skygod Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, RAG said: The 'best' kits are usually associated with successful teams. I can't see the logic in that. Maybe the most recognisable kits, or the most iconic kits, but plenty of teams have been successful in crap kits. Just as many teams have looked good but been rotten. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAG Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, skygod said: I can't see the logic in that. Maybe the most recognisable kits, or the most iconic kits, but plenty of teams have been successful in crap kits. Just as many teams have looked good but been rotten. Very true. Still think is a good element of nostalgia in there. Are you voting for the best designed kit, or your memories of favourite kits and the players that played inside them? I'm not old enough to have seen the teams of the 60s, 70s or 80s so that's why I don't feel the same affinity with the older designs. But a pic of Durrant in that Puma kit from 1998 would be hard to beat. Even though it's not my absolute favourite kit, was probably the pinnacle of what's I've seen in any of the kits. Edited April 12, 2020 by RAG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 But then the 1999 kit is well regarded but was the year of Michael Jeffery, Abou Sammassi and Andy Smith -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casual observer Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 9 hours ago, skygod said: It seems from comments that people are voting for kits from successful eras or associating them with popular players rather than judging the aesthetic design of the kits. It depends on what you take from “Greatest Killie kit of all time”, I suppose. Yeah I see a lot of folk (younger) are picking a kit for the first time they watched us, or bought/were gifted the kit. That doesn’t make them great kits, just personal memories. I’ve picked so far on an aesthetic and not thought about who filled them at the time. Otherwise we could have had a s**t brown strip with puke stain detail but if Eremenko/TB/Durrant* had worn them it would be popular although we all can see it’s bogging. *delete as appropriate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 16 hours ago, RAG said: I'm not old enough to have seen the teams of the 60s, 70s or 80s so that's why I don't feel the same affinity with the older designs. It looks like this is the popular view as the oldest winning kit so far is from 1991. Plus the sheer weight of numbers created by the club changing kits every other - and now every - year since then militates against the kits from previous eras. It’s a fun diversion created by the club and Lroy which is consistently attracting up to 1,500 votes daily. However, I think the end result is going to tell us more about best teams and players in the last thirty years than best kits. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieFanInToon Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 C is currently behind B on that one. What is wrong with people? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 36 minutes ago, KillieFanInToon said: C is currently behind B on that one. What is wrong with people? Youth is wasted on the young. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 I voted d but your right the goalie top is a classic to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiepie Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Killie alan said: I voted d but your right the goalie top is a classic to. D is far from a classic and can’t be compared to how iconic C is. Edited April 13, 2020 by Killiepie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, Killiepie said: D is far from a classic and can’t be compared to how iconic C is. An icon of bad taste. I blame the blind lady that sewed the original together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieFanInToon Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Killiepie said: D is far from a classic and can’t be compared to how iconic C is. D is an off the peg Precision IV top with our badges applied. B looks like a slight variation on the Division Striped top. A or C are the only choices that make any sense in this round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 I was complaining earlier about the keeper top not winning but then I realised you need to be 30 to have even been alive when it was launched! Most of them young twitter users don't have a clue about our 80s and 90s kits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiepie Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Lroy said: I was complaining earlier about the keeper top not winning but then I realised you need to be 30 to have even been alive when it was launched! Most of them young twitter users don't have a clue about our 80s and 90s kits. Tartan keeper kit falls into that category. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 C then A. It even looks like a Killifish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Also why aren't goalie tops padded these days? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAG Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Just now, Pompey Exile said: Also why aren't goalie tops padded these days? I got a pair of 1869 Sky Blue goalie shorts a couple of years ago in the sale. Great shorts, good length unlike the Nike ones! Spent a good hour cutting the stitching off the padding on the hips. Perfect job I made of it too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lroy Posted April 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Easy 2 here, but in which order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 The wrong one, obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Straight choice between A orB I went for a because we won the league although I liked the cup final 97 one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 B is romping it so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclean07 Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 30 minutes ago, CB said: B is romping it so far. How can anyone not vote for the league champions strip. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killie1961 Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Mclean07 said: How can anyone not vote for the league champions strip. Spot on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mclean07 said: How can anyone not vote for the league champions strip. Fat thumb in my case. Sorry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) I’ve always thought the 1997 strip was spoilt by too many quirky details. The white pin-stripe. The checkered band half an inch from the end of the sleeve. The KFC on the collar. If we hadn’t won the cup, I doubt it would have been that popular. Nice shade of blue and fuzzy sponsor’s patch though! Edited April 14, 2020 by skygod 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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