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Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #930 on: February 20, 2026, 01:27:15 PM »
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Brown?  Really?

I might be wrong on this but I think when William McGregor (or the Villa committee) put in an order for our first proper kits, our colours were described as "chocolate" and blue.  Possibly a nod to that chapter of our history?

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #931 on: February 20, 2026, 01:39:55 PM »
We won our first FA Cup in blue/brown stripes.

https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #932 on: February 20, 2026, 01:47:52 PM »
Brown?  Really?

I might be wrong on this but I think when William McGregor (or the Villa committee) put in an order for our first proper kits, our colours were described as "chocolate" and blue.  Possibly a nod to that chapter of our history?

That's my understanding too. Aside from that, chocolate brown and light blue is a pleasing colour combination.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #933 on: February 20, 2026, 01:49:45 PM »
It's a nod to our batch eating fans


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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #934 on: February 22, 2026, 08:09:24 PM »



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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #935 on: February 22, 2026, 08:22:43 PM »
That's beyond dreadful, and not because it doesn't have blue sleeves. The colours, collar, trim, and thick stripes on it are all wrong.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #936 on: February 22, 2026, 08:26:33 PM »
Apart from the wrong claret, wrong blue, wrong sleeves, shit stripes and shit collar I really like it.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #937 on: February 22, 2026, 08:30:57 PM »
As a casual top it’s not too bad.

Colours can look different on a screen so not overly concerned with those

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #938 on: February 22, 2026, 08:47:01 PM »
It’s probably better when a player models vs on a table it but it’s a little too Burnley for me. I don’t hate it. I certainly don’t love it.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #939 on: February 22, 2026, 09:00:43 PM »
It’s probably better when a player models vs on a table it

Good point, that 70s Coventry away kit probably looked terrible until Ian Wallace modelled it.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #940 on: February 22, 2026, 09:03:36 PM »
Ian Wallace does very little to market that kit positively. Mind you, not sure anyone could.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #941 on: February 22, 2026, 09:07:03 PM »
That's an absolute disgrace.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #942 on: February 22, 2026, 09:28:30 PM »
That's an absolute disgrace.

I don't think TV's comment was meant as a jibe at ginger haired, or Scots people in general. More that Ian Wallace's lack of height may not have shown the Coventry kit in its best light.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #943 on: February 22, 2026, 09:31:13 PM »
That's an absolute disgrace.

I don't think TV's comment was meant as a jibe at ginger haired, or Scots people in general. More that Ian Wallace's lack of height may not have shown the Coventry kit in its best light.

Agreed. Thank you BV. My apologies to all Irish and Scottish brothers and sisters who might misinterpreted my comment. I’m sure a select few of you could model a brown kit well. Not many granted. Certainly not Alan Brazil or John Wark.

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Re: Kits 25/26
« Reply #944 on: February 22, 2026, 09:40:20 PM »
My God, that can't possibly be authentic, purely on the basis that nobody in high places at the club can possibly be that fucking stupid.

 


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