Arsenal Nike 2011/12 Away Kit / Jersey

Perennial English Premier League contenders Arsenal FC have unveiled their Nike 2011/12 away kit. The new Arsenal strip is also the club’s 125th Anniversary road uniform. It is now available at the World Soccer Shop Arsenal FC Store.

According to the Arsenal FC website:

The celebratory badge design features 15 laurel leaves to the left sideof the Club’s crest to reflect the detail on the reverse of the sixpence pieces paid by 15 men to establish the Club in Woolwich in 1886. The 15 oak leaves to the right of the crest pay tribute to the founders who would meet in the local Royal Oak pub. Underneath the crest is one of the Club’s first recorded mottos — ‘Forward’ — with the anniversary dates of 1886 and 2011 either side.

The front of the new away shirt is divided into two halves, one navy blue and one turquoise blue, inspired by the away kits worn by Arsenal teams from the past. The diagonal line represents the gnomon (the pointer) which casts the shadow on a sundial — to commemorate the original Dial Square sundial on the site of the Arsenal munitions factory in Woolwich, where the Club was founded in 1886.

The back of the shirt is entirely navy blue, with one sleeve navy and the other turquoise blue. A stripe runs down each sleeve, broken into three parts to further represent the Dial Square sundial.

The away shorts are navy blue, as are the socks, which have the year of Arsenal’s foundation — 1886 — printed in white on the back of each calf.

On the back of the shirt below the neck reads ‘Arsenal’, while inside the front, on the back of the crest, is a graphic that reads ‘Victoria Concordia Crescit’, (‘Victory Through Harmony’), Arsenal’s Latin motto, which was previously featured on earlier versions of their club crest between 1949 and 2002.

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