The FA has no plans to recall controversial England shirt

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The FA has no intention of recalling the new England shirt despite the ongoing controversy brought about by the decision to change the colours of the St George's Cross, Sky Sports News has been told.
The row was triggered after Nike revealed it had changed the traditional red cross and introduced purple and blue stripes.
The company dubbed it as "a playful update" to the shirt ahead of Euro 2024, inspired by the training kit worn by England's 1966 World Cup winners.
Early sales of the Nike shirt, have been very strong, Sky Sports News has been told.
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[@shaunthomas9393]

The real crime here is the price of the thing £125 For a child £120

[@jakerichards665]

Bro is complaining about pocket change😵‍💫😵‍💫 very down bad uno

[@hjvh78ho]

No the real crime is messing with our national flag, the price is just business, messing with the flag is politics.

[@muhdfazli7409]

😮

[@foundation6867]

Are you serious that much money for a football shirt is too expensive it’s because of Nike they are the ones to blame messing with are St George’s Cross 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is against the law and I think this needs to be investigated and Nike could be facing a lawsuit or taken to court boycotting a national football symbol is restricted 🚫 the price needs to change £125 and £120 for a kids one is honestly baffling 😡I hope the FA speak to Nike and fix this issue out the Prime Minister is not happy we can’t be having this kit in those colours when he play in the Euros in June

[@foundation6867]

Also the symbol for St George’s cross is supposed to bring us together and toying with it is just pointless like the Prime Minister says “don’t mess with the flag on England football kit” and what have Nike done that they have boycotted the Logo that I supposed to reunite and bring us together

[@nhd6128]

'Early sales have been very strong' 😂😂 yeah because all the corporate resalers are buying it up, not because actual human beings are buying it

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Unite and inspire people? It has had the opposite effect well done

[@HardlyQuinn]

I don't know it has actually united people! In hatred of it!

[@mjh5437]

@@HardlyQuinn That new St George Cross is a GAY PRIDE FLAG...The Horizontal colours are the BISEXUAL PRIDE FLAG and the Vertical colours are the GENDER FLUID FLAG!!

[@Warp75]

Of course they won’t they signed off on it. Boycott it

[@davey999]

When they don’t sell then we’ll see what happens.

[@MASO204]

I think the elephant in the room is that it looks like it's designed for the LGBTQ etc

[@stefjevtic]

Shouldn't it be a rainbow colour?

[@More-than-ladyboys]

Gender fluid colours?

[@weeeeee374]

Looks gay.

[@arkangel2000]

Pride Cross😂

[@JoseRodriguez-fk1em]

Is not gay🙄

[@simonh2011]

The most surprising thing is that they didn't replace it with a rainbow

[@jjbeggs]

It's the bisexual flag. Google it

[@obaoba3120]

😅😂

[@ebfloors]

Just about

[@djmattblack]

With a BLM logo on it

[@ethandalton6480]

​@@jjbeggsno it isn't

[@foundation6867]

That cross needs to be addressed should have been Red

[@whoknew2273]

I shall wear my Italian away shirt instead in protest 🤣

[@allanfitz3535]

Can someone pick me up off the floor. I've agreed with Rishi. wtf

[@f.o.8547]

Why are u suprised? 😂

[@sheikhrobbie466]

The only thing the shirt has “united and inspired” is (almost) everyone opposing it

[@charles5553]

Would help after I get helped off the floor😂😂

[@garethhayes9982]

Get ready to get booed by fans then ....

[@markob53]

Does Nike turn up to England matches?

[@AizensChair]

the majority of people who are upset about this probably don't even buy England shirts anyway. get over it.

[@acurisur]

At £125, most sane people won't buy it.

[@Andev0345]

Rishi should focus on actual problems in this country instead of bloody football kits ffs.

[@Limebradley]

This is a problem it continues to show how weak and spineless our country has become from top to bottom.

[@marksmith1944]

How disrespectful to the English flag, are they going to do it to any other flags around the world? It just seems that other cultures and countries are respected, but England and Great Britain aren’t respected anymore. I am quite disgusted. I’m quite appalled I will not be buying the Nike England top. or anything else to do with Nike

[@TP-pq9xx]

What is English culture? Alcoholism?

