ODD KITS
This section is mainly Derby Kits that were odd to say the least or were never produced
but we'll throw in some kits from other teams that were awful, or just plain vomit inducing !
This was a prototype for a 1989-90 kit that was not produced. The actual kit for that year featured a black collar with more black banding on the sleeves.
This kit was almost in production for 1989 as the away kit, but was supposedly dropped at the last minute. The story if it can be believed
is that M*xw*ll refused to have red in the strip because of the F8r8st connection with the colour red.
This kit turned up on ebay a couple of years ago and appears to be genuine, may date from around 1977 to 1979 judging by the Umbro Diamonds and the Collar length. I dont have any photos of players wearing this kit. It may be that it was a 'third' or spare kit. It seems co-incidental that this and a couple of others similar appeared on e-bay just before the BBG was stripped. If anyone has any info then it would be gratefully received.
Next is a range of original designs that were given to me by DCFC when the Baseball Ground was cleared out prior to demolition you will recognise some as being very close to designs that were actually produced. They all hail from the Puma era of the 90's. These photos are all copyright so please respect this.
Please click on the thumbnail for larger photo- interesting stuff there of what we could have been wearing.
Now for those of you who see a kit and think wow brilliant how did the people at DCFC come up with that kit, have a look at this its a 1993 Bukta catalogue and as you can see this design bears an uncanny resemblance to our 1994-95 home kit, a few tweaks and change the piping colour and hey presto!
I've placed the Rams home shirt in an inset so you can compare.
So until we get some more Rams contributions, I've found some other shockers and odd ones to make us realise it happens everywhere
This one from Bilbao looks like either a bad accident or the aftermath of
a ketchup fight in a chippy!
In the early 90's shirt designers must have been suffering
the effects of those all night raves and seemed to have their way with some
terrible kits especially the away. This Arse shirt must have given Tony
Adams and Paul Merson a great feeling on Saturday afternoons
Norwich
1993 and this looks like that cheap paint splatter method they use for painting
the inside of council toilets !
Hull
City 1992 - "Okay we need a new kit mmmm..... We're called the Tigers ,
wait I've got a great idea ! Hull take their nickname literally with this one!
Hull again circa unknown but their designers were having fun, why did them
upstairs at Hull approve it ?
Hull again - sorry Hull fans!- sponsored by a sweet firm this looks like an
allsort!
They may think they're cool now with all their money and the 'special one' but
look at this kit Chelsea have suffered like the rest of us with cr*p kits
this is the proof.
Chelsea fans no don't tell me it was a one off now take a look at this one from
not too long ago
Notts f*r*st well by looking at this one iIwould say they held a kit design
competition and some kid with a pack of crayola's won it - or perhaps it was
just your average adult forest fan that drew it ?
Aston Villa a few seasons ago suffered double indignation here sponsored by a
yoghurt firm and then having to wear an away kit that looked as if a Sunday john
smiths pub team had thrown it away. Ouch!
Birmingham City - they thought times were low now just look at this one another
testament to marketing people at clubs who should never let these kits be made.
What were they thinking?
Brighton
possibly modelled on a stick of rock ?
Huudersfield - apparently if you look at this one with 3d glasses you can see an
elephant !
Middlesborough looks like it got left in the middle of the road and got run over
by a couple of trucks, again why are these kits ever given approval?
Millwall - looks like a dodgy shirt worn on the costa del crime
Notts County looks like someone had a pint or two followed by one of those blue
slush puppies then puked up all over it!
Oldham - this one speaks for itself
Peterborough United - at the time sponsored by Thomas Cook - did they take the
inspiration for this one from some airplane seat upholstery or one of those
tacky airport transfer coaches in Ibiza?
Stoke City - hey man tie die is actually very cool you know!
Watford- the designer on this one had reached his deadline and crawled in to the
office after a heavy weekend and took his inspiration from the blurred visions
of the M25 he saw from his office window!
Wolves - the sleeping giants - well 'can you tell what it is yet?' Looks like
Rolf Harris did this one during a break from Animal Hospital.
Coventry City - the ultimate chocolate brown kit- referred to as excrement by
their fans this is a poll winner for worst kits.
ANY MORE SEND EM IN !
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