150th Anniversary Kit rumours and info thread

[BlackSheep]

As it says on the tin, I figured we needed a thread to start speculating or even revealing info on our kits for next season.

Very little (if anything) has been leaked or released so far… but there’s always a few posters with inside info.

Fire away!

The only speculative detail so far is the potential for the harp/thistle badge… personally it’s not my cup of tea… I would’ve preferred a simple harp design from previous branding.

[hibsforeurope]

i've no info but I hope we go back to offering long sleeve versions of the kit to tie in with the strips of the past.

[SHODAN]

Our first kit was all white with green stripes down the shorts and green socks, would be interesting if we went for that.

Also wouldn't be surprised if we went with an all-green top ala 2014.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Pretty pish rumour but I’ve heard that someone I trust knows what the strip will look like wasn’t giving away - didn’t probe tbf. So it must have been settled is the un-pish bit of news.

[Pagan Hibernia]

Our first kit was all white with green stripes down the shorts and green socks, would be interesting if we went for that.

Also wouldn't be surprised if we went with an all-green top ala 2014.

That's the one it should be. With a harp on the shirt.

A lot of hibs fans on twitter seem obsessed with the idea it should be hoops, which as mentioned many times on here would be a very odd choice given it was only worn for two or three years and wasn't even the first kit.

[easty]

That's the one it should be. With a harp on the shirt.

A lot of hibs fans on twitter seem obsessed with the idea it should be hoops, which as mentioned many times on here would be a very odd choice given it was only worn for two or three years and wasn't even the first kit.

:agree:

It doesn't make any sense, to me, to have any other strip than a replica of our first one.

[Pretty Boy]

I really hope we make any anniversary kit our first choice kit for the season. It's pish when teams release these strips then wear them about twice.

Celtic had a kit for their 125th anniversary that was decent as far as Celtic things go and hardly wore it, same with Hearts last season (and controversially I thought that kit was very well done).

White anniversary kit as home/1st top, green as an away/2nd kit and not really fussed what we do for a 3rd.

[mcohibs]

Hope the honking ‘bevvy’ sponsor is nowhere near any of our kits next season, whether that’s the anniversary version or the standard home and away kits.

[babahibs]

Has to be our first kit, all white, green socks, not sure how they'd do the brown belt though.
Harp on chest, no sponsor, job's a good'un.
The hoops chat is nonsense.

[Bishop Hibee]

I’ve no problem with a dark green and white hooped top for a third strip.

[easty]

I’ve no problem with a dark green and white hooped top for a third strip.

But why would we have that?

[Ringothedog]

But why would we have that?

Sales

[7Hero]

Sales

Be very surprised if the majority of Hibs fans were buying that, i for one have no desire to buy a top which makes us look like celtic. Regardless of it being a top we wore once a very long time ago it wasn't our first and the first white strip with the harp should be the one we use.

I cringe at the inevitable "cousins of celtic" "diet celtic" etc. that will be banded about - the club should go no where near that strip..

[CapitalGreen]

Sales

I’ve zero interest in buying a green and white hooped football top.

[Unseen work]

I asked Chat GPT to create a modern remake of our first strip

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Something as plain and classy as that would go down well imo

[LaMotta]

I’ve zero interest in buying a green and white hooped football top.

Same.

My worry is that Joma are making the kits.

This year's home kit, whilst still having a bizaare collar, has grown on me since we moved to white shorts, but the third white kit was so poorly executed for what should be a great kit. Hopefully they surprise me.

[LaMotta]

I asked Chat GPT to create a modern remake of our first strip

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Something as plain and classy as that would go down well imo

Think that looks really good, particularly with the iconic harp badge.

[easty]

Sales

Is there demand for a hooped kit? From Hibs fans? I wouldn't buy it.

[Pretty Boy]

I’ve zero interest in buying a green and white hooped football top.

:agree:

The whole hoops obsession confuses me if I'm honest.

Beyond 'winding up Celtic' (which it wouldn't anyway) I see no reason at all why a significant anniversary should be marked by a hooped top. It wasn't our first strip, it wasn't an early strip that was used for a particularly long time and it's not the kit most synonymous with us throughout our history. We wore hoops for 3 years in the 19th century. That's it.

The hoops are Celtics. Ask anyone who knows Scottish football which club wore, wears and will forever wear green and white hoops and they will say Celtic. They didn't steal them from us, they adopted them more than 2 decades after we stopped wearing them. Of all the things to be bitter about when it comes to Celtic that is pretty far down the list imo.

