New One off Somme Kits

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New One off Somme Kits

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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Love that kit. Genuine question, is there a reason why clubs (orient) can’t play in kits like this rather than the generic sh1te we currently play in.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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£75!
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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It is a good kit though and in answer to Bera's question, I don't think there's any reason we couldn't have a kit like that rather than the off the peg crap most clubs usually get. Puma have their logo on it (albeit discreetly) so presumably they had the wherewithal to be involved in designing it and producing it. Maybe they charge clubs more to come up with more individual designs for regular season shirts?
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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If they were at all serious about this they would sell them at 1918 prices.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Still milking it.

Feels a bit odd the club are making money off of the Somme. Only scanned the article so maybe they are donating the profits to a veterans charity?
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:47 pm Still milking it.

Feels a bit odd the club are making money off of the Somme. Only scanned the article so maybe they are donating the profits to a veterans charity?
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:47 pm Still milking it.

Feels a bit odd the club are making money off of the Somme. Only scanned the article so maybe they are donating the profits to a veterans charity?
To help cover the £4 million the owners put in a year
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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aylesburyos wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:14 pm
Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:47 pm Still milking it.

Feels a bit odd the club are making money off of the Somme. Only scanned the article so maybe they are donating the profits to a veterans charity?
To help cover the £4 million the owners put in a year
Using the war dead to help the bottom line? Ok
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Beradogs wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:28 pm Love that kit. Genuine question, is there a reason why clubs (orient) can’t play in kits like this rather than the generic sh1te we currently play in.
If they played in kits like that then they wouldn’t be able to raise additional revenue by selling them as “one offs”.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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It seems very much as if this is not a charitable endeavour, based on the responses I’ve seen online
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Why would it be charitable endeavour, it was Clapton Orient who signed up to fight & not some associated charity
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They’ve missed the Bravo logo off, the clowns.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Not for me at £75 a shirt. But I wish the club well with this venture.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:34 pm
aylesburyos wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:14 pm
Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:47 pm Still milking it.

Feels a bit odd the club are making money off of the Somme. Only scanned the article so maybe they are donating the profits to a veterans charity?
To help cover the £4 million the owners put in a year
Using the war dead to help the bottom line? Ok
Don’t the club run a trip to the Somme every year?
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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It is a nice shirt and so dignified , great they have large sizes but very expensive. I can well afford one but I cannot justify paying out that kind of money in my own mind. If it was say £40 it would be a reasonable deal.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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But then the investors would be £35,000 down. That’s a lot of money, even to multi millionaires.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Yanzi Gravy wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:47 pm It is a nice shirt and so dignified , great they have large sizes but very expensive. I can well afford one but I cannot justify paying out that kind of money in my own mind. If it was say £40 it would be a reasonable deal.
Think how much the Johnny come latelies would offer for it when we win the Premier League & Hollywood tells the story of our glorious tragic past
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Rubex Kube wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:02 pm
Yanzi Gravy wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:47 pm It is a nice shirt and so dignified , great they have large sizes but very expensive. I can well afford one but I cannot justify paying out that kind of money in my own mind. If it was say £40 it would be a reasonable deal.
Think how much the Johnny come latelies would offer for it when we win the Premier League & Hollywood tells the story of our glorious tragic past
You are right, good idea, I forgot about the glory seekers, I’m putting an order in when I get home.
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Hoover Attack wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:58 pm But then the investors would be £35,000 down. That’s a lot of money, even to multi millionaires.
You really are obsessed by the investors.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Beradogs wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:28 pm Love that kit. Genuine question, is there a reason why clubs (orient) can’t play in kits like this rather than the generic sh1te we currently play in.
Airdrie do, but they're all pricks. Genuine answer.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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StillSpike wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:27 pm
Beradogs wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:28 pm Love that kit. Genuine question, is there a reason why clubs (orient) can’t play in kits like this rather than the generic sh1te we currently play in.
Airdrie do, but they're all pricks. Genuine answer.
I concur.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Max B Gold wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:32 pm
StillSpike wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:27 pm
Beradogs wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:28 pm Love that kit. Genuine question, is there a reason why clubs (orient) can’t play in kits like this rather than the generic sh1te we currently play in.
Airdrie do, but they're all pricks. Genuine answer.
I concur.
I also concur.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Living in Scotland as I do now, I also concur.
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Re: New One off Somme Kits

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Bought mine 🙂
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