VOTE FOR NEW STRIPS

Originally published: 11th January 2010

Darlo fans have the chance to vote for next seasons club strips. Due to the club being virtually rebuilt in the summer a move away from hoops was made due to the fact that they are normal bespoke designs.

Next season the club are looking to be 'on the ball' and are already making plans for the new design. Hoops will be incorporated once again and the club are giving us, the fans, the chance to vote on our favourite.

There are four designs to choose from, 2 home and 2 away. Once again they will be made by Errea and you can vote in three different way. By mail, e-mail and text but the voting takes place over the next three weeks.

All voters will be entered into a free prize draw, with a trip to Italy to see the new kits being produced as the top prize. Managing director Graham Fordy said: “Everything last summer was done at the last minute and Errea had to quickly produce our shirts from existing stock, which is why we had to make a quick decision to go with the designs. “We value feedback and the best way of producing a popular kit design is by giving the fans their chance to vote. “A number of shortlisted designs have been narrowed down by the manager. new strips We’re confident this will be a popular system and we look forward to receiving the votes.’’ Fans can vote for their favourite designs in the following ways: E-MAIL: E-mail “HOME KIT A/B (inserting your choice) and AWAY KIT A/B, plus your name and age”, to: kit.vote@darlington-fc.net TEXT: Text “HOME KIT A/B (inserting your choice) and AWAY KIT A/B, followed by your name, age and email address”, to: 07916 618820 POST: Select your favourite designs and send – with your contact details – to Kit Vote, Darlington FC, The Northern Echo Arena, Neasham Road, Darlington DL2 1DL. First prize is a trip to Italy (terms and conditions apply), which includes a visit to Errea, Darlington’s kit manufacturers, plus two season tickets and a signed framed shirt. Second prize is two season tickets and a signed framed shirt, and third prize is a signed framed shirt. There are also 10 pairs of tickets for the opening game of the 2010-11 season as runners-up prizes. The deadline for voting is close of play Friday, January 29 – winning designs revealed next month.

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branksome82 - 11th January 2010 11:03:56: From today's echo, pictures of the kits and details of how to vote are on the link below

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/ ... ext_strip/
darlocraig - 11th January 2010 11:12:32: I prefer A and C
Hilly - 11th January 2010 11:15:46: darlocraig wrote:
I prefer A and C

C?

Home A and Away A look good to me.

I especially like the new proposed Home Strip. I wonder how long it will take for the inevitable "Conference" jibes to start...
Darlo_Chris - 11th January 2010 11:17:23: I'm with Hilly on this one, Home A and Away A
reuters - 11th January 2010 11:18:07: Should light the Conference up!
Hilly - 11th January 2010 11:24:41: Didn't take long then...
Beano - 11th January 2010 11:36:47: Credit where credit is due, whoever has selected those four kits has done an excellent job.

Definitely Home A and Away A for me too.
cwisstoffhur - 11th January 2010 11:37:23: a blue and white away kit? they're taking the piss aren't they?
Shieldsy - 11th January 2010 11:38:04: I think I would have to agree with Home A & Away A. All very nice though.

Btw, its says that Staunton narrowed down the choices.

Northern Echo wrote:
Graham Fordy wrote:
A number of shortlisted designs have been narrowed down by the manager
al_quaker - 11th January 2010 11:44:11: Home A for sure. Away kit I'm not too sure about. Probably A. But B looks alright too I think, even though it's blue and white. I like the sound of the first prize too
Darlo_Pete - 11th January 2010 11:46:01: I like the look of shirt A & the sky blue B away shirt. At least it has hoops.
Jazz Maverick - 11th January 2010 11:46:45: Home A looks a good call, although theres not much wrong with Home B either. Cant go wrong with black and white hoops! Away A is a given really, playing in blue and white would be a bit of a piss take.
ShrewsX - 11th January 2010 11:47:59: Home A, Away A

That home kit looks great. I'm not a huge fan of the hoops, and have never actually owned a darlo home strip since Feethams (much prefer the away kits usually) but that one looks good, and I would definately buy it. The Coventry-esque away kit though.... no thanks

Shrews
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 11:51:18: Both away shirts are nice, so i'd buy either 1
Robbie Painter - 11th January 2010 11:55:37: Are the people voting for away kit B nuts? Playing in the same colours as our local rivals - no thanks.

