In what
must stand as one of our coolest shirt launches yet, today Umbro and Manchester
City can unveil the club's new home shirt for the 2012/13 season, worn by
club captain Vincent Kompany and one of the club’s biggest fans, rock legend
Noel Gallagher.
As they
return to action as the reigning Premier League champions, Manchester City will be sporting this smart new shirt,
Tailored by Umbro. To celebrate the launch of the new shirt, Umbro and MCFC
brought together club captain Vincent Kompany with Noel at the Rock Werchter
Festival in his native Brussels, Belgium. Legendary rock photographer (and MCFC
fan) Kevin Cummins also
came along and snapped this soon to be iconic shot of the two men together.
Bringing
these Manchester City icons together is the perfect way to
celebrate the wide variety of ways in which MCFC fans around the world have
been helping us reveal the club’s new shirt through our Show Your City campaign.
Two months ago, Umbro and Manchester City asked fans around the
world to come up with ways in which they’d launch the new shirts, and we
received hundreds of great ideas. Today, Noel and Vincent Kompany join the very
best of these ideas that we’ve helped to bring to life. We'll have an amazing
video for you to see later on today showing some of the amazing ideas we chose
as our winners.
The new Manchester City home
shirt will be available to pre-order from here on
Umbro.com from
Saturday 7th July, and it goes on sale on 26th July. Let us know what you think
of the new shirts, and the exciting ways we’ve chosen to reveal it!
Manchester City 2012
Home Shirt: smart style for the champions
As
they start the season as Premier League champions, Manchester City's fans and
players will be looking for further success in a smart new vista blue home
shirt. With smart front body darting for a fitted, tailored look, the long
sleeved shirt has an eye-catching woven collar with stretch collar stand.
The
iconic Manchester City crest crest is embroidered in a cool two colour design,
while the Umbro logo and the club's sponsor feature in a tonal black. With
special stretch fabric on the arms providing increased movement and comfort,
the new MCFC home shirt is completed with a subtle needle finish on the hem and
sleeves - a beautiful new shirt tailored for the English champions.
