Big Ramy 1314 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Often wondered this. Who comes up with the design of Scotland strips? Is it the sponsor, designer, coaches, SFA. Do the current players have any say?. Do the supporters have a say? Over the years there have been some quality strips, there have also been some not so quality. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 A number of years ago I was invited in with a handful of other fans - by Adidas - and chatted them through what we thought would be good to have in a strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, Flure said: A number of years ago I was invited in with a handful of other fans - by Adidas - and chatted them through what we thought would be good to have in a strip. Totally agree with that. It makes proper sense. You want feedback from the folk who will be spending their hard earned money on them.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Flure said: A number of years ago I was invited in with a handful of other fans - by Adidas - and chatted them through what we thought would be good to have in a strip. where you aye? Were you responsible for the harry hill collar in 2012? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 39 minutes ago, JECK said: where you aye? Were you responsible for the harry hill collar in 2012? I really liked that jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Invited in??? It should have been me :-( They - all of them - always seem to do something to ruin a kit... White sleeves for example! Then there was the Diadora one with the THREE legged Saltire!!! What on Earth was that about. As for the pink one... I still suspect that was an SFA in-joke at the expense of the fans. It wasn't even bespoke FFS. Still, such decisions have saved me a small fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rich NATA said: Still, such decisions have saved me a small fortune. Along with, football tops = overpriced nylon crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 10 minutes ago, Rich NATA said: As for the pink one... I still suspect that was an SFA in-joke at the expense of the fans. It wasn't even bespoke FFS. Awful, awful top. That one was for bairns, lassies and @dandydunn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 27 minutes ago, Ormond said: Awful, awful top. That one was for bairns, lassies and @dandydunn Sales figures prove I wasn’t the only one, I didn’t think they could’ve improved on the pink, yellow and white, then bang, they take out a stunner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, dandydunn said: Sales figures prove I wasn’t the only one, I didn’t think they could’ve improved on the pink, yellow and white, then bang, they take out a stunner. Sales figures just prove our fans nowadays are eejits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, dandydunn said: Sales figures prove I wasn’t the only one, I didn’t think they could’ve improved on the pink, yellow and white, then bang, they take out a stunner. What? Had It not been bright pink, it would have been boring as f*ck. It was one of most bog-standard, off-the-peg kits in the Adidas range, which any pub team could have bought for £13 Websites like Clubline sell these kits for such prices, but stick a professional or national team badge on it and they charge £50. By way of design, no thought went into it for Scotland. As for the colour, I'm convinced it was an in-joke at the SFA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 The SFA could have mug printed on the front & folk would still buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotland Ever More Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Rich NATA said: Invited in??? It should have been me :-( They - all of them - always seem to do something to ruin a kit... White sleeves for example! Then there was the Diadora one with the THREE legged Saltire!!! What on Earth was that about. As for the pink one... I still suspect that was an SFA in-joke at the expense of the fans. It wasn't even bespoke FFS. Still, such decisions have saved me a small fortune. Are you sure the 3 legged saltire wasn't actually a diadora logo instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Scotland Ever More said: Are you sure the 3 legged saltire wasn't actually a diadora logo instead? It wasn't a Diadora logo. It simply wasn't. A Diadora logo has curves in it. Have a Saltire or don't have a Saltire, but you don't do what they f*cking did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Rich NATA said: It wasn't a Diadora logo. It simply wasn't. A Diadora logo has curves in it. Have a Saltire or don't have a Saltire, but you don't do what they f*cking did. The actually away strip to compliment that home strip initially was a three-legged saltire (white top with the light blue saltire - the ‘Faddy top’) until it was leaked on here. All hell broke loose and when they officially released the strip it had the full saltire. Anyone else mind of that?!? Edited February 14, 2018 by McTeeko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The maroon top had a full saltire but the navy one was 3 sided. I've just looked at my sons old ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The question is WHY on Earth did Diadora/SFA do that? There is simply no logic to it. Why did Adidas/SFA put white sleeves on the last kit? It defies logic. It doesn't make it interesting; it makes it flawed; ruined, shyte. Sometimes you see a kit and you think, that's class; some thought went into that... Then you see some which look like they were designed in a fag break. By way of a football shirt, I could design something of pure class which would be the greatest seller we've ever had; why do manufacturers not strive for that? Do they not strive for it simply because, 'The fans will by any shyte, so let's not spend too much time on it'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Rich NATA said: The question is WHY on Earth did Diadora/SFA do that? There is simply no logic to it. Why did Adidas/SFA put white sleeves on the last kit? It defies logic. It doesn't make it interesting; it makes it flawed; ruined, shyte. Sometimes you see a kit and you think, that's class; some thought went into that... Then you see some which look like they were designed in a fag break. By way of a football shirt, I could design something of pure class which would be the greatest seller we've ever had; why do manufacturers not strive for that? Do they not strive for it simply because, 'The fans will by any shyte, so let's not spend too much time on it'. There was a precedent for the white sleeves in the 50s i believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, JECK said: There was a precedent for the white sleeves in the 50s i believe Aye, a one-off game v Hungary (1954 I think). White sleeves were to distinguish teams on black & white tv 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 23 hours ago, Rich NATA said: What? Had It not been bright pink, it would have been boring as f*ck. It was one of most bog-standard, off-the-peg kits in the Adidas range, which any pub team could have bought for £13 Websites like Clubline sell these kits for such prices, but stick a professional or national team badge on it and they charge £50. By way of design, no thought went into it for Scotland. As for the colour, I'm convinced it was an in-joke at the SFA. An inside joke that brought in record sales figures and plenty of bunce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said: An inside joke that brought in record sales figures and plenty of bunce They don't often strive to design something f*cking awesome; the fans could do better. Re. the pink kit: forget the colour for a moment and think about the design... There was next no no time spent on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Rich NATA said: They don't often strive to design something f*cking awesome; the fans could do better. Re. the pink kit: forget the colour for a moment and think about the design... There was next no no time spent on it. Doesnt matter. It sold in record numbers so people liked it enough to buy. All you had to do was take a look around the Scotland end in Malta and you could see the positivity there was surrounding it I can understand why some guys may have been uncomfortable with the whole idea..... Real men wear pink 💞💕💖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 minute ago, DoonTheSlope said: Doesnt matter. It sold in record numbers so people liked it enough to buy. All you had to do was take a look around the Scotland end in Malta and you could see the positivity there was surrounding it I can understand why some guys may have been uncomfortable with the whole idea..... Real men wear pink 💞💕💖 Sunderland had a pink kit recently. That was quite good. Better than ours. I was not happy with ours being pink, but the design - or lack of - with ours, is my main problem with it. It may have sold well, but was it a great design of a football shirt? I don't think so. it was bog standard. I could do better than Adidas... I could design the best selling kit Scotland has ever had. At times, these kit manufacturers lack imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Argentina 78 was our best kit and we should always stick as closely to that as possible. 👍 As far as away kits go, the white one with the blue saltire on the front of Faddy in Paris will forever be my favourite. Of course the white kit would inevitably clash sometimes so as a third I would always go with yellow top and blue shorts a la Mexico 86 and France 98 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwhitelaw Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 A red away kit similar to the Spain 82 is long overdue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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