[@annabelp4099]

😭

[@Rassalcon]

To be fair. We haven't done much worthy of respect of late...

[@marksmith1944]

@@Rassalcon so what are you saying other countries are more respectful🤔🤔

[@Arif-jh9hr]

This is the history of the English, they always create many chances, but at the end, they always miss something to arrive at the end. Warra joke nation- can’t even get their flag on their shirt. Rainbow nation!

[@CollideWithTheSlope]

Just Don’t buy these. Walk around town or at England games in the old Umbro kits. Fans need to make a real statement. Hit Nike where it hurts the most.

[@temporaryuseraccount0012]

Enjoy Zero Sales. 🤣

[@W0rmBuffet]

me when I’m in a crybaby competition and my opponent is English

[@TallyDrake]

I can picture the US flag now -- blue and yellow stripes, purple stars on a red background -- on any national team's kit. IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN! Because it's gross, tasteless, and disrespectful.

[@alfredlear4141]

It looks like an advertisement logo. Chevrolet during pride month ...

[@sonicichigo5962]

What they have done is inspire and unite people to dislike the design

[@HuwEvans.]

When nobody buys it, they may change their tune.

[@marineboy1964]

Well, I just ain't buying it

[@ian_r125]

On the bright side, sportswear companies will never deface a flag again

[@MKH816]

How is it paying tribute to 1966 when down play the star on the kit? You can barely see it!

[@terry.hudson]

Don't remember this being a problem when the st George's flag on the 98 away shirt was all red in the background?? Or when it was green on the goalkeepers 2011 shirt.

[@petey3965]

FA, read the room.

[@jimmy31hendrix]

So tibute to the 1966 team . . . Ok, where does the purple come into play? Like, legit I started checking pics of the kit of 66, and can't really see how it pays tribute to it.

[@tvgcmma9215]

Is a team training jacket that had it

[@CollideWithTheSlope]

@@tvgcmma9215but i thought that was navy blue?

[@josephkibble4379]

It doesn’t it’s just woke garbage.

[@JoseRodriguez-fk1em]

​@@CollideWithTheSlopeits a mixture between red and blue

[@DavidTUTD]

red + blue equals what?? basic colour blending

[@zenmonk5403]

Does every country have some nonsense about their 2024 kit?

[@raphaelroo]

Real talk

[@JoseRodriguez-fk1em]

The shirt isn't even gay😂

[@carl2072]

Prices are far too high, no chance

[@johnbannister1173]

Please do not buy these shirts . The FA has let fans down I for one will never buy this shirt

[@-_Blitz_-]

What is the message behind why they changed it?

[@ChArLiE-1chaz9]

That badge is gaaayyyyyy

[@coucamaya]

Nike missed the mark here. That's a terrible excuse

[@justefe]

I can’t remember a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 flag on any English shirt!

[@freddiejohnson6137]

A lot of the time it's been worked in the design like on the collar like this abomination

[@justefe]

@@freddiejohnson6137 at this point I don’t think other than just a round neck plain white kit, people will always have a fault to pick out.

[@danieljoseph369]

2006

[@justefe]

@@danieljoseph369 it should be on every kit. Why miss out some all together

[@youwwaaaat7166]

why are you talking about the union jack?

[@x92Vendetta]

The FA - 'Deal with it'

[@macchiatomachiato]

hands off our flag FA

[@avtar1699]

Biggest issue is the £125 rip off. Even if the flag was the same , working class families can't afford that in this crisis.

[@daysleeper3910]

Thats fine... I have no plans to buy one.

[@StephenWooff]

What an absolute liberty

[@CannockDogger]

It’s a small barely noticeable badge in the back of a football shirt with no intent nor context The Daily Mail, The Sun, GB News and Lee Anderson unilaterally decided it's a woke symbol. People get suckered in by this narrative and lost their minds. Meanwhile, normal people are just getting on with life. 😂

[@JoseRodriguez-fk1em]

Guys, if the shirt was gay, NIKE WOULD SAY IT, there's no point on giving a slight hint supporting whoever, if they try to reach a certain audience, THEY SAY IT

[@Cespar997]

Braindead move.

