Lets lobby for next seasons Away Kit 2024/25

Kits for next season already done and dusted.

Castore previewed them a few months back 

Also, we had the light and dark blue stripes back in about 2007.  It was based on the Catford Southend kit we briefly adopted when we ground shared with them and planned to merge in 1924.

Going by the graphics on X it looks like we'll be wearing black against Carlisle too. Seems to be the current thing versus blue teams for some odd reason. 

I vote for a first choice away kit of red shirts, white shorts, red socks and only use the second choice if there is a clash of colours with the home teams kit.

SporadicAddick said:

KingKinsella said:

Why not start early?
I can't love the black kit, associations with the previous one and its just....boring.
My suggestion is based on the Charlton Athletic Wiki entry which said that for one year in the ancient past we played with a first team kit of light blue/dark blue stripes. Why not recreate something like that?
Alternatively get one of the young fans with "Street Cred" do a graffiti style design? Could be awful and genuinely memorable.
What's your suggestion

That the away kit is renamed the second kit, and is only EVER used if there is an obvious clash with the home team.

Charlton play in red at home.
Charlton play in red away unless the home team wears red / red and white stripes.

Why did we wear black away at Portsmouth? 

presumably, because Pompey play in white shorts there is deemed to be a 'clash' and an excuse for us to wear our away kit... would much rather we keep our red shirts in these instances and use black shorts but there seems to be a push to use the full away kit to give it a bit of air time and no doubt push sales

I don't care how nice blue looks it's Millwall's colour.
I think olive green and black stripes with black shorts looks really nice but maybe I'm swayed because it's my old school's colours.
I do agree with the other comments that we should only change when the home side wears red. Unfortunately it's the marketing and money that holds sway nowadays. 

If I hear right, we're wearing yellow away or it's the third kit, next season

SporadicAddick said:

No team needs a third kit. 

Red home kit

Yellow away kit.

there is no circumstance that I can think of in which there would be any clash which would require a 3rd kit.

That would require every potential clash, including FA Cup clashes with lower league teams, to be thought out, and dictating to every team what colour they can have for their away kit. Unless we start seeing both teams wearing their away kits.

In the past we have seen that happen - Man United vs Barcelona in the Champions League in 1998/99. Similarly we wore West Brom's navy shorts when we went there in 2007/08 as our white shorts were deemed to be a clash with their white shorts. However, some teams change their whole kit when there is a shorts clash, but other games have seen both teams in the same colour shorts with no issues.

Chelsea had to wear Coventry's away shirt when they played there in the 90s as their dark blue clashed with Coventry's light blue. However, that hasn't been an issue with Leicester or Chelsea playing Man City.

But first and foremost, as previously mentioned, most of the time it is a marketing decision to change kits when there is no need.

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Ross said:

SporadicAddick said:

No team needs a third kit. 

Red home kit

Yellow away kit.

there is no circumstance that I can think of in which there would be any clash which would require a 3rd kit.

That would require every potential clash, including FA Cup clashes with lower league teams, to be thought out, and dictating to every team what colour they can have for their away kit. Unless we start seeing both teams wearing their away kits.

In the past we have seen that happen - Man United vs Barcelona in the Champions League in 1998/99. Similarly we wore West Brom's navy shorts when we went there in 2007/08 as our white shorts were deemed to be a clash with their white shorts. However, some teams change their whole kit when there is a shorts clash, but other games have seen both teams in the same colour shorts with no issues.

Chelsea had to wear Coventry's away shirt when they played there in the 90s as their dark blue clashed with Coventry's light blue. However, that hasn't been an issue with Leicester or Chelsea playing Man City.

But first and foremost, as previously mentioned, most of the time it is a marketing decision to change kits when there is no need.

It wouldn’t need that level of thought or planning.  

If we can't wear our home kit away just because the white shorts are a problem then we should wear all red kit.

I don’t think this would work as an away kit but I am one of those who’d love to see this kit back in some form especially as it’s coming up to its 60th anniversary.

SporadicAddick said:

No team needs a third kit. 

Red home kit

Yellow away kit.

there is no circumstance that I can think of in which there would be any clash which would require a 3rd kit.

I get the commercial argument, but at 3rd division level, the total margin on a 3rd kit sales will be two fifths of fuck all. There‘s zero marketing / brand equity value in it either.

Can't believe the disrespect to Melchester Rovers

Bilko said:

I think we wear our 2nd strip when we don’t play a team in Red is down to the different shirt sponsor, there must be a deal where we have got to play a number of games in it.

Good point, hadn't thought of that. Though as I posted, we wore red at Portsmouth last season when we had the same sponsors. The geek in me can tell you the white away was worn 10 times overall, Saturday will be the 8th time the black has been used.