Swansea Unveil New Centenary Away Kit – So Welsh You Can Almost Hear It Hum ‘Land Of My Fathers’ (Photo)
By Chris Wright
Having become both the first Welsh club to attain and then retain Premier League status over the past 12 months, Swansea are celebrating their centenary year with a new kit that reflects the swell of national pride that has accompanied their success – with Adidas stitching together an uber-Welsh new away strip for the Swans to wear as of next season…
Welsher than a leek and daffodil rarebit
Despite the old ‘red and green should never be seen’ maxim, we love the symbolic combination here – a nod to the national flag/colours. It’s so Welsh, you can practically hear it humming with Welshness. ‘Land of my Fathers’ or ‘The Green, Green Grass of Home’ or something thereabouts.
The little touches are also nice (‘Jacks’, the club’s historic auxiliary nickname, is embroidered in gold on the neck) – perhaps a nod to the ‘little touches’ that Brendan Rodgers’ players have specialised in popping off this season? Or perhaps not.
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Via FSC (In case you hadn’t already guessed!)
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Strobing green-on-red seizure-inducing kit FTW.
Love it. It’s also very Basque.
LOVE it. Gotta love the Swans, glad to see they stayed up, and looking forward to watching them next year!
That’s absolute class. Nice to see Adidas do one right.
BOSS
So cool..I need one!!!
The swan looks like the swan from swan filters
Like it but it makes me want a pizza margherita just by lookin at em. Ill be fat again by the end of next season…
Is that a Welsh Green in the background? (Harry Potter reference anyone?)
looks amazing and the logo is great, cant wait to own this kit