[@kevinfinn8100]

F the F A

[@oni9346]

Good stuff

[@chrissumner325]

"We understand what it means to our fans" ..... a lie

[@user-nz9xx1ew4t]

I don't mind it, something different

[@rtk3543]

Strange it was only the England shirt nike singled out to add a 'playful' national flag , all the other national team shirts nike make were not so disrespected.

[@TheChubbyPigeon]

Persecution complex much?

[@Betterthingswecanachieve]

Hear to watch the Right eat itself.

[@cilldublin07]

I'm not English but that's an insult to England and it's people. Nike wouldnt dare mess around with the star and stripes on any american kits

[@Okok20409]

ENGLAND❌️ GAYLAND✅️

[@ReformedVicar]

Please please please England supporters DO NOT buy the shirt, this is part of Nikes worldwide Woking

[@greyhoundman]

Is the PM’s green card still valid in the US

[@Shyne282]

Mocking the cross with these colors just when i though England as a country couldn't fall any more 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@ethandalton6480]

Get a grip

[@danielelliott5760]

The difference is it doesn’t even look like English flag. The other ones still looked like British

[@Lenny-bf7dd]

I won't be buying it for sure

[@dalewollaston6665]

Sunak saying about national identity 🤣Tribute I understand but NOT by changing a NATIONAL FLAG. Once again the FA fail.

[@Bewar3them00n]

You can tell how much people care about the English flag, by the national holiday we have on April 23rd, all the street parties that are organised, and how well all unite together on that day.

[@JohnSpeezy88]

Ok as an American I'm confused. Are people mad because they messed with the St. George Cross on they kit, or because of the colors of the redesign and how it looks? I only ask because Nike explained how they came up with those colors; them being a tribute to the 1966 world cup team so I'm just trying to make sure I get what's the actual issue here.

[@bigdosserr1117]

All of the above…

[@Kessoku]

buy it, it will resell with higher prices 10 years from now

[@OBIIIIIIIII]

The people who complain about the stylised of the St George’s cross probably proudly support the thin blue line version of the union flag. Double standards from snowflakes as far as I’m concerned.

[@Epsilon04]

I'll be honest, back in 2021 I got slightly pissed off by the way everyone from around the world put Italian flags in their bio and bought Azzuri shirts in support of them. Just wish I could go back now and do the same. Prepared to follow through on this but didn't have the bottle to wear their stupid rainbow badges in Qatar, more focused on wokery than winning.

[@ethandalton6480]

This "woke" England team have been the most successful one we've had in more than 50 years

[@mrerrol2sweet15]

Do not buy the England shirt. The campaign has started where your old shirts that’s the campaign.

[@stanmarr4488]

This shows that they don't care about the opinion of the majority, but rather the feeling of the minority. According to them, it's okay to disrespect a national flag. People should send a very strong message by boycotting all England matches for as long as that woke cross is on the jerseys. It's truly disrespectful and disgraceful.

[@alexistecca408]

Had one job who ever did this there fired

[@lewisdirienzo201]

Protest outside the FA headquarters & nike shop

[@walidadem8233]

Our national flag ?? Which one he’s talking about 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 🤦🏽

[@julu8407]

From England to Gay-land Britain has come a long way.

[@kevinfinn8100]

It wont stop with england national football team.

[@LeoBov1]

Nike is an American company, trust me they wouldn’t even dream of messing with the American flag on National kits lol

[@seanhayes9769]

Who did Nike consult ? Which fan base ? Antifa ?

[@iamalonetega]

We know why they complaining about it though 😂

[@mrerrol2sweet15]

I am starting a campaign where your old England shirts, the older, the better

[@gregnorth6413]

Simple, don't but tickets, don't buy kit. Southgates ideology I suppose. But Adidas products instead.

[@IanJones1388]

It’s an absolute disgrace to deface our national flag like that it needs to be changed back immediately

[@chris26479]

How disgusting disrespectful st George cross

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Nobody is buying that shirt then. It will have the lowest sales in recent years... Mark my words.