It says it all that both Darlo Pete & Andy Park think its a good choice!
StevieMardenboro - 11th January 2010 11:59:39: All the kits look smart. I actually quite like the pale blue and white one but I suppose it is a no go so A and A for me to.

I do like the idea of hooped home and away kits though. I used to like the green and black one from the mid 90s
Darlo_Pete - 11th January 2010 12:03:31: The red away shirt looks naff in my opinion. The away blue shirt is sky blue, which is a completely different blue from poolies normal colours. Perhaps RP suffers from colour blindness.
BUSHEAD - 11th January 2010 12:06:58: Robbie Painter wrote:
Are the people voting for away kit B nuts? Playing in the same colours as our local rivals - no thanks.

It says it all that both Darlo Pete & Andy Park think its a good choice!

Exactly !

Gotta be red away kit !
Also option A for the home kit.
al_quaker - 11th January 2010 12:07:13: The problem I have with the red away kit is that it looks a bit like a training top, as opposed to an actual kit, if that makes sense. Away A will probably win anyway, so I don't know why I'm thinking long and hard about this decision On a side note, I presume that DBS are in the pictures as shirt sponsors, just so that there is a sponsor, and not that they are actually the sponsor for next season? Or have I missed an announcement somewhere.
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 12:07:44: Robbie Painter wrote:
Are the people voting for away kit B nuts? Playing in the same colours as our local rivals - no thanks.

It says it all that both Darlo Pete & Andy Park think its a good choice!

I think there is a lot of difference between this:
Our sky blue strip

Poolie's strip
TeessideQuaker - 11th January 2010 12:08:23: Yeah, Home A and Away B look nice.
broadsexile - 11th January 2010 12:09:02: I'd be less concerned about our sharing colours with Hartlepool than by the amount of white that's on Away 'B': we'd need a third kit as well. Assuming we're going down, five current Conference clubs play in white shirts - I can't see the point in us having an away kit we'd hardly ever have occasion to use.
BUSHEAD - 11th January 2010 12:09:19: Its blue and white - its a no go . End of.
Hilly - 11th January 2010 12:11:17: It's very Newcastle-esque if you ask me.
Darlo_Pete - 11th January 2010 12:14:42: Hilly wrote:
It's very Newcastle-esque if you ask me.

Its hoops not stripes, completely different.
loan_star - 11th January 2010 12:20:44: Its good that we are actually getting to choose ourselves this time. In my opinion though, any shade of blue is too close to that of our chimp choking neighbours!! Option A for me for the home kit and A for the away one, although Id like to see an away one based on the home kit in red & white which I think could look good.
coles - 11th January 2010 12:23:05: A and A for me I think that the club deserve a pat on the back for this campaign Darlo fans are very quick to have a pop at the club more often it is deserved but on this occaision well done Darlo and Raj Singh.
PJPoolie - 11th January 2010 12:24:39: Do they have kits in non league football?

I thought it was just bibs, or in the summer months tops V skins.......
hodgie1 - 11th January 2010 12:30:59: id go for A & A - its a bit naughty tho, especially when we changed kits in the summer, we are still in a recession, normally we used to have the kits for 2 seasons, i'll buy them anyway, but some fans may not be able to affort it, just a thought
quakersam - 11th January 2010 12:36:55: My Vote: Home A and Away A

I think they are both very stylish tops, I'm loving the idea of the hoops and a swish coming down the side of the Home A, and the back looks very good also. Home B is too similar to last seasons home top and what's with the black square on the back, looks terrible.

I think the red away top does look a bit like a training top but as a kit I would have no qualms with it and would easily buy it. As for the blue one, it looks ok but it's just dull
Hilly - 11th January 2010 12:39:17: Darlo_Pete wrote:
Hilly wrote:
It's very Newcastle-esque if you ask me.

