This is part of Dundee United’s first season in a four year deal with Nike. The shirt comes in the club’s traditional colour of Tangerine, with black shorts and socks.

The shirt is a straightforward and plain design. This I would imagine is in line with it being a centenary shirt, therefore the club and shirt designer’s are going for a retro look. The round necked shirt is plain tangerine in colour with the club’s sponsor, and the famous Nike swoosh in black. There is of course also the club crest on the front of the shirt.

The full Dundee United kit also features the exclusive centenary club crest for next season.

The shirt is made with Nike’s innovative Dri-Fit fabric, which is said to keep players drier, cooler and lighter by taking sweat away from the body to the fabric’s surface, while its mesh back panel provides ventilation also.

As well as the club’s main sponsor across the front of the shirt, Dundee United have agreed a sponsorship deal with a locally based cosmetic car repair company. This deal means that the name of the local firm will be worn on the club’s shorts and socks.

Speaking of the shorts and socks for this kit, Dundee United have again stuck to their traditional colours of blacks shorts and tangerine socks. Both items being, again, plain in design, fitting with the retro look of the overall kit.

This kit, due to its colour, is very unique to Dundee United. Although the club is not perhaps the most famous club in British football, although finishing runner’s up in the UEFA Cup in the late 80’s, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the European cup in the early 80’s, they are still easily recognisable by their shirt colour.

This kit also continues Nike’s association’s with Scottish football, having deals with Celtic, Aberdeen and Hamilton Accies amongst others.

Although a plain style of shirt, and a marmite of a colour, in that you either like it or you don’t, fans of Craig Levein’s side will happy not only to have this season’s shirt, but also a collector’s item with it being the shirt to mark 100 years of Dundee United.

Paul Collins