2009 A-League Kits Previewed
The Hyundai A-League was created in 2004 and began in the Australian summer of 2005 with 8 teams. The competition has been running for four seasons and has steadily grown in size and skill with two new teams entering the fold in 2009/10.
In 2004 The Football Federation of Australia signed a deal with Reebok which gifted them the exclusive rights to create all 8 home and away kits for the first 5 seasons of the competition. This deal gave Reebok full control over the home kits in which a terrible pattern formed the company created 8 shirts on the same basic template.
The FFA made another poor decision when they created a ridiculous policy that stated that white shirts must be worn by the away team in every match which resulted in another 8 shirts on the same basic template all in white.
The good news is that with 2 years to go on the shirt contract Reebok have decided to let the clubs change their home shirts and the FFA have abolished the white away shirt rule which all makes for some interesting looking kits in season 2009/10.
Below are pictures designed by a mock shirt artist (besides Central Coast) they give a guide as to what he he thinks the A-League shirts will look like for the new season, some are more of a stretch of the imagination that others.
Central Coast Mariners
The Central Coast Mariners are the only A-League team to have officially announced their shirts for the 2009/10 season the remainder are likely to come in the next few months. The home shirt as you can see is yellow in colour with black trimmings and a vertical stripe with the away shirt appearing plain yellow.
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Adelaide United
Reports have indicated that Adelaide United are going for some kind of ‘knitted effect’ next season with a black away kit..
Gold Coast United
Gold Coast United are a new entry in the Hyundai A-League with the league expanding from 8 to 10 teams for season five below is a design that represents the official colours of the club blue and yellow.
Melbourne Victory
Below is a mock up of the 2009/10 Melbourne Victory home shirt it displays the essential white V on a blue base the traditional shirt colours but it does away with the cluster of logo’s a simple but sleek approach.
Newcastle Jets
Below is the Newcastle Jets shirt for the 2009 AFC Champions League campaign it has not yet been confirmed as next seasons shirt. It features blue and red on the shoulders, sides and sleeves with the traditional gold colour found on the remainder of the shirt.
North Queensland Fury
The North Queensland Fury are the other new team to enter the competition for season 2009/10 and have instantly made headlines due to their signing of ex Liverpool star Robbie Fowler. The club may yet have a name change but the club colours have been locked in green and white a nice design has been made below.
Perth Glory
Reports out of Perth have indicated that the club will feature horizontal stripes to some capacity in their home shirt design for season 2009/10 straying away from the plain purple.
Queensland Roar
The fans of the roar have asked for the club to change to a maroon kit next season the traditional colours of Queensland but they are likely to be turned down with the club sticking with Orange. The mock up artist has opted for a light and dark orange approach with blue shorts.
Sydney FC
The ‘Glamour’ club of the A-League has failed to live up to early expectations and enters season 5 with their fifth coach. The club is reported to be looking for a much simpler sky blue home shirt design something like this:
Wellington Phoenix
The only team from outside Australia to play in the A-League much to the dismay of the Asian Confederation. The old home shirt of the Phoenix was voted the best home shirt in the A-League with the new shirt to rise eyebrows, a yellow and black vertical striped design put together excellently by a mock up artist.
perth glory is the only half decent one there! the rest are DISGUSTING!!!!!!
mmmh, nice
qld roar kit is nice. adelaide wont have any blue on it and i think gold coast will probs go for stripes.
Is it just me or is reebok a fashion in Australia or somefing…?
Adelaide shirts are spectacular. Love the argyle.
not a decent kit there!
Hideous. And I also notice that, when it comes to choosing kit colours……Don’t ask an Australian! And shame on Reebok! Every year all the tops are disgusting!
the only real kit is the first picture the rest are all fake.
what a diabolical selection…tacky and tasteless
The shirts featured are just general ideas of what the shirts will look like from sourced infomation they are not real Central Coast is the only real one!
Real shirts will be featured as soon as they are released we just wanted to give you an idea of the approach by the clubs
the adelaide and central coast kits are pretty classy. i’d like to see the MLS go with something simple like either of those.
Impressive all of them. Very happy if the Perth one is anything like it.
ok not that exellent
Perth is the overwhelming best shirt. Sydney’s and Wellington’s are decent aswell – the rest are either boring or tacky
I quite like the Central Coast home shirt. Retro look to it.
Are these available in the UK?
Perth Glory very nice, Gold Coast rubbish, Queensland very classy, Adelaide distinguished look, Central Coast bland, Wellington busy, Fury retro, Sydney like the team pathetic, Newcastle confusing & Melbourne Vintage!
I like them honestly. Anything’s better than the rubbish they wear now. I particularly like Adelaide and Melbourne. With Canberra and Wollongong coming into the comp, I’d say the away jerseys are gonna get a workout – Canberra green and Wollongong red/white.
I don’t think you can call this a preview. With the exception of the Central Coast Mariners shirt, they all look like they’ve all been done in 5 minutes on photoshop.
All pretty shoddy, but will God care that he looks like he’s playing for Nigeria so long as he’s rattling them in with his lethal left peg?
That is NOT the OFFICIAL 2009/10 Central Coast kit… that is the 2009 Asian Champions League kit which will NOT be carried over to the next season of the A-League.
and it’s not black trimmings…. it’s navy blue.
Wellington kit is nice, sydneys looks the same…actully they are all rubbish get rid of REEBOK we are sick of these stupid generic jerseys….and what the hell is that Newcastle kit about!!!
Perth glory are a laughing stock of the a-league now stfu
Being a victory fan, im going to by the new kit, but its not very good. I was hoping they would jazz it up a little
All of these look ok when i first heard fury’s colours are green and white, the kit up there is wat i thought would look best and it does! its not to overboard, its plain but it looks very good and with the sponsers and all that it will look the best. Adelaide’s is also a good idea, although get rid of the blue sleeves (They are the Reds arnt they), Gold coast’s is patheic and should go for stripes and Queenslands is pathetic lets hope they dont go ahead, sydneys old kit was perfect!! leave it the way it was. And lets hope the phoenix get their stripes!!! But i gotta say Perth’s jersey is looking a lot better and as a melbourne fan i think a sleeker ‘V’ is pointless and dosnt even look like a V and wen worn will almost look like a horizontal line!, they should just make the ‘V’ thiner.
Does anybody know the official launch date?
this should be queensland roars strip for next season
Look, I think we are giving these kits too much stick.
For me, the kits for all the teams last season were rubbish.
Even in the PL, simple=good. If you stick to a simple jersey you can still make it appealing, while not ******** it up.
To be perfectly honest, I like the look of all these jerseys very much. Especially NQ, it looks like a nice jersey.
Whether these will be the actual jerseys remains to be seen, but given last years horrors in terms of jerseys, I’m very impressed with this range.
Finally a Perth kit I will want to buy. Hoping for a retro orange away kit like barca’s 3rd kits a couple of years ago. Light blue clubs look terrible. Also, has there been any thought of a-league arm patches, like in EPL or Champs league, as opposed to their logo on the chest of the jersey?
Also, perth have a new logo now, a proper one, not just the word glory tizzed up a bit.
Adelaide needs to incorporate more State Colors into the home shirt. Red, Yellow and Blue. They could design something better than that.
So, I’m a AUFC fan. I like our new styles. I think i will buy one, then go golfing.
Thesekits are bogus! there are better ones on diff website!