Manchester United's New Away Kit 2011/2012: What Went Wrong With This One?

Another Manchester United kit unveiled this morning, this time the away kit for the 2011-2012 season. But there seems to be something wrong, or not?

While we very aware of United's basic red design, this kit is something different, and in a funny way, it seems to have gone in the opposite direction.

Blue and Black bold stripes across. While it has a history going back to 1948 FA Cup final and the 1968 European Cup final when United won both wearing blue kits, there has been some luck in the blue, hmm or not so much.

Well, City on the other hand sees red as the lucky colour, they have gone with a red and black away kit.

Some info on the kit from Manutd.com.

The pattern of the shirt is modelled on a previous United away shirt, which consisted of red and white hoops and was worn between 1932 and 1939. It was also briefly adopted as the Reds’ home shirt for the last two months of the 1933/34 season.

The shorts are entirely black except for the same hoop from the shirt, consisting of 11 midnight navy blue and black stripes at the bottom of the back of each leg. The socks are black with a white devil from the club crest on the calf and a royal blue band at the top.

The new away kit is made from Nike’s ground-breaking recycled polyester, which for the first time includes both the shirt and shorts. Each complete kit is made up of up to 13 reclaimed plastic water bottles, reducing energy consumption by up to 30 percent.

Manchester United New Away Kit 2011-2012

It will be very interesting to see the two teams kitted out in their away kits when the verse each other come the Charity Shield match, although we know that won't ever happen.