Football kit technology

[Ajr]

What innovations with the kits could be made to improve performance?

I know that they have made them much harder to tug on since the 90s, as well as obviously breathable technology in the fabric. But what about more improvements? Could kits be made slippery somehow to stop players grabbing their shirts ? Maybe they could coat boots with a spray that helps stick the ball to them for control?(I feel like a brand tried this once and had reasonable market success)

 

[VeevaVee]

There has to be a lot that could help officiating. If the shirt gets pulled, it signals to ref. Some sort of wearable tech for offside built in to the shirts has to be possible too.

 

[stevoc]

I wonder if City are working with Puma on an integrated system within the shirt that could inject their players with extra PED's mid game if they're losing.

 

[Ladron de redcafe]

They'd ideally have better breathability, but some of the suggestions above sound interesting.

Incidentally, does anyone remember the navy blue away United shirt for the 1999/2000 season? I don't remember seeing a shirt with that fabric before or since. It felt heavy and was tough to play in.

 

[hungrywing]

If you score and try to remove your shirt in celebration, the shorts automatically remove themselves, too.

 

[Robertd0803]

Im surprised jerseys arent made out of material similar to cycling gear to be honest to improve speed or something.

 

[Pexbo]

Im surprised jerseys arent made out of material similar to cycling gear to be honest to improve speed or something.

I think both carbon fibre and aluminium would be overkill for football kits.

 

[hungrywing]

Im surprised jerseys arent made out of material similar to cycling gear to be honest to improve speed or something.

Thinly-veiled attempt to get the womens' teams to play in spandex.

 

[Luffy]

Delivering a non-lethal electric shock to whomever is doing the shirt-pulling would be a useful addition. A tweet automatically sent from the player’s account admitting what he did would be nice too.

 

[predator]

I've always wondered if they could put gps microchips in players boots which could be used to determine offside. Obviously it would mean a slight change to the offside rule, which I think is needed.

 

[hungrywing]

Delivering a non-lethal electric shock to whomever is doing the shirt-pulling would be a useful addition. A tweet automatically sent from the player’s account admitting what he did would be nice too.

Remove the bolded part and increase number of allowed subs.

 

[Robertd0803]

I think both carbon fibre and aluminium would be overkill for football kits.

Depends who you are playing that week.

 

[decorativeed]

They'd ideally have better breathability, but some of the suggestions above sound interesting.

Incidentally, does anyone remember the navy blue away United shirt for the 1999/2000 season? I don't remember seeing a shirt with that fabric before or since. It felt heavy and was tough to play in.

Yeah, it was made of 'sport wool', with real wool mixed in. One of the most horrific pieces of fabric ever made!

 

[Water Melon]

If you score and try to remove your shirt in celebration, the shorts automatically remove themselves, too.

lmfao

 

[Deery]

They should introduce a sat nav system into the shirt to tell the likes of Martial, Rashford and Greenwood to get into the box.

 

[hungrywing]

Yeah, it was made of 'sport wool', with real wool mixed in. One of the most horrific pieces of fabric ever made!

You can just see those scientists in that lab as they came up with that.

 

[Chipper]

Yeah, it was made of 'sport wool', with real wool mixed in. One of the most horrific pieces of fabric ever made!

Were any of the other ones from that season made of the same stuff?

I had the third shirt, white with Sharp, which I think became the away kit the following season with Vodafone sponsorship. All this talk of wool made me remember that it was quite warm to wear although I have no idea if that was also made of the same fabric or not. I quite liked the feel actually, but admittedly I never played football in it.

 

[Ekeke]

Remote control so Mourinho's mind can control the players bodies

 

[Player Red]

Were any of the other ones from that season made of the same stuff?

I had the third shirt, white with Sharp, which I think became the away kit the following season with Vodafone sponsorship. All this talk of wool made me remember that it was quite warm to wear although I have no idea if that was also made of the same fabric or not. I quite liked the feel actually, but admittedly I never played football in it.

Pretty sure the red home kit for those 2 years was made of the same thing.

 

[Oranges038]

Maybe they could introduce something into the shirt that the player could trigger to camouflage into the back ground to defy offside or clear out an opponent without being seen. Like that disappearing car in James Bond.

 

[hungrywing]

Supercooling technology so that on rainy nights rain freezes on contact and by the end of the match everyone's a lumpy snowman waddling around trying to kick the ball.

 

[Ajr]

Remote control so Mourinho's mind can control the players bodies

I was thinking that they could have an in ear earphone with a coach from high up in the stands pointing out something like a player was free or something, or where some open space is.

 

[FireballXL5]

 

[Luffy]

Remove the bolded part and increase number of allowed subs.

Sold!

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Reversible. 2nd and 3rd kits on the same garment, for when you're getting twatted away at Southampton.

 

[Devil81]

Remote control so Mourinho's mind can control the players bodies

You'd just have the whole team standing in the penalty area blocking the goal.

 

[Ajr]

You'd just have the whole team standing in the penalty area blocking the goal.

Wall of players, including players on players shoulders blocking the whole goal

 

[hungrywing]

An incorporated array of LEDs that shine a ring of light on the pitch around the player's feet. I don't know what made me think of this.

 

[Devil81]

Wall of players, including players on players shoulders blocking the whole goal

All desperate to run out of the box and play but then moved straight back in by Jose.

 

[Peter van der Gea]

Im surprised jerseys arent made out of material similar to cycling gear to be honest to improve speed or something.

Didn't an African team try and wear an all-in-one, skintight leotard kit at one of the world cups?

 

[pascell]

They'd ideally have better breathability, but some of the suggestions above sound interesting.

Incidentally, does anyone remember the navy blue away United shirt for the 1999/2000 season? I don't remember seeing a shirt with that fabric before or since. It felt heavy and was tough to play in.

It's the kit for me which is synonymous of Keane with his skin head look.

 

[Nick7]

Didn't an African team try and wear an all-in-one, skintight leotard kit at one of the world cups?

Cameroon. They also tried a sleeveless jersey.

 

[Robertd0803]

Didn't an African team try and wear an all-in-one, skintight leotard kit at one of the world cups?

Yeah Senegal or Cameroon I think, Fifa rejected it because of a lack of sleeves I think.

 

[Peter van der Gea]

Cameroon. They also tried a sleeveless jersey.

Yeah Senegal or Cameroon I think, Fifa rejected it because of a lack of sleeves I think.

I think that's right, I vaguely remember red, yellow and green.

I don't think it's that bad an idea, skintight kits. I guess it would help speed and hinder shirt pulling

 

[decorativeed]

Were any of the other ones from that season made of the same stuff?

I had the third shirt, white with Sharp, which I think became the away kit the following season with Vodafone sponsorship. All this talk of wool made me remember that it was quite warm to wear although I have no idea if that was also made of the same fabric or not. I quite liked the feel actually, but admittedly I never played football in it.

No, I don't think that one was. The 2000-02 home kit was a different version of sport wool, but felt much more like a normal football shirt. The Republic of Ireland home shirt from 1999 or so was made out of the same stuff as our navy one, and possibly a few others.

 

[decorativeed]

You can just see those scientists in that lab as they came up with that.

I think it was led by United and Umbro as a sponsorship opportunity with that Australian Wool board or similar.

 

[hungrywing]

I think it was led by United and Umbro as a sponsorship opportunity with that Australian Wool board or similar.

Modeled by James Baa-nd.

 

[Red Royal]

Can we just develop a Cap that does not make Henderson look like a tourist straight out of the Old Trafford Megastore.