[Feature request] That special year!

Currently in the game if your club is about to start an anniversary season(50th, 75th, 100th, 125th, 150th etc) you get a message from the chairman saying how he hopes it will be a year to remember etc. It is a nice touch that adds some depth to the game.

Here is my idea for future FM's...

- Each researcher submits a "special year home kit" to be used on the anniversary of the clubs foundation and possibly when the club leaves an old ground.

- At present it is possible for researchers to add special kits to the database however these are only designed for specific years. What I am suggesting is that EVERY team has a special kit added to the database as an easter egg. This kit is then used on the occasions outlined above.

- Of course not every club would mark an anniversary like this, so add a random chance element into it so it only happens for a number of clubs.

A site like this is useful for researchers to get inspiration looking at old kits...

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/index.html

Real-world Examples

The Arsenal leaving Highbury kit 2005/06

Next season 2010/11 marks 125 years since Scottish workers at Morton's Jam Factory on the Isle of Dogs decided to form a football club which they named Millwall Rovers and whose colours would be the Dundee blue of their homeland. Next seasons kit will be back to Dundee blue rather than what Millwall have played in recent years.

Southampton will be wearing a white and red sash kit in the style of the 1885 kit to mark their anniversary in 2010/11.

1885...

2010...

leicester had a blank shirt last season to celebrate 125 years. its a good idea if theres room for it on the database

I remember when Aston Villa wore this monstrosity for a season, IIRC it was to commemorate some anniversary or other.

What are you supposed to do with that bit of string? Tie it in a bow??

Love it

Doesn't have to be a home kit though. It can be an away kit, like this one that we wore in 2008 for our 125th year

It says third kit, but we never wore the white one, and we never wore blue away that season, always this gold kit, right up to Wembley, when we switched back to blue. Never lost in it either!

Nice idea this. I'm still waiting for away kits to change colour aswell!

Nice idea this. I'm still waiting for away kits to change colour aswell!

I'd like that as well. There has to be some hideous combos thrown in, like Newcastle's yellow disaster from the season just gone.

Could always have the pink of Evertons new away kit lmao

boring idea

Currently in the game if your club is about to start an anniversary season(50th, 75th, 100th, 125th, 150th etc) you get a message from the chairman saying how he hopes it will be a year to remember etc.

I didn't

I didn't

Didn't get a message or didn't enjoy the 1998/99 season?

its dunfermlines 125th birthday this up coming season and we've got a nice purple away kit. should turn a few heads.

Next season 2010/11 marks 125 years since Scottish workers at Morton's Jam Factory on the Isle of Dogs decided to form a football club which they named Millwall Rovers and whose colours would be the Dundee blue of their homeland. Next seasons kit will be back to Dundee blue rather than what Millwall have played in recent years.

I may have this wrong but iirc we're only wearing this for one game next season MLG, i'll have a nosey to try and back one of us up.

no that's our home shirt next season, the one with the gold trim

there will be another shirt worn on the day of the anniversary as well

no that's our home shirt next season' date=' the one with the gold trim

there will be another shirt worn on the day of the anniversary as well[/quote']

Oh, cheers. Not very knowledgeable about it anyway so cheers for clearing that up .

Didn't get a message or didn't enjoy the 1998/99 season?

Didn't get a message. I've played through the 100 and 125th anniversaries of my club being founded but I didn't get a message for either.

and red sash kit in the style of the 1885 kit to mark their anniversary in 2010/11.

I've just seen Saints new kit for next season.

Rather you than us!

I've just seen Saints new kit for next season.

Rather you than us!

It's a beautiful kit!

nothing beats this

nothing beats this

That shirt should carry an epilepsy warning on it

It's a beautiful kit!

but its not Southampton is it?

We could probably get a lovely kit in red and white, but no matter how lovely it was, it wouldn't be us

Blue and White forever please - Hate this retro kit trend thats coming in

but its not Southampton is it?

We could probably get a lovely kit in red and white, but no matter how lovely it was, it wouldn't be us

Blue and White forever please - Hate this retro kit trend thats coming in

You can't get any more traditional than the first ever kit. Which is what this one is, the 1885 kit. It will be back to red and white stripes after the 125th anniversary. Also nice that the club doesn't need a sponsor anymore.

Southampton's most successful decade - 1980's where they came 2nd to Liverpool, 5th, 7th etc - they didn't wear red and white stripes at all. From 1885 to 1950 they didn't wear black shorts. They have never had a set colour for socks - blue, black, white, red, red and white.

nothing beats this

He used to design his own keeper kits. They were always talking about it in the 1994 commentary.

This could be a good idea if done properly and i would support it if they did do it but is it really needed in game?

Its a good idea, and the way kits are handled by the game needs an overhaul anyway.... especially the 3d ones... defining the kits use in xml way beyond just home away and third (and by year). Its just ugly.

Currently in the game if your club is about to start an anniversary season(50th, 75th, 100th, 125th, 150th etc) you get a message from the chairman saying how he hopes it will be a year to remember etc. It is a nice touch that adds some depth to the game.

Here is my idea for future FM's...

- Each researcher submits a "special year home kit" to be used on the anniversary of the clubs foundation and possibly when the club leaves an old ground.

- At present it is possible for researchers to add special kits to the database however these are only designed for specific years. What I am suggesting is that EVERY team has a special kit added to the database as an easter egg. This kit is then used on the occasions outlined above.

- Of course not every club would mark an anniversary like this, so add a random chance element into it so it only happens for a number of clubs.

A site like this is useful for researchers to get inspiration looking at old kits...

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/index.html

Real-world Examples

The Arsenal leaving Highbury kit 2005/06

From today's Arsenal shirt, look at early shirt. He gives shines for people.

nothing beats this

This is the best football jersey of all time, hands down.

I recalled Cameroon wore singlet-like jerseys during a certain World Cup. Does anybody remember which World Cup was it?

For our 150th year at Stoke during the 12/13 season we did two things. We changed our away kit to blue/red based on the first kit for the club (although didn't go with the same style) and to mark the fact that Stoke used to have the pottery industry 19 ceramic tiles were created and presented to each club on their visit to our ground.

For the game against Tottenham some 20,000+ red & white t-shirts were placed on each seat to create red and white stripes through the home crowd. Notts County played a game with Juventus the year before I remember rightly, different clubs do different things.