Its hoops not stripes, completely different.

This is what I meant Pete:
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 12:45:51: Hilly wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
Hilly wrote:
It's very Newcastle-esque if you ask me.

Its hoops not stripes, completely different.

It's still the exact same colour.

Our sky blue strip

If think different, sky blue and blue have a lot of difference, if anything we look more like Coventry City with the colour of the shirt.

Coventry City strip
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 12:46:47: Hilly wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
Hilly wrote:
It's very Newcastle-esque if you ask me.

Its hoops not stripes, completely different.

This is what I meant Pete:

Ahh, on that note, i stand corrected on what you said Hilly.
quaker_olly - 11th January 2010 12:52:56: Home A and away B for me.

Both smart and modern looking kits, which I think could be kept for a couple of seasons. Best designs I've seen a while to be honest. Actually look quite proffesional rather than ripping off Boros keeper kit! The red one looks like a decent training kit however, if made out of the training kit material.

Hope home A and away B get the nod, and we get to see them in the football league! Howay the lads
Hilly - 11th January 2010 12:56:12: AndyPark wrote:
Ahh, on that note, i stand corrected on what you said Hilly.

Granted it's not the same but like I say it reminded me of Newcastle's.
StevieMardenboro - 11th January 2010 12:59:18: We had a pale blue away kit similar to this colour once before I am sure of it. Think it might have been 91/92. Maybe it was a third kit. Seem to remember us wearing it in a 5-2 drubbing at Boothferry Park.

Is Pale blue sufficiently different from Poolie blue? Why do I feel guilty liking this kit??
number_one - 11th January 2010 13:23:35: I like the blue one, the blue square on the sleeve will look nice.
divas - 11th January 2010 13:25:31: hodgie1 wrote:
id go for A & A - its a bit naughty tho, especially when we changed kits in the summer, we are still in a recession, normally we used to have the kits for 2 seasons, i'll buy them anyway, but some fans may not be able to affort it, just a thought

when did we last have a kit for more than 2 seasons? must be a while ago - i know we had the same one with a revised sponsore on a couple of seasons back, but in effect it was a different shirt. if people cant afford to buy a shirt then no-one is forcing them, in the current climate it would be lunacy for the club not to change every season in the search of more revenue

as an aside to all of that, the shirt will have to change as DBS will no longer be sponsoring us, unless of course they've entered the prize draw and win it.
divas - 11th January 2010 13:26:30: StevieMardenboro wrote:
We had a pale blue away kit similar to this colour once before I am sure of it. Think it might have been 91/92. Maybe it was a third kit. Seem to remember us wearing it in a 5-2 drubbing at Boothferry Park.

Is Pale blue sufficiently different from Poolie blue? Why do I feel guilty liking this kit??

We did indeed - it had Hutchison Telecom on the front and it was 91/92, and our away kit was red that year - to be honest when i looked at the designs i thought red for our away kit and the blue number for a 3rd choice should we need it.

altho reading scott's article below he suggests the blue was actually our away shirt and the red a 3rd choice

http://www.darlouncovered.com/shirts/91 ... 0page.html
StevieMardenboro - 11th January 2010 13:29:58: I was thinking the same thing Divas. We have changed the home kit every season at the Arena.

Also I have thought of another reason to go for the red away kit

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... -more.html
hodgie1 - 11th January 2010 13:43:44: divas i think last seasons home kit was kept for 2 seasons (i aint 100% sure tho) the red away one with the names on it definately was kept for 2 seasons, you are right people arent forced to buy them but kids like all the up to date kits and sometimes their parents cant afford them - imagine if you have say 2 kids, thats well over 100 quid to get both home and away kits for both kids - thats why it would be better to change one kit one season then the other the next - then theyd probably sell more in the long run anyway as people would only have to buy one new shirt rather than 2 rather than having to choose which one to buy
shawry_99 - 11th January 2010 13:50:19: hodgie1 wrote:
divas i think last seasons home kit was kept for 2 seasons (i aint 100% sure tho) the red away one with the names on it definately was kept for 2 seasons, you are right people arent forced to buy them but kids like all the up to date kits and sometimes their parents cant afford them - imagine if you have say 2 kids, thats well over 100 quid to get both home and away kits for both kids - thats why it would be better to change one kit one season then the other the next - then theyd probably sell more in the long run anyway as people would only have to buy one new shirt rather than 2 rather than having to choose which one to buy

