Wigan’s 08-09 home kit features the new Wigan crest, a brand-new ‘futuristic’ JJB logo, the new ‘technical kit partner’ Champion and a snazzy looking blue and white shirt underneath it all. The Terminator-style Emile Heskey posing for the shirt is a nice touch, although the JJB logo is perhaps more distracting than anything else.
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The following list was made available by Subside Sports and is subject to changes made by sponsors, manufacturers and clubs. For the released / leaked kits, see our 08/09 kits section and the premier league kits page.
08/09 Premier League Kit Launch Dates:
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Wigan Athletic have announced their new crest - and following the trend in recent years of going retro, Wigan have decided to create a ‘modern’ retro crest, and the cleaner, fresher crest is a marked improvement over the previous one.
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As with most teams in this day and age, Wigan Athletic decided to have a third kit, or alternative kit. Usually these kits hold little comparison to the home and away kits, and typically do not match the color scheme of the club. This however is not one of those times.
Starting with a solid field of navy blue, Umbro did not crowd the kit with too much aside from the blue down the sides and the white and blue around the shoulders and collar. Some clubs third kits look too busy or too extreme. Wigan Athletic’s third kit looks like another away kit, it’s simple and matches the color scheme with the navy blue. I like the third kit, maybe officials with the club should ditch their home kit and just use this during home matches. Just a thought.
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For the away kit that Wigan Athletic will wear during the 2007-08 season is a stark contrast from the away kits they wore during the 2006-07 campaign. Going from a solid black kit to a solid white kit is about as different as you can get, and I like the newer away kit much more than previous versions.
Like other teams that utilize an all white kit for away matches, Umbro and Wigan Athletic kept it simple by only putting a couple of navy blue stripes down the sides and blue around the collar and sleeves. Aside from that and the typical crest and logos there is not much to this kit. Simplicity is what makes a great kit look great, and this kit is a great looking kit. Job well done on this kit.
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Wigan Athletic took a page from their recent history with the design of their 2007-08 Home Kits. Utilizing the same blue and white vertical stripes from the 2005-06 campaign, Wigan and Umbro teamed up to make a nice looking kit for all home matches. This kit is a definite improvement from last years solid blue with white shoulders, but is not as original as I would have liked it.
Umbro does not have an issue with bad kits, in fact I would venture to say that their most recent kits are the best out there. This kit is no different, but it does not take a lot to make vertical stripes look good. What I do like about it is the spacing and layout of the stripes, too many can make it look horrible. Umbro did the right amount and made a nice looking kit, just would have liked to have seen something a little more original.
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