Decent choice. A bit different and not much chance of a double kit clash.

COME ON YOU MAUVES!

I seem to remember purple being all the rave in the 70's. Will the players be required to grow sideburns and turn up for matches in black and white striped tank-tops Andy ?

No joke Andy - it's Purple. Nice, I like it.
Better than bl**dy Blue or gawd forbid Red !! 

nice

We could change our nickname to the  Grim Reapers too Alan

Dont forget that we already have Co-Op Funeral Care on board as a programme advertiser so perhaps more sponsorship from them could be forthcoming ?
Mind you, its a dying trade so the cash might not last long ? 

Just to give you a bit of background as to how this decision was made - and 59 er was not too far off the mark.

We decided to go for a different change strip this year because of the amount of whinging from a number of people about the blue shirts, despite the fact that these were the colours of one of our two constituent clubs, Mitcham Wanderers. A brief discussion was had about kit at the Members Club AGM and one of a number of suggestions made was all lavender/purple as this would retain "the Mitcham connection" if we were to dispense with the blue. Given that these colours are unlikely to clash with any other side's home strip (in the event that our stripes do) I put this suggestion forward to Steve Adkins on behalf of the Members Club and he confirmed his agreement last week.

The exact design of strip is still to be sorted with our suppliers however it will be based around an all purple/lavender design.

endofthelane wrote:

In which case we should probably refer to the kit as Lavender from now on, which might make a few people understand the Mitcham connection

Good shout Endo, the sort of sensible suggestion you'd expect 59er to come up with.

               " COME ON YOU LAVENDERS "

On the subject of Mitcham connections (f*ck all to do with football) but does anyone remember 'Mitcham Mints' ? they were little round peppermint flavour sweets that came in small lavender and green cartons. I think I last ate some around 1970.
 

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First time I watched T&M they played in white shirts. If history was playing a part perhaps white would be an option!

A number? Well to be more specific all the bog end regulars who have a strong dislike of Chelsea (and I do realise that that most definitely does NOT include you Ultra). But whinges they most defintely were - the voice of reason never got a look in!

And Doug, I agree with you whole heartedly. TMUFC played in plain white shirts from 1932 up until they joined the Isthmian League in the late 50s. It was  only then that they adopted the stripes of Tooting Town - which is why we thought we would even things up a bit by introducing the royal blue of Mitcham Wanderers a couple of seasons ago

And yes Endo, Lavender would indeed be the correct colour however you don't see many sportswear catalogues quoting lavender (or heather for that matter) as an available colour so I think a light shade of purple is probably the closest we will get

Hibs had a lovely lilac/heather/thistle away top a few seasons back...
http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/hibernian-puma-third-shirt-201112_13588

I do hope not.
As it is going to be purple / lavender I feel all ther same colour to be the lesser of two evils