Our 150th anniversary should be a celebration of Hibs. Hibs as a whole and only Hibs. Any thought that any part of it should be used to try and wind up Celtic or provoke a reaction from any other fanbase can quite frankly get in the bin. I'd buy pretty much any anniversary tat Hibs throw out for us but a hooped kit leaves me cold and I doubt I'd buy it.

[GreenCastle]

The sponsor / kit manufacturer has to be subtle or ideally with the sponsor not on it.
These things always ruin plain kits.

So you want to wear the home kit every time possible but doubt Bevvy will agree to not be on it unless a special edition kit.

[hibsforeurope]

The sponsor / kit manufacturer has to be subtle or ideally with the sponsor not on it.
These things always ruin plain kits.

So you want to wear the home kit every time possible but doubt Bevvy will agree to not be on it unless a special edition kit.

I'm sure the initial Bevvy deal is up at the end of this season, i agree that it's a tough sell for a sponsor to agree to pay but not get the exposure on the kit.

hopefully the European exposure allows us to avoid putting a sponsor on the front of the 150th kit.

[Centre Hawf]

I'm sure the initial Bevvy deal is up at the end of this season, i agree that it's a tough sell for a sponsor to agree to pay but not get the exposure on the kit.

hopefully the European exposure allows us to avoid putting a sponsor on the front of the 150th kit.

It was announced as "at least" two years so not sure if it's guaranteed to be up or if they've taken up options for another year etc. That said you'd like to think that we'd be getting announcements soon on a new shirt sponsor if we were getting one.

[hibee bouncer]

If a sponsor is required (hopefully not) then I’d hope the club dictate maybe an embossed logo, the same colour as the top, so it doesn’t stand out as much or maybe put it on the back like the Crabbies one on the 2016 kit.

[Unseen work]

I asked Chat GPT to create a modern remake of our first strip

28742
Something as plain and classy as that would go down well imo

Update with long sleeves and gold waistband

[wookie70]

:agree:

The whole hoops obsession confuses me if I'm honest.

Beyond 'winding up Celtic' (which it wouldn't anyway) I see no reason at all why a significant anniversary should be marked by a hooped top. It wasn't our first strip, it wasn't an early strip that was used for a particularly long time and it's not the kit most synonymous with us throughout our history. We wore hoops for 3 years in the 19th century. That's it.

The hoops are Celtics. Ask anyone who knows Scottish football which club wore, wears and will forever wear green and white hoops and they will say Celtic. They didn't steal them from us, they adopted them more than 2 decades after we stopped wearing them. Of all the things to be bitter about when it comes to Celtic that is pretty far down the list imo.

Our 150th anniversary should be a celebration of Hibs. Hibs as a whole and only Hibs. Any thought that any part of it should be used to try and wind up Celtic or provoke a reaction from any other fanbase can quite frankly get in the bin. I'd buy pretty much any anniversary tat Hibs throw out for us but a hooped kit leaves me cold and I doubt I'd buy it.


The hooped strip was the first top we had with green on it so there is a bit of significance. It also looks great with the HFC right across the chest. It can't really be anything barring the first top though for the centenary top but I wouldn't want it as the home strip as I think that should always be green. Maybe do the first strip we had that resembles our current strip for the home strip and the initial kit as the away top

[Smartie]

:agree:

The whole hoops obsession confuses me if I'm honest.

Beyond 'winding up Celtic' (which it wouldn't anyway) I see no reason at all why a significant anniversary should be marked by a hooped top. It wasn't our first strip, it wasn't an early strip that was used for a particularly long time and it's not the kit most synonymous with us throughout our history. We wore hoops for 3 years in the 19th century. That's it.

The hoops are Celtics. Ask anyone who knows Scottish football which club wore, wears and will forever wear green and white hoops and they will say Celtic. They didn't steal them from us, they adopted them more than 2 decades after we stopped wearing them. Of all the things to be bitter about when it comes to Celtic that is pretty far down the list imo.

Our 150th anniversary should be a celebration of Hibs. Hibs as a whole and only Hibs. Any thought that any part of it should be used to try and wind up Celtic or provoke a reaction from any other fanbase can quite frankly get in the bin. I'd buy pretty much any anniversary tat Hibs throw out for us but a hooped kit leaves me cold and I doubt I'd buy it.

The hoops would be an interesting choice for a 3rd kit, to be worn at some point a few years after the anniversary year.

