Nike Unveil Celtic Home Kit For 2013/14 Season - Football Shirts

 

Nike have done their best to try and rework the never changing Celtic home shirt - the same shirt that's been designed with horizontal green and white stripes since 1903. That's a whole lot of history you don't want to mess with. So where have Nike taken their sixth Celtic home uniform? 

Well as far as Celtic home strips go, it's rather nice and there's even a story to go with it. Nike's latest design puts a new spin on Celtic's iconic green hoops, with each hoop made up of seven smaller hoops. A concept inspired by some of the club's greatest players such as Jimmy Johnstone and Henrik Larsson, who wore the No. 7 shirt. 

After a momentous 125th anniversary campaign - notable for a stunning Champions League victory over Barcelona, qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League and a domestic League and SFA Cup double - the Glasgow giants have a new contemporary on-field look for next season.
 

The shirt features a modern crossover V-neck collar, and a woven label inside the neck features a quote from former Chairman Robert Kelly: “This Celtic Football Club is much more than a football club. To a lot of people it’s a way of life.”

The shorts are white with a green stripe down each side, and the white home socks feature the new hoop design with seven fully engineered thinner hoops as in the shirt.





The new shirt also brings with it a new sponsor. This season will be the first since 1999 in which Celtic don't share a unified shirt sponsorship deal with Rangers. Celtic and Rangers previously shared a joint sponsorship agreement with Glasgow-based larger brand Tennents, but earlier this year Celtic announced a three-year deal with Irish cider brand Magners. Lets just say they know their target market.



The new Celtic Home Kit 2013 by Nike is available to pre-order now from selected online stockists ahead of its full launch on July 4. A fan of Celtic's new home strip? Let us know what you think. Join the conversation online, on Twitter and on Facebook.