To achieve the 'tailored' look for the 2011/2012 away shirt, the Umbro kit designers draped black and red fabric over the silhouette of the modern day 'arms out' goal celebration.
The shirt is designed so that when a player celebrates a goal or links arms with team mates, the black and red stripe remains consistent. For this reason, there is no seam on the underarm as traditionally stitching can distort the shape and flow of a stripe. The stripe width on the shirt was inspired by the old 1969 kit. The long sleeve version features an all-black forearm so that there is a unified stripe-look when the players link arms in goal celebrations.
The club crest and sponsor detail is key-lined in gold in order to give standout against the black and red and the famous Club crest features Sky Blue within the crest so that the away kit always carries a piece of 'home'.
Black stitching is used on the cuff of the shirt and an equal amount of black and red is featured on the hem.
David Blanch, Senior Designer at Umbro, said: "Umbro's kit designs for City are centred on being mod
See Details