tbh hodgie, I think this strip change is being made because of the promise that fans would be involved in choosing strips, as we didnt have time last year, and our current sponsors are changing, then everyones strip is effectively going to be old so it makes perfect sense to change strip, otherwise we will get complaints about not being able to have the new sponsor on the shirt.
StevieMardenboro - 11th January 2010 14:02:13: hodgie1 wrote:
divas i think last seasons home kit was kept for 2 seasons (i aint 100% sure tho) the red away one with the names on it definately was kept for 2 seasons, you are right people arent forced to buy them but kids like all the up to date kits and sometimes their parents cant afford them - imagine if you have say 2 kids, thats well over 100 quid to get both home and away kits for both kids - thats why it would be better to change one kit one season then the other the next - then theyd probably sell more in the long run anyway as people would only have to buy one new shirt rather than 2 rather than having to choose which one to buy

It wasn't. They were similar but last season's had red in the shoulders, had a collar and was completely black on the back and didn't have hoops on the arms.
The 07/08 shirt had a round neck and had hoops on the arms.
divas - 11th January 2010 14:02:37: hodgie1 wrote:
thats why it would be better to change one kit one season then the other the next - then theyd probably sell more in the long run anyway as people would only have to buy one new shirt rather than 2 rather than having to choose which one to buy

they'd sell exactly the same amount using that rationale, i think alan sugar is safe...
alleztfc - 11th January 2010 14:08:52: Blue Army!

In the Blue SquareConference!

Get some ideas of your own, sad-lads
Santino - 11th January 2010 14:17:53: Home B and Away A for me. I like both home shirts though, not a fan of the blue and white away kit at all.
onewayup - 11th January 2010 14:28:06: at least we are getting a say in the strip this season credit where its due , after houghton,s shamefull disrespect of us last season the shister.
Hilly - 11th January 2010 14:41:48: onewayup wrote:
at least we are getting a say in the strip this season credit where its due , after houghton,s shamefull disrespect of us last season the shister.

Not to nit pick, but didn't Houghton give the fans a choice as well?
Norm_D_Ploom - 11th January 2010 15:06:42: The home A has far too much black on it , if we must have hoops then it has to be B from those choices.

Away choice has to be A.

All in all 4 very poor designs.
divas - 11th January 2010 15:29:10: Norm_D_Ploom wrote:
The home A has far too much black on it , if we must have hoops then it has to be B from those choices.

Away choice has to be A.

All in all 4 very poor designs.

i agree - A without the black slabs would have been my choice - i could even live with the top half of the black being black, just get rid of the swoosh that chops the stripes off
dfc-hardy - 11th January 2010 15:35:42: i like the home a and both away kits cant we just have 3 strips
TinShedDarloFan - 11th January 2010 15:47:31: Home A and Away A for me, what ever shade of blue the away kit is its still blue and white !!!!
quakersam - 11th January 2010 16:05:03: The swoosh is what makes that shirt look good, if it wasn't there, it would just be plain and boring, much like the past few seasons home shirts
hodgie1 - 11th January 2010 16:23:45: of course they wouldnt divas, if they changed the home strip 1 yr, then the away strip the next, fans will end up buying one in one season then the away strip the season after, so rather than buying ONE shirt theyd buy them both, whereas if they came out together they may have to choose, as their finances may dictate that they have to thought your alan sugar comment was crap lol
Beano - 11th January 2010 16:43:32: To be fair, I'm fairly sure Singh has said previously that this seasons kits were a last minute job as Vandanel refused to do business with us anymore and that he would offer the fans the choice for next season and that they would then last two seasons.
divas - 11th January 2010 16:43:45: hodgie1 wrote:
of course they wouldnt divas, if they changed the home strip 1 yr, then the away strip the next, fans will end up buying one in one season then the away strip the season after, so rather than buying ONE shirt theyd buy them both, whereas if they came out together they may have to choose, as their finances may dictate that they have to thought your alan sugar comment was crap lol

