The new Blackburn Rovers football shirt is a very nice and tidy looking jersey. I think white is a smart colour for a football kit in itself and with the piping round the shoulders, collar and at the bottom of the shirt it all adds to it with contrasting colours. The shirt is manufactured by Umbro, who have been producing football equipment for many years. I think Blackburn’s kits were previously made by Lonsdale but they have recently changed manufacturer to Umbro. The sponsors logo of Crown Paints is easy on the eye and the font used for the lettering blends in smoothly with the thin style of the piping on the shirt. This is a nice contrast to the home shirt although both kits do have a lot of white but I think this is the best away shirt that Blackburn have had for some time now.

Blackburn Rovers did not have the best of starts to their league season just gone, but with a change of manager came a change of fortune and they ended up out of the relegation battle when the season came to a close. They have some key players such as Santa Cruz, Samba, Nelson and Gamst who played a key role in keeping them up. If I was to choose a player to have on the back of my Blackburn shirt I would probably go for a player who recently retired from competitive football, Tugay.

He played for quite a few years in Blackburn colours and I really liked his skill and determination. His experience and know how will be sorely missed in the dressing room and it will be interesting to see how things develop for Blackburn in the new away strip in the new season. But lets hope the new away strip brings them a bit of good luck to progress in the coming season.

Steve Aitken