I first saw the new Arsenal shirt in a newspaper a couple of weeks before the new season started. I thought that it looked pretty good. It looked a lot different from the previous season, and this is mainly because they use two very different main colours in the shirts. In the previous season, Arsenal wore the redcurrant shirt, but with this shirt, they have gone back to the traditional red and white colours on the shirt.
I saw the shirt being modelled by a few Arsenal players in a poster, and it was this that made me want to buy it. It just looked so cool, and also back then I was a huge Arsenal fan, so I dipped into my pocket money savings and went to the nearest JJB store and bought it.
DESIGN/PARTS OF THE SHIRT The shirt has a very good design. The shirt has a sort of collar shaped line around the edge of the neckline. It isn't really a collar that folds over, it is just a different material that is around the edge of the neckline.
There are also two stripes that run down the sides of the shirt. I think that these stand out quite well, and they give the shirt a very good finish!
COLOURS Like I said before, the shirt has gone back to Arsenal's traditional colours, red and white. I am still undecided which colour scheme is better, the redcurrant or the red and white. I will leave it up to you which one you like better.
Anyway, back to this year's shirt. The main colour of this shirt is red, so the front of the shirt is red, (except for the 'Fly Emirates' lettering which is white). The back of the shirt is also red.
A large part of the sleeves is white. There is also a little tiny bit of red on the very edge of the sleeves. It looks like it is going to run around the very edge of the sleeves, but it doesn't complete a full circle, it stops just short. The collar on the shirt is also white.
The two stripes running down the sides of the shirt are a gold colour.
Altogether, the colour scheme on the shirt works really well. I think that the shirt looks pretty good, and is one of the best-looking Premiership shirts out at the moment.
TECHNOLOGY In this football shirt, Nike have tweaked the main material so that it includes a thing called 'Nike Sphere Dry.' This means that there are hundreds of tiny little spheres all over the main material. The main reason for this technology been used is that the little spheres wick away the sweat from you body, and hold it in these little spheres. This is to keep you body cool, and at a good temperature, so you don't get too hot, and so that you can play football comfortably!
There really isn't any other technology in the shirt, and to be honest I really don't think it needs it, I think that it is one of those shirts that doesn't need to be packed full of technology to make it good!
FLY EMIRATES LOGO Fly Emirates took over the main licensing of Arsenal Football Club this season. So instead of O2 being on the front of the football shirts, there is now Fly Emirates. I think that the lettering looks quite good on the shirt. But I have a problem with mine!
I'm not sure if it is because of it been in the washing machine, or because it has got too hot, or any other reason, but the lettering of 'Fly Emirates' has started to peel off in places, and some parts of it has even fallen off. From a distance, it doesn't look to bad, because where it has completely come off, there is a little bit of white left where it was, but when you look at it close-up, you can easily see where parts are falling off. I am not sure if this is just my shirt, or if it is a common problem!
NIKE Nike is still the main sub-sponsor of Arsenal Football Club, so they're logo, the Nike swoosh tick is still on the Football Shirt, it is placed on the top left corner of the shirt.
COMFORT The shirt is very comfortable to wear. The Nike Sphere Dry technology helps to keep your body cool while you are playing, and the material around the neckline is also very soft, so it does not rub against your neck too much and start to aggravate it. It is also quite light, so if you are a Thierry Henry or Cristiano Ronaldo in the making, this shirt will not slow you down.
PRICE I bought this shirt for £45.00, and I am fairly sure the shirt has not decreased in price in most big sports stores. There is also a long sleeved version of the shirt, and this costs a little bit more than the short sleeved version. Although both versions can be bought from websites such as EBay for a lot cheaper!
BEST PART OF THE SHIRT I think that the best part of the shirt is the comfort from it. With the good technology and the comfortable material making the neckline, it is a very comfortable shirt to wear!!
OVERALL Overall, this football shirt is a very good one. It combines great comfort with good looks. If the peeling Fly Emirates lettering is a problem that occurs on all shirts, then this is quite a big problem that needs to be sorted out by when the next shirt comes out. But apart from that, the shirt is of very good quality, and if you are an Arsenal fan, it is definitely worth your money!!
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The Shirt
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Advantages: An amazing shirt, comfortable and great looking Disadvantages: None at all, except it isn't the most recent Arsenal shirt, but that doesn't really matter!
Advantages: An amazing shirt, comfortable and great looking Disadvantages: None at all, except it isn't the most recent Arsenal shirt, but that doesn't really matter!
Jan 10th, 2007
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