Arsenal’s new GREEN away kit available today!
There have been very few good things said about the design of the 125th anniversay away kit (Out today!) but there are some good recycling messages in what is probably the green-est football kit in the world!
As its supposed to represent 125 years of Arsenal football club, even the badge is recycled from old sixpences. Here is what Arsenal have to say about it: Capturing the spirit and history of Arsenal Football Club, the new away shirt features a specially designed crest to highlight the proud origins of the Club 125 years ago.
The celebratory badge design features 15 laurel leaves to the left side of the Club’s crest to reflect the detail on the reverse of the sixpence pieces paid by 15 men to establish the Club in Woolwich in 1886. The 15 oak leaves to the right of the crest pay tribute to the founders who would meet in the local Royal Oak pub. Underneath the crest is one of the Club’s first recorded mottos – ‘Forward’ – with the anniversary dates of 1886 and 2011 either side.
Not only that but the kit is made out of recycled plastic bottles and you can’t get greener than that! This is what Nike has to say: As part of the Nike Considered Design program, Nike uses discarded water bottles destined for landfill sites in Japan and Taiwan where they can take up to 500 years to decompose. The bottles are placed in a large washing machine to clean them and get rid of labels before they are chopped into tiny flakes and melted down into a yarn that is ultimately spun to make the fabric for the jerseys. This ensures the kits remain the most eco-friendly ever by reducing energy consumption by up to 30% compared to manufacturing traditional polyester, and saving nearly 43 and a half million plastic water bottles from being dumped at landfill sites.
So although the kit is navy blue and turquoise its still very green!
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I like it, I shall be buying it and the new home kit
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i dont REALLY like it, but its ok i guess, whats our 3rd kit?
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Nice, but nothing beats d red n white.
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Thats a kit for winners right there!
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I like this design, reminds me of my old 95 kit. Much better than that horrible yellow kit last season.
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NICE AND SHINNY TOO, BUT RED N WHITE IS STILL MY BEST CHILDHOOD COLOR THAT ALSO INSPIRED ME INTO GETTING MARRIED TO ARSENAL, GO ARSENAL GO, I’M SOLELY BEHIND U
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the kit looks like it belongs to a mid tabled team!! Maybe its a clue… who knows?
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Apparently fabregas doesn’t feature in any of the promotions for the away kit leading to speculation that he is finally going to barca…nasri is featured in it though do that might be promising…take it for what it’s worth…
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It looks unplaned like mzee wenga. I hata him for killin arsenal
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its not actually out today is it its july derrrrrr
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wow
thats nice and it looks shinny .. .
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if eco-friendly can make us invincible again then i like it too!!!
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Itz cute,haven’t seen this before..can’t wait to see them put it on….
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that kits is good for winners like song,walcolt,Rvp,not for rebles whose mine are in a club that reject you .
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red and white is the best come what may!
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THough jessy is jessy;KITS don’t play football.WWENGER should buy quality players.
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I love it! its a great color that sends the right message.|
ARSENAL IS A SUSTAINABLE CLUB. I’ll definitely buy one.
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Made from 5 recycled bottles scavanged from landfill sites…
Manufactured by little slave kids getting paid 3p a day…
So why the sh*t does it still cost me £50?
Nike is the devil!
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i like it
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Photos for both the home and away kit were taken in late April. Fabregas was in the photos for the home kit, as was van Persie, who is also missing from the away kit photos so is he leaving too? The fact Fabregas is not in the photos means absolutely nothing. Not saying he won’t go but basing speculation on 3 month old photos is ridiculous
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@Benja, what the hell are you on about? How would you know what a mid table team’s kit looks like? Anyway, Man united have ugly (and I mean Dirk Kuyt ugly) kits year in-year out and yet they still win trophies and do well… so dont complain about my Arsenal…
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I love that strip, hope it brings us strenth to finnish next season strong and win it. still love the red and white though.
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this away kits have bad look! I dont really like these shirts, I wish white shirt be our away kits for next season.
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Love Arsenal and respect history, but this design is terrible. Maybe it’s the turquoise as well. 10pts for it’s green-friendly production though.
The white Arsenal 3rd kit with pin stripes is a much classier design in my opinion.
However, that being said nothing beats the home colours and if you’re going to buy a 125th Anniversary collectable, the red and white is eternal.
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wow this is absolutely the best in epl. Arsenal is the only who have come out with goodlooking kit almost past ten years thump up ARSENAL.THE WINNING ARE BACKS GO GUNNERZ GO ARSENAL IN ARSENE I TRU7T KEEP IT UP….LOVE YOU GUNNERZ
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I like the new away kit…
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YEAH THAZ THE WINNING COLOUR
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unbelievable. the board is more interested in the fans spending their hard earned cash, than parting with any of their money on quality players, ARSENAL is a GREAT CLUB, just ask any fan, the board need show the same, instead of love of MONEY, love your CLUB….ARSENAL
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what tha hell is that? Oh my gosh i cant help this…… Losing the league would be so terrible especially in these pathetic robes… Oh mercy please
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The kit is so nice up gunners
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Forget the kit!!!!sack that horible French tight man!!!!!!!! Bring back our arsenal!!!! Ps”. Arsenal away kits are meant to be yellow with dark blue sleavs!!!!!
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what color is that!? aqua? neon blue? it looks cool, but i would have preferred black, and a color that is actually in the Arsenal emblem (gold, red, white, navy, or maroon)
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we should get rid out of fly emirates sponser it just got some jinx with it.
when chelsea were sponsered by fly emirates they never won anything as we are today n PSG too in french leauge.
and elgland cricket team too. they could win only 1 ash cup under fly emirates.
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we all can see we will be out of top 6 if arsenal do not sign proven players this summer.
if again this summer transfer is mess ,then time for us to do some thing…kick kroenke and wenger out of london forever.
enough of wenger.look manu SAF signed 3 player worth about 17m each.
what the hell wenger n the board waiting for.
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beautiful on not so when lookin at it flat out on a table or that. I’l get meself 1 of those(if i can afford it)
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i think this kit is cool, i luv it. wenger shld try to save his name come this session
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