Rovers Asics shirt 98- 99

[BRMC_rover]

Hi all,

Iv been looking for the Rovers Asics home shirt from the 1998-99 season. I think it may have been released originally that season with no sponsor, then we had Beazer homes a few months into the season. It is all red, with the end of sleeves having white trim, up to the blue collar.

Cheers in advance

[MrFrost]

I had one. Sold it on eBay.

[DC-]

Always regret not buying this when it came out. They were flogging it for a tenner and the Beazer Homes logo could be peeled off. Saying that, I was several sizes smaller back then.

[Mr1Croft]

For the first game of the season we wore the 1996/7 Patrick kit bearing the sponsor East Riding Sacks (Mr. Richardson's company) because we didn't have a kit at the time, luckily it didn't cause the uproar it could have, down to in part that the Rovers following was small as it was away at Dover. We did (thanks to Ian Snodin I believe) manage to get a contract with Asics to be the kit supplier after playing in a further 2 different (training) kits. That was the 4th shirt of the season and was made available in October time 98.


This was also the kit that saw the return of the Viking with a red and white shield, as in 97/98 the badge had a Dark Green (some believe to be black, but the souvenir mugs it was green) and white badge, and in 1996/97 was the horrible crest where we sent a rough hand drawing to the manufacturers that wasn't edited before being made. It was fitting then, that in the season opener in 1998/99 we returned to this shirt, with a logo that had gone from professional looking to amateur, just like our club.

[keyser_soze]

I've got one of these somewhere, originally supplied with no sponsor but they issued a recall option where you could take your shirt back in and have the sponsor applied FOC.

Always thought it looked disappointingly like a Rotherham kit.

[RedRover45]

Ive got one in the loft somewhere, along with quite a few others. Make me an offer and I might consider selling lol

[MrFrost]

For the first game of the season we wore the 1996/7 Patrick kit bearing the sponsor East Riding Sacks (Mr. Richardson's company) because we didn't have a kit at the time, luckily it didn't cause the uproar it could have, down to in part that the Rovers following was small as it was away at Dover. We did (thanks to Ian Snodin I believe) manage to get a contract with Asics to be the kit supplier after playing in a further 2 different (training) kits. That was the 4th shirt of the season and was made available in October time 98.


This was also the kit that saw the return of the Viking with a red and white shield, as in 97/98 the badge had a Dark Green (some believe to be black, but the souvenir mugs it was green) and white badge, and in 1996/97 was the horrible crest where we sent a rough hand drawing to the manufacturers that wasn't edited before being made. It was fitting then, that in the season opener in 1998/99 we returned to this shirt, with a logo that had gone from professional looking to amateur, just like our club.

Wrong years

[Mr1Croft]

Which Part Frosty, 98/99 was the first season in the conference was is not? Or are you talking about the second paragraph?

[MrFrost]

The first game of the 96/97 season wasn't away at Dover. And the away following that day was anything but small!

[Mr1Croft]

Go back and re-read it, for the first game of the season in the 1998/99 season we wore the 1996/97 kit, we still had no kit and we came out in the first game of John Ryan's control we wore the shirt bearing Richardson's company East Riding Sacks. The shirt that is the topic of this thread didn't arrive while October 1998. If your going to attempt to correct me Frosty make sure your reading specs are on...

[Filo]

Go back and re-read it, for the first game of the season in the 1998/99 season we wore the 1996/97 kit, we still had no kit and we came out in the first game of John Ryan's control we wore the shirt bearing Richardson's company East Riding Sacks. The shirt that is the topic of this thread didn't arrive while October 1998. If your going to attempt to correct me Frosty make sure your reading specs are on...

That`s how I read it, I reckon MrFrost needs to make a trip to specsavers

[MrFrost]

Go back and re-read it, for the first game of the season in the 1998/99 season we wore the 1996/97 kit, we still had no kit and we came out in the first game of John Ryan's control we wore the shirt bearing Richardson's company East Riding Sacks. The shirt that is the topic of this thread didn't arrive while October 1998. If your going to attempt to correct me Frosty make sure your reading specs are on...

Yeah yeah.  I still correct you on the "small" following. There were 1500 there that day, with around 800 from Donny. I was there. Who can forget the pitch invasion when Dover were awarded a penalty.