The 2012/13 Kits Thread

MrStuffins wrote: »

The reasons for the tricolour being on the jersey are ridiculously obvious.

Anyone arguing as to why it's there is just being a gimp IMO! You know why it's there just as well as everybody else does!

Exactly. People mightn't like the reason for it which is fair enough but asking why is just trying to stir ****e.

Oatesy23 wrote: »

125th anniversary too? Tell the club to come over to Hamburg and we'll all have a party

Can't see it happening tbh



:rolleyes:

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

After 2 replies and a PM I am now an expert on the flag of Milan.

the red cross on the white background that's on sampdoria jersys is a st.george's cross. st.george is the patron saint of genoa & his flag is on the citys coat of arms & flag of the city, it also appears on genoa cricket and football club's badge. This flag used in geona existed before england started using a st.george's flag as their flag

he's also the patron saint of barcelona & that's why it's on barca's badge too

you can never have enough useless information on flags & football :pac::pac::pac:

Saul-Goode9 wrote: »

I always thought the flags on Barca and Milan's crests were because they had English founders. This thread has gone very off topic

EDIT: After some googling, it seems the Barca one is indeed St.George's cross. The Milan one is the flag of the city of Milan

indeed

although the reason their called milan & not milano is because of the english founders

batistuta9 wrote: »

the red cross on the white background that's on sampdoria jersys is a st.george's cross. st.george is the patron saint of genoa & his flag is on the citys coat of arms & flag of the city, it also appears on genoa cricket and football club's badge. This flag used in geona existed before england started using a st.george's flag as their flag

he's also the patron saint of barcelona & that's why it's on barca's badge too

you can never have enough useless information on flags & football :pac::pac::pac:

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Wolfsburg 2012/13 Home

Wolfsburg Away 2013

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Wolfsburg 2012/13 Home

Wow that is a lovely kit

Eathrin wrote: »

Wow that is a lovely kit

I get the Wolf part but why is it standing on a shoe?

Absolutely detest Crystal Palace but must admit to liking their new shirt....







Peterborough Away is nice too....






and it might have already been posted, but the French shirt is just magnifique

iregk wrote: »

What? just what?

Milans official name (pre plc) was Milano Associazone Calcio. In English and on Ch4 this becomes AC Milan. During the 90's for the sake of trading purposes on international markets they switched to AC Milan. As trading rules state a company cannot be a club or association the company name then changed to ACM which is why it is ACM on the crest now as opposed to Milan. Similar to how it is no longer Manchester United Football Club. In recent years however due to the re-privatisation (in correct term but couldn't think of the proper one) of the club they have gone back to the full Associazone Calcio Milan Spa.

jimjimjimmy wrote: »

They were founded as Milan Cricket and Football Club. Their name was changed to Milano Associazone Calcio by the fascists. They have always been known in Italy as Milan(pronounced Mee-lan).

iregk wrote: »

Yes they were founded as cricket and football club when once they for lack of a better phrase ditched the cricket they were Milano Associazone Calcio. Not sure if they've always been known in Italy as Milan as in the few times I've been in the San Siro any Italian I spoke to has always referred to them as Milano. On point the girl who sits beside me in work form Bolgnia constantly refers to them as Milano when we are discussing football.

In any case we are splitting hairs here and dragging this way off topic.

what do mean what? just what?

they were founded by english as Milan Cricket and Football Club. changed their name to milan football club, then were made change to an italian name by the fascists as jimjimjimmy says to Associazione Calcio Milano. after the war they changed it back to milan so their name was Associazione Calcio Milan.
i don't know where you get it the other way round like this: Milano Associazone Calcio
their called milan because of their english heritage

it's not because of the english language or channel 4 - napoli never became naples, torino never became turin etc. on football shows or when their being mentioned in media.
inter are called inter milan over here but this can be viewed as wrong. as with bayern munich - may as well call them bavaria munchen - or AZ Alkmaar - AZ means Alkmaar Zaanstreek & their name is just AZ, not alkmaar zaanstreek alkmaar

as for the mee-lan pronunciation i think this is a local thing so maybe that's why the girl from bologna calls them milano, you'll here gabe marcotti called them mee-lan i think it was him saying it's a local naming as well

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Mother of god will people stop discussing the history of AC Milan, or AC Meelano or whatever and discuss/post more jerseys? This is a kits thread.



Swansea away next season, really shoving their Welsh-ness in your face. NOTE: Please do not discuss the history of the City of Swansea and how they came about playing in England.

Did Swansea change their crest?

Nice shirt, horrible new crest.