i think your business sense is crap - you still dont get it do you. i'll explain in an easy to understand format

using your rationale:

if the club changed the home shirt one season, and the away shirt the next and a fan bought the new shirt each season, the club would sell 1 shirt per fan per season

if the club changed both the home and away shirt every season, and a fan had to decide which to chose - either home or away, the club would still sell 1 shirt per fan per season.

yes there is a likelihood that fans would own both the current home and away top, but it would be over TWO seasons - from a commercial standpoint the club would have still made the same amount of money.....i'd actually argue that they'd make more as there would be some fans who would buy both the home and away shirt every season.

whichever way you cut it, its 2 shirts over 2 seasons, its basic mathematics.
Hawkeye - 11th January 2010 17:13:40: I went for Home B/Away A. I'm not sure Darlington is ready for swishy diagonal black bits yet.
DFCAnth - 11th January 2010 17:33:51: Got to be A and A for myself!
KCChiefs - 11th January 2010 17:48:49: Without doubt - A then B, loving the light blue, we've that colour before for the away kit back in the early 90's.

Home A is a nice variant on the hoop design.
hodgie1 - 11th January 2010 18:00:39: again you are correct divas, but by renewing both each season it takes away the fans choice, unless they can afford both, they'll have to choose, whereas if they alternated them theyd be able to own both the home and away kits, like i said then not so well off would be able to own both the strips, maybe i didnt explain myself very good my apologies for that
Makka Pakka - 11th January 2010 18:11:14: Home B and away A for me, though there seems no point in voting that with all the A's on here. A just has a bit too much black on it.
Shieldsy - 11th January 2010 18:17:50: I like A for the home kit because it looks more modern and sleek imo. The B home reminds me of the Vandanel ones.
Spyman - 11th January 2010 18:19:37: I've gone for home A and away B. Home A looks quite modern, and it'll be nice to have an away kit that isn't red or yellow for a change - it seems like they're always red or yellow.
divas - 11th January 2010 18:30:13: Spyman wrote:
I've gone for home A and away B. Home A looks quite modern, and it'll be nice to have an away kit that isn't red or yellow for a change - it seems like they're always red or yellow.

i know!! our home is always black and white too....
Spyman - 11th January 2010 18:34:37: divas wrote:
Spyman wrote:
I've gone for home A and away B. Home A looks quite modern, and it'll be nice to have an away kit that isn't red or yellow for a change - it seems like they're always red or yellow.

i know!! our home is always black and white too....

Very good.
tdk1 - 11th January 2010 18:39:18: Just to chuck my tuppence in, I rather like the Away B, and it's really not like Hartlepool's kit at all. I can't remember a hooped away kit since that green and black masterpiece in about 1993 either, so it has our signature shape as well. It's a good kit, whereas the red one's a bit samey and boring.
JE93 - 11th January 2010 18:47:24: Must say both sets are quite impressive and its a nice touch to let the fans decide but with my votes ive gone for

Home A

Away A
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 18:56:56: These 2 are for me

Home A

Away B
Jazz Maverick - 11th January 2010 19:00:12: Dear Andy Park

Thanks for telling people which shirts you'd choose, TWICE in the same thread.

Regards

Jazz Maverick
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 19:06:27: Jazz Maverick wrote:
Dear Andy Park

Thanks for telling people which shirts you'd choose, TWICE in the same thread.

Regards

Jazz Maverick

Dear Mr Maverick,
I hope all is well & i thank you for your concern about my posting once again.

But i am sorry to say, that i don't give a damn about what you think.

Thanks for taking time out to read this.

