Following on from the Get Shirty post back in July, details of Liverpool's kits for the forthcoming 2010/11 season have been leaked.
A well-connected source on supporters' forum Red and White Kop, who has successfully revealed the designs of all LFC kits for the previous two seasons (2008/09 and 2009/10), appears to have hit the nail on the head once again.
Above are the supposed designs for the home and third/European away shirts, slightly Photoshopped to include the club's new sponsor Standard Chartered. As you can see, adidas have opted for a crew neck collar on these shirts with this season's current black and gold away design replicated whilst the home kit contains white piping on the sleeves and at the bottom of the shirt. The Euro away shirt also sees a change of colour in the club's crest to match the away strip.
The away shirt also has a change of badge colour and is a little more easy on the eye with a retro design. The white base is complimented by a red and black V-neck collar, a red badge and red pin stripes; a hark back to the kits worn by the club during the glory years of the early 1980s. Many are hoping that it will spark a revival from the Dalglish era as Kopites witnessed in the 08/09 season, others aren't holding their breath.
As far as designs of Liverpool kits go, they are pretty horrendous. adidas had it spot on with the current home shirt (2008-10) but this latest line of supposed kits harks back to the dark days of 1993-96 when their flashy over-the-top designs became synonymous with under-achievement and failed title challenges at Anfield. Some would argue that it is befitting of the current predicament the club is facing under the current ownership of George Gillett and Tom Hicks.
Here are computer-generated designs of what the new shirts will look like (click to enlarge):
