Is this a huge kit clue for next season’s ‘away’ and ‘third’ ?

It’s play off final day. Hull City AFC and Sheffield Wednesday do battle this evening in football’s most high pressure game. I’ll be watching and hoping for a Hull victory – purely from a Brentford kit perspective though. With Kitman Bob dropping a huge clue on Twitter as to next season’s away shirt, is it a case of reading too much into things or is a cat starting to escape from the proverbial bag thanks to Newcastle United?

So what do we know so far? Firstly, that the kit is already in, going on Bob’s earlier tweet showing boxes of new gear. Likewise, per Mark Devlin, it is scheduled for release in the second half of July. And now we’ve discovered that the Brentford 2016/17 away shirt is going to be black. Possibly.

Waking up this morning my social media timeline was full of comments about Rashford – England’s new cuddly toy, following last night’s 2-1 over Australia. However, buried amongst this was the following announcement from Bob:

Interesting……

Putting two and two together, although likely making five, I can only deduce that this means we have an away kit clash next season. One that hadn’t previously been considered and therefore caused by a new entrant to the Championship.

Our red and white will be fine at Burton Albion, Norwich City and Wigan Athletic. Possibly even Aston Villa.

But Newcastle United present a problem with their recently announced thick black and white stripes presenting an obvious similarity. Oh well, we just switch to our away kit except Bob’s tweet makes me think that might also cause an issue. And so, by definition, that is going to black. Or maybe white.

Given the popularity of this season’s black third shirt I can only imagine / hope we are going for a repeat of that colour scheme. Whilst I’m sure the design will be different, will it be a case of #BeeThe DJ (or the away ground equivalent) cranking our ‘Here Come the Men in Black’?

Looking at the templates already on offer for next season, here’s just one guess at what this might look like. It is a design already adopted by Middlesbrough for their forthcoming Premier League campaign and so does have precedent.

And, whilst we’re at it, why not go for a random guess at our home equivalent too?

This is pure speculation, but….

Remember, this is just pure speculation and there’s more chance of Jake Bidwell playing for QPR next season than any of these being even close to the mark.

Which then leads us to the next question. If we are to have a third shirt (and Sheffield Wednesday staying in our division could only help this along), then what colour will it be?

Again, looking around the Adidas templates I’ve found a stunner. Moreso given that the third shirt is one which, traditionally, gives a little bit more artistic licence rather than sticking to traditional colour schemes.

Have Brentford ever worn green? Could we? Should we? What do you think?

Again, let’s be clear that this is nothing more than a bit of fun and some lazy photoshop work. I have no inside knowledge (indeed, most would argue I have no knowledge full stop).

Matthew Benham, Mark Devlin, Kitman Bob  – if any of you are reading then what do you think?

Could the Adidas Tabela 14 template be used?

Nick Bruzon

Plug time (regular readers know the score from here) : As ever, The Last Word ‘season review’ : Ready. Steady. Go Again and the three year anthology : The Bees are going up remain available for download. Should anybody want to go over this nonsense and relive these moments once more then you can do so now.

It has been a stunning few years. Here’s to more of the same. We may have had a few lows (something about a penalty, the football village, the FA Cup, the pitch, the Marinus experiment) but there have been plenty more highs as the Bees made an unexpected challenge for the Premier League.

Thanks for reading.