Central Coast are vowing to ‘earn their stripes’ which is personified by their new home kit.
On Friday evening at the Sunken Monkey, the full Mariners playing squad surprised a venue packed with Mariners Members and revealed a range of fresh new kits for the upcoming season.
Umbro’s new-look catalogue of class Mariners’ kits make a bold statement and this season the Central Coast Mariners are determined to ‘earn their stripes’.
The home kit features a traditional football top with a button up collar and classic, vertical yellow & navy stripes. Partnered with the collared top are navy board shorts and navy socks, a significant design shift from the predominantly yellow home kits of the recent past.
To embrace the surf culture of the Central Coast, the Mariners have worked with Umbro to incorporate longer style, navy shorts that will be worn with the home kit. The home-shorts also double as board shorts and can be worn in the ocean during the Central Coast summer.
For the away kit, it’s a return of the navy sash which runs diagonally across a predominantly yellow jersey that will be worn on the road this season. The away top does not feature a collar and will be partnered with yellow shorts and yellow socks.
Central Coast Mariners CEO Shaun Mielekamp said: “It is time to earn our stripes. Earning our stripes means much more than just wearing this season’s jersey.
“As a football club, we are heading into a new chapter in our proud history. A chapter that, if executed correctly, will see the Yellow & Navy restored with pride and the badge worn proudly by Mariners both on the Coast and beyond.
Mielekamp also spoke about the motivation behind the club’s bold design shift and new distinct features.
“The challenge was set from the owner to have a kit that not only aids high performance on the pitch but also looks great whether you’re in the stands on the street or even at the beach.
“This kit is a result of more than 18 months of design work that involved the very best global designers from Umbro in the UK personally meeting with Mike Charlesworth.
“Apart from all of the obvious design features, the home strip even includes extra length shorts that believe or not are designed to be capable to surf in – yes that’s right, boardies.
“It was an amazing challenge coming up with a playing strip that fulfilled such a unique brief."
The Mariners’ new-look kits are available to order on pre-sale now by CLICKING HERE.
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