I quite like a nod back to a point in history (I think a smart, all white kit like the one that has been posted above is class for the 150th anniversary) and the hoops are part of that history, albeit a small one.

I’d like to see it done at some point but in an understated sort of way.

[Joe6-2]

:agree:

It doesn't make any sense, to me, to have any other strip than a replica of our first one.

Totally agree with this

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Pretty pish rumour but I’ve heard that someone I trust knows what the strip will look like wasn’t giving away - didn’t probe tbf. So it must have been settled is the un-pish bit of news.

Has there ever been a bigger non-story? What was the point? 🤔

[Trinity Hibee]

The hooped strip was the first top we had with green on it so there is a bit of significance. It also looks great with the HFC right across the chest. It can't really be anything barring the first top though for the centenary top but I wouldn't want it as the home strip as I think that should always be green. Maybe do the first strip we had that resembles our current strip for the home strip and the initial kit as the away top

Tend to agree that the home top should always be green. That’s who we are. An all white centenary top looks good too.

Hoops are an absolute no no for me

[Brizo]

For our 150th home kit I'd like to see our first ever white kit with the original club crest on it for a one off anniversary season , with our current crest on the back where the thistle logo usually is. For our away kit id like to see that reversed with a green away kit and same badge arrangement. Ideally no sponsor on home kit although appreciate that's probably not financially viable so maybe option to buy adult ones minus sponsor.

[Jakhog1]

For our kit I would like to see a white home kit with the joma logo the same colour as the kit, also don't want to see the joma logo on the sleeves, badge should be exactly the same as the original in being the harp and hopefully no sponsors on it, keep it simple is the key here

[mcohibs]

For our kit I would like to see a white home kit with the joma logo the same colour as the kit, also don't want to see the joma logo on the sleeves, badge should be exactly the same as the original in being the harp and hopefully no sponsors on it, keep it simple is the key here

Think that is likely what it will be, although I’ve a feeling it will be the harp/thistle badge that the club has been using recently

[Ship of Hope]

We are celebrating our 150th year not our first and so not sure about the obsession with our first kit or the harp badge. I am hoping for a nice, well designed kit that reflects the club now. We are currently supported by people with a range of beliefs and backgrounds and the harp feels a little one dimensional to me. We have never been an Irish club and whilst formed by a catholic priest the club is way more than that now. It is the “now” we should be celebrating mostly imo with a nod to our heritage perhaps. What that looks like I am happy to wait and see

[Hibernian Verse]

We are celebrating our 150th year not our first and so not sure about the obsession with our first kit or the harp badge. I am hoping for a nice, well designed kit that reflects the club now. We are currently supported by people with a range of beliefs and backgrounds and the harp feels a little one dimensional to me. We have never been an Irish club and whilst formed by a catholic priest the club is way more than that now. It is the “now” we should be celebrating mostly imo with a nod to our heritage perhaps. What that looks like I am happy to wait and see

It's an anniversary of the year of formation, therefore it will celebrate the formation.

Normal years reflect the current club.

[Ship of Hope]

I respect your opinion but disagree. A 25 year wedding anniversary does not celebrate the day you were married but the fact you are still married after 25 years. It celebrates the milestone not the inception. Same with the clubs 150th anniversary I feel.

[Hibs3-2]

Update with long sleeves and gold waistband

Like that

[Since452]

Not bought a Hibs top in years but I think I'll buy the 150th anniversary one. Will be a good thing to keep.

Incidentally, the last one I bought was the bottle green one we won the cup in so you can all thank me if we win the cup next season.

[Hibby70]

So are we expecting 3 strips
Home
Away
150th Anniversary

Or is the 150th one going to be the home strip

[Iain G]

So are we expecting 3 strips
Home
Away
150th Anniversary

Or is the 150th one going to be the home strip

Yeah Home, and Away, and Neighbours 😁

[hibsforeurope]

So are we expecting 3 strips
Home
Away
150th Anniversary

Or is the 150th one going to be the home strip

We need 3 kits for Europe, i wonder it the 150th will be our 4th kit next season.

[Hibs Go Bragh]

There's no way we will get an anniversary kit without a sponsor as our home kit that we can wear every week. As already been said, just look at Hearts last year who only wore it a couple of times. We will be the same

I'm sure Aston Villa has an all black strip this year but the adidas logos etc are the same colour so you can't even notice it, we can surely get Joma to agree to that? but we'll still need a home strip with a sponsor imo.