Yep, We’re Wearing That

So remember a little while ago when I posted what might be next year’s Hertha shirt?

Well, now it’s official.

There have been several presentations. First there was the Kaiserbanhof, the train station in Potsdam, where there was a giant reproduction of the new jersey and some odd performer thing. The big guns were there for this- Lulu, Dieter Hoeness, the captain, Pante and Raffael looking awkward in suits. Train stations are a bit of a theme here, as Hertha’s sponsor are Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s train company.

Last night it was in the Hauptbanhof, the shiny main train station in Berlin. Several players showed up to the presentation and signed autographs, as well as posed for fan pictures. So Hertha fans in Berlin got to see Jaroslav Drobny, Rudi Skacel, Gojko Kacar, Patrick Ebert and Steve von Bergen present the shiny new jerseys.

Today was the presentation at the Brandenburger Tor, and again with more players signing autographs and taking photos. No pictures have shown up of that yet, and the news on the website is lagging, so I’m not sure how it’s gone yet. Hopefully well and all that. No rain. I’m not sure what the weather is like in Berlin, so who knows.

So, a shiny new jersey for the new season. As I said when I discussed it the first time, it’s something that they’ve done before, so there’s tradition on their side. It’s much brighter than the current strip, which is more of a navy, and the red collar does add something to it. It looks better on the players than it did in the dark and blurry bootleg picture that was floating around on the Internet. Still, though, I’ll probably be buying one of the old ones before they go away. I think the current ones are unique and interesting- there are few out there like that, while stripes is fairly common. But for stripes, they’re not bad. And the red is nice. I’m looking forwards to seeing what the away jersey is like.

Category: Memorabilia

Tags: Memorabilia

Subscribe   The Offside RSS Feeds

Print

Share