Crystal Palace have controversially pivoted from their trademark red and blue home kit and will instead don a white sash at Selhurst Park next season.
The new kit is a modern twist on Palace’s iconic sash kit, first worn en route to the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1976.
With a chequered backdrop, the red and blue sash features white pinstripes. The sleeves also feature red and blue stripes with the same white pinstripe.
Palace wore a white sash at home throughout the late 70s and 80s, before iterations of red and blue became routine.
The sash has appeared now and then as an away kit, but this is the first time since the 1980s that Palace will wear it at Selhurst to mark the 50th anniversary of the initial launch.
The badge also has a retro feel with the design throwing it back to Crystal Palace’s circular club crest, originally used from 1973 through to 1987
Adam Wharton and Eddie Nketiah don new kit, with chequered background.
Eddie Nketiah, Adam Wharton and Tyrick Mitchell show off new shirt
The modern sash shirt is paired with white shorts, completed with predominantly white socks which feature red and blue hoops.
Most fans on social media have been disappointed by the kit. Not because it moves away from the traditional red and blue, but because of the pinstripes and the understated club badge.
Palace’s old badge, which featured on kits throughout the 70s and 80s, sits on the sash – but fans think it is too small and gets lost amid the whopping Temporal logo.
One fan reckons the badge is too small and isn’t a fan of the pinstripes
The size of the badge was a major talking point for Palace fans
The kit has split opinion amongst the Palace fanbase
It has been a bad week for this supporter, with England crashing out of the World Cup and Palace releasing an underwhelming kit
Another fan was baffled as to how Palace have got a remake of a iconic kit so wrong
There has been much made about the size of the sponsor
This fan could not hide his disappointment
Some are unsure what to make of it
The UEFA Conference League champions also used the kit launch as a chance to show off the new Europa League badge – which will feature on Palace’s sleeve in European matches this season.
The badge features the Europa League logo, sealed with ‘UEFA Conference League 2026 winners’.
Palace unveiled their kit with a video featuring faces from the club’s past, present and future.
Narrated by Academy talents Joel Drakes-Thomas and Jamila Toure, the video features Brennan Johnson, Eddie Nketiah, Adam Wharton, Jaydee Canvot, Oscar Mingueza and Tyrick Mitchell modelling the new design.
Meanwhile, the likes of Vince Hilaire, Dave Swindlehurst and Billy Gilbert – who played for Palace in the 70s – were also among the first to see the brand-new kit, as were Darren Ambrose and Mark Bright.
Members of the women’s squad also starred in the video – including new signing, former England international Beth England.
Adult shirts start at £65, with the shorts an additional £35.
