Perth Glory Steals Arsenal 2014-15 Kit Font
Apr 6, 2020, by Chris
Already in late February 2020, Australian club Perth Glory released special jerseys for their AFC Champions League debut. Now Ulrich Planer, Senior Graphic Designer Teamsport Apparel at Puma, has spotted that the kit's font is not unique but the same as the typeface used by Arsenal some years ago, when they first wore Puma jerseys.
Perth Glory Uses Arsenal 2014-15 Kit Font
A direct comparison between the Puma Arsenal 2014-15 and the Perth Glory 2020 AFC Champions League jersey typeface reveals that Perth Glory's font has been stolen from Arsenal's. The only difference is that Perth Glory's numbers come without the Arsenal crest on the bottom.
Even though Perth Glory's kits have been designed by Italian brand Macron, we are pretty sure that the Bologna-based company is not responsible for copying the font. Instead, we guess that Perth Glory did steal it - the font relatively well matches their AFC-exclusive sponsor, ‘Perth’, the Western Australian Government.
For their regular A-League jerseys, Perth Glory is using the streamlined A-League typeface.
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Nottingham Forest Women Wear Training Tops vs Southampton to Avoid Color Blindness Clash
In an unusual kit occurrence, Nottingham Forest Women took to the pitch wearing training tops instead of their official 26-27 away kit during their match against Southampton Women at St Mary's Stadium on Sunday. The late switch was implemented specifically to avoid color blindness visibility issues that would have arisen from a red-versus-green clash. Huge thanks to @david_g_cooper for the spot.
With Southampton wearing their traditional red-and-white home kit, Nottingham Forest's primary alternative option - their green 26-27 away shirt - posed a serious dilemma. Red and green kit pairings are strictly discouraged by governing bodies and accessibility guidelines because they become indistinguishable to individuals with red-green color vision deficiency, which affects roughly 8% of men and 0.5% of women.
Since Nottingham Forest's home shirt is also red, the club resorted to dark training gear with match numbers applied on the back to provide adequate contrast for players, referees, and spectators.
Forest could have worn their light blue kit, but apparently they did not bring it.
Dominik Szoboszlai Reveals Nike Air Max 95 'Liverpool'
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has officially debuted the upcoming Nike Air Max 95 'Liverpool', a special-edition release designed in partnership with JD Sports ahead of their annual 1.10 Day celebration. Deeply rooted in local street culture, where the model has long been nicknamed the '110' after its original UK retail price, the sneaker is packed with bespoke details paying tribute to Merseyside. The shoe features mismatched accents of dockland-inspired 'Rust Factor' orange alongside 'Steam' green referencing the city's Liver Birds, complemented by a reflective brick pattern, a River Mersey map printed across the insole, a custom 'Liverpool' tongue badge, and 'SCOUSE' lettering visible beneath the outsole.
