Kit Unveiling

[Legion]

From Pravda:

Aston Villa will unveil our new home and away kits for the 2010-2011 season at an open-air event on Centenary Square at The ICC Birmingham on Thursday, July 15, with several first team players appearing to showcase the kit on the catwalk.

This event will also launch the club's exciting new partnership with FxPro.

Children from Aston Villa's charity partner, Acorns, will also appear on-stage with the Villa players and one lucky child will press the plunger to reveal a giant replica shirt on the outside of The ICC building.

The event, which will kick off at lunchtime [exact time to be confirmed], will also feature a five-a-side football tournament with local school children and a gig by Villa-supporting local band Mexicolas.

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov said: "We would love for our fans to support this event as we are all looking forward to an exciting season ahead. The new shirt looks great, too!"

FxPro is Aston Villa's principal club partner having recently agreed a deal which will see the foreign exchange broker's logo appear on the club's shirt for the next three seasons.

FxPro Director Denis Sukhotin commented: "The Aston Villa shirt unveiling will introduce fans to FxPro and kick off a relationship which is very exciting for both parties. Aston Villa is one of the great names in English football and we are proud to be a part of the club's future as they work hard to build on their success."

[darren woolley]

I am looking forward to seeing the new kit launched should be a good show.

[Percy McCarthy]

Me too. Hope I can get time off, but I doubt it.

[Chipsticks]

I'll probably end up going.

also, Percy, please never post again so that your number of posts stays at 6666.

Damn my OCD.

[Percy McCarthy]

I'll probably end up going.

also, Percy, please never post again so that your number of posts stays at 6666.

Damn my OCD.

Oops! Sorry.

[Risso]

Percy, please just never post again. ;)

[Percy McCarthy]

Percy, please just never post again. ;)

Okay. Oh bugger, sorry.

[bobcat]

I'm on night shifts so doubt I'll go. As long as it's claret & blue I'll probably buy it.

[Dave Summers]

Amazingly I have been told by both the shop in New Street and Villa Park that they won't be on sale until the Middle of August !!!!.  Apparently something to do with the new sponsors and changing how it looks on the shirt?.

I love virtually everything the new regime has done since it came in, but they can't seem to get this new kit on sale aspect right at all.  The optimum time for a new shirt launch would be in June I would imagine, why we consistently keep selling them just as the season starts, is beyond me.

[Rob Gee]

That's poor. I was hoping to have it in time for the trip to Dublin. Boooo.

[gervilla]

Thats pathetic. The shirt should have been on sale weeks ago. Get it together for f**s sake.

[wozwebs]

You could excuse them the first season we switched to Nike late but what excuses are their now?

[LeeS]

You could excuse them the first season we switched to Nike late but what excuses are their now?

Changing the sponsor

[London Villan]

More to do with not having a sponsor until about 6 weeks ago, then the lead time of producing 100,000 shirts... Also, I can't imagine we are that high up on Nike's list in terms of production.

[placeforparks]

does anyone know how long the nike deal is at all?