Nike follow up their launch of the England home shirt with a new design for the Three Lions to wear on their travels. If you weren't overly sold on the home kit then the away shirt might be more up your street – It's all about the retro-licious collar.

Nike were accused of playing things a little bit too safe with the home shirt (although it's growing on us) but the same can't be said about the new away shirt. For us, England kits always look better in red, some of the best kits in recent years have been red, we even won the world cup wearing red! Everything about this kit just works; the two buttoned collar, the stripes, the cuffed sleeves, it's a beaut.

 

As found on the home shirt, the new away jersey features the iconic three lions crest with a gold border and a gold ribbon graphic below inscribed with "150 years" and the dates 1863 and 2013, marking the FA's anniversary.




The gold star from England's solitary World Cup win in 1966 still looks far too lonely from our point of view, he's crying out for a friend. Unless Hodgson finally calls up Rickie Lambert & Grant Holt (International teams won't like it up 'em) the chances of seeing twice as many above that famous crest come July 2014 are sadly, pretty slim.



The kit is made from recycled polyester, plastic water bottles to be precise. The bottles are chopped into flakes then melted down to form a yarn that is spun into fabric. Clever stuff really, even if a pretty profitable price tag is slapped on each shirt at the end.



The shorts are white with another gold crest and the new away socks are red with a thin white band at the top. Other details include a red button on the bottom of the collar, while the top one is white with red thread to replicate the St George’s cross. Overall Nike’s first England away kit gets the seal of approval from us, but we reckon they’ll be a fair share of critics calling out the golf polo shirt vibe. Thoughts?




The new Nike England shirt will be available to order from selected online stockists including Pro-Direct Soccer.