[@stag9327]

the only thing uniting people about this is everyone agrees it's awful and nobody is gonna buy it lol

[@rahulbiju453]

nike thinks they can do stuff and people will let it slide, im happy people are no longer tolerating bs.

[@rkbrown2092]

This aint over because they say it is. Philistines

[@whysoserious1174]

This is not surprising at all. It just goes to show how stuck up the clothing and fashion industry is even by its nature - thats why they didnt even have a clue what offends the general public in the first place, and whats worse is that they are supported by highly educated people usually people who think theyre higher than other people, they just dont care about the other general population.

[@james7133]

Im not for the conservatives but comparing our flag on our shirts for our national sport representing our country internationally is not the same as a light wash of your party colours to represent your team in an election

[@ebfloors]

Will be the first time in 30 years I won’t buy a jersey

[@jacquelinebl6]

An excuse to use for the defeat.😒👀

[@carlwoods6978]

The world's in an absolute mess, if you give a toss about this you need to give your head a wobble. Leading politicians commenting on a football kit when people can't afford to live. Joke

[@alancawfield6549]

Clearly stupid what they did.What is it supposed to be , it was the England flag and they decided to change the colours meaning it's no longer the England flag. If they changed the colours on the Irish flag from Green White and Orange to Blue, pink and purple it would no longer be the Irish flag same applies to this nonsense.It's just a stupid colourdy cross on the back of the jersey now.

[@edmann1820]

£125!!!!!

[@alanhutchins5916]

This nothing issue has gone way way way over the top ffs…

[@arkangel2000]

Nike slowly changing that St George Cross to Pride Cross😂

[@AndrewLynn-en5ui]

Leave are flag alone !

[@jamm8284]

Regardless of trying to do whatever with the flag, it just isn't the England flag at all. Just because its a cross stretched horizontally, doesn't make it the England flag. It actually has more colours from the France flag than it does the England flag 🤦‍♂ Even the choice to put a blue cross on a blue background, is just stupid to start with Can't wait to see the green, red and black play Nike do on the Isreal flag 🤭

[@LeornianCyng]

As the new kits unite the men, women and all para teams, I decided to buy the new kit as it celebrates inclusivity and diversity, I absolutely love it. England wore a home kit with multi coloured flags on the back in 2010/2011, not a peep. St George is a Palestinian Greek and the Lion is African.

[@English_Dawn]

Get a grip man Teresa May was Boris Johnson's predecessor not successor.

[@benscox]

Boris Johnson came after May. So he was the successor

[@stephenjerome4135]

They say early sales of the new shirt has been strong 😂. I would love to know who's actually buying these shirts then because I'm not paying a penny of my money on that trash. The red and white St. George flag is our national flag and should never be altered or messed about with at all, ever! The national flag is our identity and what they have done to it is absolutely wrong on so many levels. Boycott this shirt folks, DON'T BUY IT! I will be wearing my retro shirt and red cross with pride tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ethandalton6480]

It's been altered many times on England shirts in the past

[@astik2002]

What if and only If England vs Scotland happens in Final, Rishi Gonna represent England or Scotland 😂

[@whoknew2273]

India

[@hyywe240]

I dont understand whats so bad about it?

[@pauldavid1388]

Go back to bed my friend as you are still sleeping

[@dwex8596]

you dont play with the flag you dont change the flag. You absolute helmet

[@hyywe240]

@@pauldavid1388 haha nice

[@hyywe240]

@@dwex8596 does it get you that angry? 😂

[@stephenwalsh4481]

​@@hyywe240 obvs😂

[@FreeSpeach5491]

This country is a disgrace , it’s England where the hell is our flag

[@la-dechealexander9701]

A child shirt so expensive. Our lottery money already paid why are you taxing kids? Fkn outrageous

[@flashtheoriginal]

BOYCOTT NIKE And btw.......when we play at home its white and away, its not pride-purple, its RED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ethandalton6480]

England haven't had a red away kit for years

[@TheChubbyPigeon]

​@@ethandalton6480They had a red away kit in 2022/2023