Regards,
Andrew Park
Jazz Maverick - 11th January 2010 19:27:19: AndyPark wrote:
Dear Mr Maverick,
I hope all is well & i thank you for your concern about my posting once again.

But i am sorry to say, that i don't give a damn about what you think.

Thanks for taking time out to read this.

Regards,
Andrew Park

I dont take 'time out' to read any of your sh**e. I doubt many people do. Unfortunately, due to the fact you feel the need to clutter almost every thread with this drivel, I dont get the choice of avoiding it.
RenoRaines - 11th January 2010 19:27:57: HOME = A
AWAY = A
AndyPark - 11th January 2010 19:34:01: Jazz Maverick wrote:
AndyPark wrote:
Dear Mr Maverick,
I hope all is well & i thank you for your concern about my posting once again.

But i am sorry to say, that i don't give a damn about what you think.

Thanks for taking time out to read this.

Regards,
Andrew Park

I dont take 'time out' to read any of your sh**e..

Unfortunately, you did read it otherwise you wouldn't of replied
Quakers1883 - 11th January 2010 19:40:18: Home A
Away A

Oh and I love the witty comment on the Echo site
spymans piles - 11th January 2010 19:45:45: Home kit B

Away kit A
Jazz Maverick - 11th January 2010 19:46:43: AndyPark wrote:
Jazz Maverick wrote:
AndyPark wrote:
Dear Mr Maverick,
I hope all is well & i thank you for your concern about my posting once again.

But i am sorry to say, that i don't give a damn about what you think.

Thanks for taking time out to read this.

Regards,
Andrew Park

I dont take 'time out' to read any of your sh**e..

Unfortunately, you did read it otherwise you wouldn't of replied

Seeing a post in a thread im already reading is not taking time out. Its an unavoidable by-product of your blanket s***-posting policy.
Quakerz - 11th January 2010 19:52:08: The correct choices are A and A.

If your choices are not A and A, then you are wrong.
Hawkeye - 11th January 2010 19:54:35: Quakerz wrote:
The correct choices are A and A.

If your choices are not A and A, then you are wrong.

Damn you and your football strip fascism. Damn you, damn you, damn you.
Jamm - 11th January 2010 20:01:14: Home B. The swirly bit looks crap on A.
Away A. Red is in the badge and the kit looks better.
comeondarlo - 11th January 2010 20:03:47: I'm half right.........

A home and B away (sounds like an Ozzie soap) for me
fat tony - 11th January 2010 20:19:36: Home - I wish you could combine the two somehow. A looks good, but the huge slash is a bit too prominent. B looks too much like the Vandanel strips but I really like the v-neck collar.

Away - I think I prefer B, but happy enough with the red.
DIRTYDAVE - 11th January 2010 22:01:06: Home B and away A. anyone who votes for C is a c***.
Darlo Cockney - 11th January 2010 22:13:58: Obviously B and B.

How can anyone vote for Darlo (or any other self respecting team), to play in a RED shirt.

DC
Santino - 11th January 2010 22:17:15: One could ask the same question about blue and white.
Shieldsy - 11th January 2010 22:20:31: Darlo Cockney wrote:
Obviously B and B.

How can anyone vote for Darlo (or any other self respecting team), to play in a RED shirt.

DC

Not sure if you've noticed but we do have quite a bit of red at the Arena...
So it must be one of our team colours!

TBH I would probably be happy with either away shirt.
Darlo Cockney - 11th January 2010 22:26:01: Santino wrote:
One could ask the same question about blue and white.

I don't mind blue and white - it's when they appear as stripes that I react - I'm sure you meant Argentina !!.

DC
wylam_rangers - 11th January 2010 22:40:56: Both Bs for me.

Reasons:

Home A looks as though I've spilt black on one side.
Home B - just edges it and reminds me of the potential success of last year.

