3rd kit arrived today
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1966_and_all_that
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I've nothing against people buying BFC merchandise: joggers, sweatshirts t-shirts, sports tops in any colour. What we don't need is a 3rd kit.
BlackpoolsFinest
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If it raises revenue for the club, where is the issue?
1966_and_all_that
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See the thread "Cheery Sunday Reading" where posters ruminate on the over-commercialisation of football. I'm not objecting to the club raising revenue but nobody needs a third kit.
BlackpoolsFinest
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Ah well, fortunately a few grumpy old men aren't the ones who are making commercial decisions on behalf of the club.
1966_and_all_that
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I suspect you're confusing commercialism with football dear heart. It's an easy mistake to make in these days of libertarian capitalistic hedonism.
Dave62
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Plus it's the best shirt; ours arrived today.
I understand the away kit being the reverse of the home kit, but the second kit for me was a bit disappointing
LeedsSeasider
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I’m 5’8 and quite slender so got a medium. It’s not overly tight but it’s snug fitting. Looks good.
1966_and_all_that
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OK, I'll buy that.
Dave62
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I'm 5 6 and a half - and not at all slender, so I got 2 XL's (one is for my lad - I'm not that big)
As a benchmark, for jackets I'm about a 42 inch chest normally and L or XL for jumpers & shirts
The shirt is (very) slightly loose but I'm glad I went for XL and not just large - hope that helps.
Maths
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When, in my opinion, it's the nicest of the three - why not. Strangely I think some of our best kits have been the third kit.
CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t
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There isn’t one....except for old farts spoiling the fun for others.
CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t
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Plenty want one though as plenty have been sold.
Thank god people who are with it make the decisions not grumpy killjoys.
BlackpoolsFinest
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They'll be the same fans bemoaning the lack of signing a suitable centre half, with the irony going straight over their heads.
1966_and_all_that
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Then perhaps they could call it, 'a kit that fans like to wear but that isn't needed in a match to tell us apart from the opposition'.
Hmm, not a very zippy title is it?
CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t
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No....
That’s why 3rd kit covers the description accurately....
What an incredibly odd post.
1966_and_all_that
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and for those who don't like the third kit, might there be a 4th kit? One with a penny-round collar perhaps - just for going out clubbing in, you understand.
Alfie Conn
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Just bought mine from the club shop today 5xl, getting a bit cold to just wear a shirt now, but helps the club and breaks up the monotony of seeing the same old , Liverpool(mainly), Celtic,Rangers, City(to a lesser extent) and the fast growing Leeds shirts around Blackpool town. Plus I think it looks the bollocks.
LeedsSeasider
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It surely is needed when we’re playing a team like, for example, Sunderland which both the home and away kit would clash with.
Wizaard
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They'll be the same fans who can get one off a bloke at the back of South Shore market for a tenner. Exactly the same design but by Pooma.
CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t
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BlackpoolsFinest
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1966_and_all_that
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I set that one up just for you.
1966_and_all_that
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Looks like I set it up for more than just Mr Puma.He used the term "clubbing".
That is how out of touch he is
Big_Flag_Man
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Was'nt going to get a shirt but I saw that thing of beauty and just had to have it.
td53
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It's a great shirt but I don't want to buy it without looking at it for fit. I'm a medium in normal t shirts but I suspect it might be best to go a size up? I'm just under 6 foot.
In defence of my 'grumpy old man spoiling the fun for everyone' thread, I don't think we 'need' a third kit but I don't really have an issue with a third kit, we sell all sorts of merch we don't use in games after all. We'll find a reason to wear it a few times and that'll bring money in, which is just what we need to do.
I do have more of an issue with the inflating price of shirts in general and the growing feeling that the way to be 'a fan' is to buy stuff.
That's a sign of the times and the way it is and I'm as keen to say 'shut up and take my money' as the next man but it's outrageous that shirts are up to £65+ and produced in crap conditions at that. At the top level in particular, that funds a situation whereby one play probably takes home in a week what an entire factory that makes the shirts earn in a year*
*Figures entirely made up.
Fun spoiled, hypocrisy shown.
Friday night, lad, liven up ffs.
In defence of my 'grumpy old man spoiling the fun for everyone' thread, I don't think we 'need' a third kit but I don't really have an issue with a third kit, we sell all sorts of merch we don't use in games after all. We'll find a reason to wear it a few times and that'll bring money in, which is just what we need to do.
I do have more of an issue with the inflating price of shirts in general and the growing feeling that the way to be 'a fan' is to buy stuff.
That's a sign of the times and the way it is and I'm as keen to say 'shut up and take my money' as the next man but it's outrageous that shirts are up to £65+ and produced in crap conditions at that. At the top level in particular, that funds a situation whereby one play probably takes home in a week what an entire factory that makes the shirts earn in a year*
*Figures entirely made up.
Fun spoiled, hypocrisy shown.
Friday night, lad, liven up ffs.
td53
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Love knock off brands.
NewburyOne
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This season, of all seasons, given the severe financial impact C19 is having seems a fair marketing strategy to have 3 shirts on sale. Rather than be critical see the bigger picture. Fair play to the club, it'll make a nice Xmas present for me.
Wizaard
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Blackpool shirts are £45. England shirts are £70.
td53
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Aye, this is true. Do I buy a large or a medium though?
td53
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City etc are selling 'match edition' shirts for £105 which are exactly the same but have little holes in them for ventilation.
Seasideforever
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Iv got the 3rd kit in Large but I’m only average size,fits just right 
td53
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Iv got the 3rd kit in Large but I’m only average size,fits just right
Just ordered it now.