Popular Post Lroy Posted April 22, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 I've been pondering this for a while but I've finally committed myself to documenting all the kits Kilmarnock have ever worn. The historical kits website is all fair and well but there's loads missing. If it all goes well (and there are a lot of hurdles) then I'm going to pursue getting all of my drawings published in a book. Not going to rush it, baby number 1 has just popped along recently, so don't expect anything finished in the next 2 years. What I will have to do is ask for help here. You guys combined will have every match programme, every kit ever sold, pictures from games etc. You'll also be able to remember instances of odd examples of kits being worn; Red socks Vs Celtic in the Coulibaly wonder goal game, Westsound trophy one off kit etc. Here's how I'm going to display them using this season's home kit as en example. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lions13 Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 I'm sure you will be aware of this site, but if not it will help with the home kits. http://www.historicalkits.co.uk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3GAKAS Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Magnificent idea Lroy, the finished product will be a thing of beauty. A lot of hurdles indeed but I am sure there will be enough resources to aid your work. The very best of luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Lions13 said: I'm sure you will be aware of this site, but if not it will help with the home kits. http://www.historicalkits.co.uk It's a good starting point but as I say, there will be loads missing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Great idea @Lroy. I'd buy that book, if anything just to make sure that Bobby Geddes' rainbow outfit wasn't a dream. Also, the book MUST have an appendix with the squashed squirrel. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, mathematics said: Great idea @Lroy. I'd buy that book, if anything just to make sure that Bobby Geddes' rainbow outfit wasn't a dream. Also, the book MUST have an appendix with the squashed squirrel. Do squirrels have an appendix? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Fantastic idea.there are far too few books out there about Killie and this is a little different to anything. Will you do a crowd funder to help publish the book? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, Graeme S said: Will you do a crowd funder to help publish the book? Publication is a long way away but that's a possibility. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 4 kits drawn up, and I've found a better version of the 1879 first known oxford blue kit. Productive times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 32 minutes ago, Lroy said: 4 kits drawn up, and I've found a better version of the 1879 first known oxford blue kit. Productive times. Good for you mate reckon it will be a best seller all the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverplatekillie Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 What you make of this strip then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Except it’s not George maxwell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiebeth Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 It's Jim Whyte (Aberdeen) had spell at Killie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverplatekillie Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Killiebeth said: It's Jim Whyte (Aberdeen) had spell at Killie Its Jim Whyte in a Killie strip,not Aberdeen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmonty3 Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 I'd buy that book in a heartbeat. Great idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Riverplatekillie said: What you make of this strip then. One of @CBs videos recently showed us playing in a red kit around that era. I meant to take a note of it. Have since bought a notebook for scraps of info. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 It’s clearly RP from the pitch-side railings and home teams changed in the event of a clash in those days. I’m not sure what Riverplate’s point was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Quite seriously, I think you have a great business idea there, probably better than you realise. (But you have to put Killie aside for one moment). One of the things that all publishers are dying for are ideas for cheap books that appeal to men that can be easily bought as stocking fillers / cheap presents / Secret Santa gifts for fathers, brothers, work colleagues etc. (I know women are football fans as well, but it will be men that this could be marketed for). Based on that design you did for the current kit, I think any fan would happily flick through a little book (the size of a diary or mobile phone) showing all the kits they remember and ones they have only read about. If individual books were made for every club in England and Scotland (*) and sold for less than a fiver, it could sell hundreds of thousands of units, especially if marketed at Christmas, Father's Day and the start of the football season. Mock up the Kilmarnock one, but approach a publisher with the idea to cover every club. (They would be able to check the one glitch: that you are not transgressing any club licences in reproducing their kits). And when you're a millionaire, join the Killie board and work alongside Billy Bowie * Excepting Sevco of course as a club with so little legitimate history could have its kits drawn on a couple of sheets of bog roll. Edited April 25, 2019 by Jon Forgot to insult The Rangers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 8:11 AM, Lroy said: Interesting that you chose Power. That's not a kit, that's a superhero costume... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jon said: Interesting that you chose Power. That's not a kit, that's a superhero costume... So, the y-fronts should be on top of the shorts then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Jon said: Quite seriously, I think you have a great business idea there, probably better than you realise. Erm, thanks? 4 hours ago, Jon said: Mock up the Kilmarnock one, but approach a publisher with the idea to cover every club. (They would be able to check the one glitch: that you are not transgressing any club licences in reproducing their kits). I plan on spending 2 years minimum on this project. I don't think anyone has enough time to cover every club in as much detail as I plan to. There are other great books out there that cover other individual clubs. True Colours 1, 2 & International are a great set of books that cover multiple clubs. I know the author John put an absolute s**t load of time and effort in to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAG Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 hours ago, CB said: So, the y-fronts should be on top of the shorts then? Alan Power only has one sock - that's superhero enough! @LroyYou should do some prints or posters of the kits in a collage, arranged by the decade or whatever. With a classic picture from the year of the kit in the background of the individual square. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, RAG said: Alan Power only has one sock - that's superhero enough! @LroyYou should do some prints or posters of the kits in a collage, arranged by the decade or whatever. With a classic picture from the year of the kit in the background of the individual square. Alan power is so good he can kill two stones with one bird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAG Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Beaker71 said: Alan power is so good he can kill two stones with one bird. In the old biblical times, when Alan Power's ancestors sought out a living equivalent to thatof KFC kit man, I heard one sock footed an army of 5 thousand. There's a good Eastr story - I should go buy a reduced priced egg and a yorkie mug in the supermarket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker71 Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, RAG said: In the old biblical times, when Alan Power's ancestors sought out a living equivalent to thatof KFC kit man, I heard one sock footed an army of 5 thousand. There's a good Eastr story - I should go buy a reduced priced egg and a yorkie mug in the supermarket. Alan power is so hard that Chuck Norris calls him for backup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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