This classic Sunderland AFC kit almost looked very different

It’s been 23 years since the 2001/02 Sunderland away kit was released. Now a gold coloured prototype has been unearthed….
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[@MelvynThomas]

Wow i prefer the gold! Fantastic find

[@ThomasWake-pk6qx]

I like the yellow/gold. It may be a hint at those years of the Hummel yellow and blue away kit.

[@johngartland6706]

Back when I delivered newspapers as a teenager, I remember seeing a photo of the prototype on the back of an edition of the Sunday Sun newspaper in the lead up to the reveal of the shirt.
If I remember correctly, the eventual reveal showed the shirt with a much lighter blue stripes too, although that could well have been down to the colour quality of the newspaper print.

[@EddyBamber]

That makes it sound even more like that gold version was really close to being the final release. Hopefully someone somewhere has a copy of those old papers 🗞️

[@3foraOneaaaaa]

it looks too inter milan with the gold probably why they changed it