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Is the whole shop franchised? Or just the deal with shirts and kits?

Anyone know if you can buy the dark navy jumper CH wore a lot?

I'd like to know which idiot at the club thought white shorts would look good with the striped shirt?

Hate the home shirt because it has been a disaster every year we've worn stripes. I would much rather see a plain yellow shirt with blue trim and yellow or blue shorts.

I'm fairly certain we'll wear the stripes next season......and struggle. Then we'll change the shirt for a predominantly yellow one and will have a successful season.

Burnhamgull wrote:I'd like to know which idiot at the club thought white shorts would look good with the striped shirt?

Hate the home shirt because it has been a disaster every year we've worn stripes. I would much rather see a plain yellow shirt with blue trim and yellow or blue shorts.

I'm fairly certain we'll wear the stripes next season......and struggle. Then we'll change the shirt for a predominantly yellow one and will have a successful season.

is that you chunkygull???

i honestly dont think we got relegated because we wore a stripey kit.........

we got relegated cos we were sh*t.

No thats not me, but nice to see others have the same opinion!

All I can say is -

Its God damn jinxed I tells ya!

The shirt has grown on me a little, but it just doesnt work as a kit. Blue shorts would be a 1000 times better. Back to a proper yellow and blue kit next time hopefully.

chunkygull wrote:No thats not me, but nice to see others have the same opinion!

All I can say is -

Its God damn jinxed I tells ya!

The shirt has grown on me a little, but it just doesnt work as a kit. Blue shorts would be a 1000 times better. Back to a proper yellow and blue kit next time hopefully.

I do love the yellow and white stripes. It is an iconic kit that barely any other team wears. But we have worn it in 5 different seasons now and other than one (99/00) we have either been relegated (twice) or escaped relegation on the last day (twice). There does appear to be a jinx attached to a shirt a lot of supporters love.

However, although we think it is unique - the original (Matchwinner 1991/92 season) was simply a template of a kit lots of other teams had. Exeter had a red & white version, Notts County and black and white version.

When the stripes returned, 'Superleague' made an exact replica of the original, and other than the collar, this years is pretty much the same. So 'superleague' and 'sondico' have both made copies of a template used over 20 years ago by a company called Matchwinner.

All with the same sort of depressing outcome.

The club shop have responded to this offer by dropping their prices accordingly.

http://www.torquayunited.com/news/artic ... 58687.aspx

So, is this because we are getting a new shirt next season or is it just because we did s*** and they can't shift the stock?

Jeff wrote:So, is this because we are getting a new shirt next season or is it just because we did s*** and they can't shift the stock?

I doubt we will get new shirt next season, but obviously they had to react. I went to my local SD in Wigan and they looked clueless about the shirt, so got the away blue top on-line for £18(incl p and p). And even got a mega sized tea cup included, bargain and I prefer the blue kit to the new yellow I purchased last year from the on-line club shop for a whopping £48 quid

It's somewhat galling, having paid £40 each, for the home and away ,and £25 each for the kids version of each, knowing that having paid £130, they are all now available for less than £44. I feel like buying them again, in the next size up for the kids...