Away A - don't dislike it but we had red tops last year
Away B - best of the four - hoops and a colour we've not had in years. Nothing like Poolies either.
Markodarlo - 11th January 2010 23:18:36: Home - "A" / Away - "B"
Breedon - 11th January 2010 23:23:08: Great to see the club going back to the hoops! Either of the two home strips would suit me, I like the red away strip a lot better than the blue and white (scum colours, all be it lighter/and hoops) one though!
walshys_wingman_11 - 11th January 2010 23:56:52: Home A, Away B. Although I think we should always wear black and white hoops away unless there is a colour clash.
Earl_Lee_Dawes - 12th January 2010 13:03:11: Home B - the other choice is too black.

Away B - we've had sky blue shirts before, and it's a better design than A, in my humble opinion.
Mullet69 - 12th January 2010 13:04:56: Home A, Away B for me. About time we had a different away shirt. And I don't care about it being blue.
KCChiefs - 12th January 2010 16:56:23: Not as if its Poolie Blue anyway, same shade as '92
Or how about Red and White hoops as an away kit ?!
Darbo - 13th January 2010 17:20:08: Home and away kits B for me. Though I do like this seasons away shirt. I only buy the away shirts anyway.
branksome82 - 21st January 2010 11:48:31: Just thought I would bring this to the top again as its about a week to the end of voting

"Fans can vote for their favourite designs in the following ways:

E-MAIL: E-mail “HOME KIT A/B (inserting your choice) and AWAY KIT A/B, plus your name and age”, to: kit.vote@darlington-fc.net

TEXT: Text “HOME KIT A/B (inserting your choice) and AWAY KIT A/B, followed by your name, age and email address”, to: 07916 618820

POST: Select your favourite designs and send – with your contact details – to Kit Vote, Darlington FC, The Northern Echo Arena, Neasham Road, Darlington DL2 1DL.

First prize is a trip to Italy (terms and conditions apply), which includes a visit to Errea, Darlington’s kit manufacturers, plus two season tickets and a signed framed shirt.

Second prize is two season tickets and a signed framed shirt, and third prize is a signed framed shirt. There are also 10 pairs of tickets for the opening game of the 2010-11 season as runners-up prizes.

The deadline for voting is close of play Friday, January 29 – winning designs revealed next month".
Quakerz - 21st January 2010 12:35:02: Did anybody text in? I did.
RUMPLESTILTSKIN - 21st January 2010 12:36:39: well done.
Santino - 21st January 2010 13:32:58: I emailed in my vote, got to try and stop that blue and white monstrosity from winning
AndyPark - 21st January 2010 13:36:59: I emailed mine through
Quakerz - 21st January 2010 15:57:49: RUMPLESTILTSKIN wrote:
well done.

I wasn't looking for pats on the back you stupid tw@t. I was simply asking a question.

Fook off.
wylam_rangers - 21st January 2010 20:56:08: Santino wrote:
I emailed in my vote, got to try and stop that blue and white monstrosity from winning

It's nothing like a Poolies kit and anyway vertical stripes = hands up surrender. Horizontal hoops and stripes are bayonets drawn, weapon cocked on the charge!!
Santino - 22nd January 2010 00:17:24: wylam_rangers wrote:
Santino wrote:
I emailed in my vote, got to try and stop that blue and white monstrosity from winning

It's nothing like a Poolies kit and anyway vertical stripes = hands up surrender. Horizontal hoops and stripes are bayonets drawn, weapon cocked on the charge!!

Oh I assure you it's nothing to do with it being Hartlepool's colours my friend, I just hate it

A nice blood red to symbolise the aggression and fight our players should show, please.
Jonny_no2 - 29th January 2010 11:36:30: I have voted Home A and Away B.

Away B would have been spot on if it was Red/White, but Away A is an awful design, so no way coule I vote for it.

Not too keen on Home B either, just something not right about the square on the back.
BUSHEAD - 29th January 2010 11:49:05: God help us if we have a blue and white away kit.

Its got to be A for both,

Casting my vote just incase the blue and white numptys get there way.
Darlo_H - 29th January 2010 12:10:53: Home A and Away A for me.

Not bothered about the away strip being blue, just prefer the look of the red one.

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