shirt and while it may be from the Italian company's catalogue, it recalls an earlier Port Vale strip from thirty-three years ago. How time flies.
The other strips are unchanged.
(Andrew Mihaleff, Karl Fletcher)
Rochdale
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Designer: Errea
Sponsor: Crown Oil
I suspect I'm not alone in missing the blue/black striped shirts worn by 'Dale since 2008 and now black is definitively dropped from the pallette for the first kit. By Errea's standards these are rather pedestrian designs but at least the change kit evokes the outfit worn in the 1960s before blue shirts returned to favour.
(Ricky Berry, David King)
Scunthorpe United
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Designer: Avec
Sponsor: Prostate Cancer UK
The switch from Nike to Avec means we can look forward to some rather more distinctive strips. Reverting to striped shirts is a good start. After an association that goes back to 2007, Rainham Steel no longer sponsor Scunny's shirts, which now promote the Prostate Cancer UK charity.
(Alec Hitchman, Richard Young)
Sheffield United
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Designer: Adidas
Sponsor: John Holland Sales
Worn on 21st March to mark the Blades' 125th anniversary, the first kit features a period crest and pinstripes that are intended to evoke the "butchers' stripes" worn in 1891-92. Reviving the old crest is a splendid idea but otherwise, this strip doesn't really cut it. It is too obviously a standard Adidas template and if the club wanted to really wanted to evoke their Victorian heritage, it would be worn with black shorts. I can't help think that other sportswear companies would have made a better job of this. The second shirt is described as "macaw green."
(Simon Hanna, Matt Brownhill)
Shrewsbury Town
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Designer: Errea
Sponsor: Greenhous
To celebrate their promotion the Shrews are wearing a revival of their strip from the period 1978 to 1982. Although it was only worn for four seasons, the broad blue and amber stripes remain the most distinctive and popular of all Shrewsbury's shirts. When a change is needed, the team will resemble Argentina. Well someone has to. Neither was deemed suitable for the Capital One Cup match at Blackburn so yellow and black was worn.
(Jon Jones)
Southend United
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Designer: Nike
Sponsor: Martin Dawn PLC
Promoted via the play-offs, Southend have reverted to a familiar look, enlivened by pinstripes on the first choice shirt.
(Alec Hitchman)
Swindon Town
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Designer: Puma
Sponsor: Imagine Cruising
Swindon usually pick out something from the catalogue and they have done so again although this time, the catalogue is Puma's rather than Adidas. The addition of white sleeves on the change shirt is very effective.
Walsall
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Designer: Carbrini
Sponsor: Homeserve
Basically the new Walsall first kit is the same template as Crewe's but with an extra band across the chest. The change strip is another of Carbrini's distinctive designs.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Alexander Leiberich)
Wigan Athletic
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Designer: Kappa
Sponsor: Intersport
The Premier League now seems an awfully long way away for the Latics who suffered another relegation in May. Owner Dave Whelan has handed the chairmanship to his grandson, David Sharpe. Kappa replace Whelan's Mi Fit brand and blue shorts are restored to the first kit. The change strip is meant to evoke happier days when the team wore black in the 2013 FA Cup final. 3P Logistics have become the first company to sponsor Wigan's shorts and have their logo plastered over the players' bums. Someone didn't think that through.
(Travis Hogarth-Colby, George Chilvers)