Agreed with Herrera: Why Non-Traditional Club Crest Colors Are Bad For Kits - OPINION
Oct 7, 2020, by Chris
Earlier this month, Paris Saint-Germain player Ander Herrera wrote on Twitter that he is not a fan of teams that are "not using the traditional colors in the club badge in their away and third kits". Footy Headlines co-founder Chris, who is writing for the website since the first days in the early 2010s, is also not a fan of recolored crests. Read his view below.
OPINION: Recolored Club Logos On Football Kits
There are many things that are bad about recolored club crests on kits. I just want to mention a few ones.
Kits with recolored crests do not do justice to the club's heritage and origin - if teams regularly recolor their crests and have kits in all different colors, they become interchangeable. This might be bad for the team's long-term brand, especially if they are no front-runners but late to the party.
It might be bad for the long-term brand value of the club to often recolor the crest
They are even teams that recolor their club crests for their home kits without any reason despite optical "concerns". Augsburg, whose traditional colors are white, red and green, has a totally white / black home kit this season - no hint of the team's green and red colors.
If teams recolor their crests on their alternative kits, those jerseys become extremely interchangeable. Just to mention one example - FC Barcelona's 20-21 away kit is almost identical to Kaizer Chief's 50-years 2020 anniversary kit.
Kits with recolored often just look bad
Often, recolored club crests and the respective just look bad. This is especially the case if the colors do not fit the club at all - Everton's mint away shirt is one of these horrible examples.
Recolored Club Jerseys - Cons:
Does not do justice to club's origin and identity - possibly bad for team's recognition
Kits often have no relation to team's identity - kits become more interchangeable
Kits with recolored crests often just look bad
There are good examples of alternative kits with recolored crests, but often only at first glance
Of course, there are also great examples of kits featuring recolored club logos. But the great majority of kits with recolored crests that look good lacks the team's identity.
An example for a great kit with a recolored black-only logo
Do you agree with Herrera and our author? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Tottenham Hotspur and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have officially announced an expansion of their long-standing technology partnership. Under the agreement, HPE serves as the club's Official Hybrid Cloud and IT Enterprise Networking Partner, driving an extensive modernization of the digital infrastructure that powers Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The expanded collaboration builds upon a relationship that began during the construction of the stadium in 2017. Through the upgraded setup, HPE will deploy its GreenLake hybrid cloud platform alongside next-generation ProLiant servers and Alletra storage systems. The project consolidates the venue's IT operations from multiple distributed setups into two core environments, creating a more agile and resilient foundation for AI-driven stadium management and future deployments like Wi-Fi 7.
The upgraded technology directly supports both behind-the-scenes operations and fan-facing matchday systems. Key areas powered by the infrastructure include high-speed ticketless entry, frictionless cashless payments, digital wayfinding, and real-time crowd analytics, ensuring seamless service across the 60,000-plus capacity venue while incorporating sustainable equipment renewal initiatives.
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Would you like to see Adidas manufacture Barcelona kits in the future, or does Nike remain the perfect fit for the Catalan giants?
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The Osnabrück 26-27 DFB-Pokal special shirt closely mirrors the clean aesthetic worn during that historic 1978 triumph. Predominantly white, it features a bold retro polo collar and matching sleeve cuffs in Osnabrück's signature purple.
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