Comments | driftpeasant: For <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/snaketao">snaketao</a></strong>

driftpeasant

For snaketao

Feb 22, 2007 19:35

I DID find a green team for you, mate.

Tokyo Verdy 1969Formed by the company that owns the Yomiuri Giants, Verdy were really good, and then got really bad. Still, they are the only club team I could find with green kit. Well, okay, MAJOR team with green kit. There is, apparently, a Chinese C-league team named Greentown, but the only reason I ( Read more... )

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hooverdam February 23 2007, 01:31:07 UTC

Their 2001 kit--this gorgeous emerald Nike t-shirt style number with Konami as the front sponsor--has been at the top of my jersey collection want list for years.

Still, they are the only club team I could find with green kit. Well, okay, MAJOR team with green kit.

We're not counting old Rapids kits, then? Even last year they had a green third.

driftpeasant February 23 2007, 01:57:08 UTC

Yowch.

I had no idea the Rapids had a green third kit. Shows you how much I follow teams other than FC Dallas (and them not much).

Well that's good to know.

snaketao is a huge fan of the color green.

Where do you go for older kit? I try Subside when I can, but they don't carry Kawasaki Frontale kit, and they're my J1 team. Ebay never has anything, and the American ex-pat in Japan who's supposed to pick me up a shirt kinda flaked.

hooverdam February 23 2007, 02:17:09 UTC

I am also a huge fan of the color green--senior prom my mom and I wound up driving two hours away to get a dress that was green because it wasn't the "in" color that year. Anyway, the last time I saw the Verdy kit in question was on Yahoo Japan auctions ages ago. If your buying connection over there is flaky, you'll need to use a proxy service like Rinkya to buy something. I have no idea how frequently J-League gear is bootlegged, if that's a concern.

Great looking but hard to find national team kit in green: look for the 04-06 (Total 90 style) Australia away. The Mexico and Morocco ones from that year are almost identical except for piping, the same way the US and Russian ones from that period were.

My current collection, minus the 2002 US home I got last month in LA that needs to be sent in to get Mastroeni on the back, is here, here, here, and here. Next purchase besides an 07 Revs (probably with Dorman on the back) will be the one-off pink USWNT kit they're putting out for Mother's Day.

driftpeasant February 23 2007, 09:24:38 UTC

I whole heartedly support your Friedel/Rovers kit collection. Shame they couldn't get one at home against Leverkeusen.

Well, at least Arsenal lost to PSV so they may rest their starters against us. Since we're at home, and have Gamst back, even if we play "negative" football we should have a decent chance to advance in the FA Cup.

But back to kit - I loved that 03 AMD kit. Subside Sports still has it in stock new - I may have to buy a new one since the AMD logo is starting to crack on mine.

And I really like the way that the Nagoya Grampus Eight home kit from 2004 looks. Though I'm a guy I must say they do have the cutest mascot ever. Whale!

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