Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: eamonn on November 03, 2011, 02:12:54 AM
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I got an email from the club today with a discount offer for purchases from the new catalogue. I had a look on the online shop to see if they had added any new lines to the retro wear which is probably the most interesting merchandise they sell as well as being less fallible to fashion.
I was quite surprised to find that the 1992/93 shirt (itself a homage to our 19th century all conquering teams) has been reissued (erroneously labelled as '1990', while the item description boasts the, er, achievement of ''Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United being beaten at Villa Park as Aston Villa finish Runners Up in the inaugural Premier League season''. The 1994 Coca Cola Cup victory wearing, Muller-emblazoned effort is also on sale.
http://www.astonvilladirect.com/stores/astonvilla/products/product_browse.aspx?cid=5703
Is there something not a little sad about seeing these shirts entering ''glory years'' status and being sold alongside the 1980-82 retro gear (a period which you could argue is at least genuinely worth marking)? Not to mention that a lot of us still have the original shirts from the 90's. I can still fit into my old 93/94 shirt.
Or maybe even sadder is the fact that the Villa's marketing people will struggle to come up with more recent successful shirts to commemorate in the future. The '96 League Cup one presumably will follow before all they're left with is whether that much loved Intertoto Cup (joint) win should be celebrated.
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I got an email from the club today with a discount offer for purchases from the new catalogue. I had a look on the online shop to see if they had added any new lines to the retro wear which is probably the most interesting merchandise they sell as well as being less fallible to fashion.
I was quite surprised to find that the 1992/93 shirt (itself a homage to our 19th century all conquering teams) has been reissued (erroneously labelled as '1990', while the item description boasts the, er, achievement of ''Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United being beaten at Villa Park as Aston Villa finish Runners Up in the inaugural Premier League season''. The 1994 Coca Cola Cup victory wearing, Muller-emblazoned effort is also on sale.
http://www.astonvilladirect.com/stores/astonvilla/products/product_browse.aspx?cid=5703
Is there something not a little sad about seeing these shirts entering ''glory years'' status and being sold alongside the 1980-82 retro gear (a period which you could argue is at least genuinely worth marking)? Not to mention that a lot of us still have the original shirts from the 90's. I can still fit into my old 93/94 shirt.
Or maybe even sadder is the fact that the Villa's marketing people will struggle to come up with more recent successful shirts to commemorate in the future. The '96 League Cup one presumably will follow before all they're left with is whether that much loved Intertoto Cup (joint) win should be celebrated.
it doesnt look right without the sponsor.
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The 92/93 pack reminds me of Earl Barrett. The 93/94 shirt reminds me of Dean Saunders.
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The shade of claret of this retro 1992-93 shirt is much better (darker) than the actual 1992-93 that was too light.
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Deano your spot on it looks naff without the sponsor on it. Luckily I still have my original and it still fits !!
I wonder why they haven't had the sponsor on that one ( still mita wasn't it ?) but they have on the 94 shirt ?
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I also agree it just don't seem right without the sponsors on it would've been better with a sponsor on.
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I suspect the absence of a sponsor logo on the 92/3 shirt is due to Mita being bought by Kyocera. Müller are still going, of course- I wonder how much they've paid the club for further advertising potential?
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That 1971 cup final shirt is ace.
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Or maybe even sadder is the fact that the Villa's marketing people will struggle to come up with more recent successful shirts to commemorate in the future. The '96 League Cup one presumably will follow before all they're left with is whether that much loved Intertoto Cup (joint) win should be celebrated.
There'll be the "stinking out Wembley" shirt from 2000 and the "blowing Champion's League qualification" vintage from 2009. Maybe this season will be the "endless draws" one.
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I also agree it just don't seem right without the sponsors on it would've been better with a sponsor on.
Yeah I agree, should have the sponsor on.
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I'm guessing there wouldn't be any copyright issues with Mita as they (like many of our sponsors) no longer exist!
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I still have both originals and still fit into them so for once I think I can pass on these retro offerings.
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I also agree it just don't seem right without the sponsors on it would've been better with a sponsor on.
Yeah I agree, should have the sponsor on.
The Muller one didn't have a sponsor when we first launched it. They had to iron them on afterwards, and they looked shite.
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I'll be wearing my original laces shirt on Saturday. It is the new designated 'lucky shirt'. Bought for me by my then girlfriend, who turned out to be a hell queen. At least I got the shirt out of her though, and she had nice ...!
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Nothing at all to do with Villa but for a sad (desperate?)description you can't beat "Coventry University. The best new university in the Midlands." which I rather oddly saw on the tube today.
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Where's all the long sleeved tops?
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Anyone see Trabzonspor's kit last night, they pinched our colours and it is made by nike but it isn't too bad, a bit like our 2000 FA cup final effort!
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I'm probably on my own here but I think both of those shirts are a bit naff as I did at the time
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I always liked the no collar and laces effort under BFR.
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I agree that the kits do look quite tacky in comparison to the older retro kits.
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Bring this back please. (the kit that is)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UicgYwyB2Bw/Sd-Ms-zlqVI/AAAAAAAAC0A/ELuDW7x2tEo/s400/kit09.jpg)
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I'm probably on my own here but I think both of those shirts are a bit naff as I did at the time
Me too Willy
Would like to see to old yellow 69-73s away kit released again or say the away kit for 67-69
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Would like to see to old yellow 69-73s away kit released again or say the away kit for 67-69
That would be magic.
By the way, everything in the Souvenir Shop is 20% off on Saturday.
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I'm sure my 80/81 Champions white away shirt had piping (Umbro symbol) on the sleeves.
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I'm probably on my own here but I think both of those shirts are a bit naff as I did at the time
Me too Willy
Would like to see to old yellow 69-73s away kit released again or say the away kit for 67-69
The retro version was released at some stage because i bought one off e-bay a year or so ago. It's class.
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I'm probably on my own here but I think both of those shirts are a bit naff as I did at the time
Me too Willy
Would like to see to old yellow 69-73s away kit released again or say the away kit for 67-69
First kit I ever had.I saved up my dinner money and bought it off a kid at school. It was 2 sizes too small for me but I didn't care!
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Once again my stupid bank don't release the stupid funds for a purchase in the UK. Stupid bloody bank. Happened me last week when I tried to donate to H & V too.
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I'm probably on my own here but I think both of those shirts are a bit naff as I did at the time
I quite liked the lace-up at the time, but the Asics stripped one was awful. Mind you, it didn't stop me buying it at the time. It was the last replica shirt I bought and wore match-in, match out (I did though get the Wembley 2000 version of the next stripped offering and wore it on Cup Final day and never again since). The great thing about my original was that I got it in the interregnum between the Mita and Muller sponsorship deals and so it could be worn without looking like an advertising hoarding.
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I can`t help thinking the lace shirt would look better with a handle-bar moustache and brilliantined hair.
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Why reproduce the Asics one? eBay is awash with original versions of them. Why not do DECENT repro's of the shirts we wore between 83-87?
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Why reproduce the Asics one? eBay is awash with original versions of them. Why not do DECENT repro's of the shirts we wore between 83-87?
Good call.
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Why reproduce the Asics one? eBay is awash with original versions of them. Why not do DECENT repro's of the shirts we wore between 83-87?
Probably because the clubs make no money from the ones on ebay.
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Plus, they're unlikely to reproduce shirts of when we were shit. The ''glory days'' angle is the whole raison d'etre of the retro shirts.
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Maybe they could do a 25th anniversary of relegation retro shirt.
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I can`t help thinking the lace shirt would look better with a handle-bar moustache and brilliantined hair.
Just get a picture of Shaun Teale then