UK football club Reading FC has revealed its new home kit, with an interesting design that’s hit headlines this week.
The shirt sleeve and shorts feature a unique striped design that represents increasing average global temperatures.
Using a mix of blues, organs and reds, each stripe on the shirt shows a year’s average temperature since the club was founded in 1871.
The simple yet effective design was first created by Professor Ed Hawkins in 2018, who hails from the football club’s hometown, studying at the University of Reading.
This comes as the club’s head of commercial Tim Kilpatrick said they “want to aim to reduce our carbon footprint”.
The shirt is made from recycled plastic bottles, with 13 and a half litre bottles producing the polyester required to make one shirt. Plus, the shirt itself is recyclable.
A forward-thinking move to kickstart conversations in the football arena.