Arsenal adds gold to their home kits despite losing out in Premier League
Despite the fact that their lengthy and arduous Premier League title challenge was unsuccessful, Arsenal will nonetheless look magnificent in gold next season.
After spending a total of 248 days at the top of the table in 2022-23, the Gunners were eventually reeled in and overtaken by Manchester City – the most time any side has spent in that position in a season without going on to win the championship.
Despite winning the silver medal (and qualifying for the Champions League for the first time since 2016-17), Mikel Arteta’s team will be wearing a gold badge and matching trim on their jerseys next season.
That’s because the Arsenal home kit for the 2023-24 season commemorates the 20th anniversary of the club’s legendary “Invincibles” squad, which won the Premier League title without losing a single match in 2003-04.
Arsenal, led by Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, and Dennis Bergkamp, went on a run of 26 wins and 12 draws to win the championship by 11 points.
That precise W26/D12 result is embroidered into the taping that runs down the flank of the new home shirt. To symbolize the imperious nature of the Invincibles’ great deed, the trim is also plated in a glittering gold color.
Despite the fact that their lengthy and arduous Premier League title challenge was unsuccessful, Arsenal will nonetheless look magnificent in gold next season.
The bright-red basis of the design also includes a tonal zig-zag pattern that has been familiar with Arsenal kits over the years, first appearing in the early 1990s and being reintroduced in several of the club’s recent retro-tinged strips.
Bukayo Saka, who recently signed a new long-term contract with his boyhood club, was joined by several hundred Arsenal supporters and members of staff at the Emirates Stadium to proudly display their new jersey.
Stars from the club’s women’s team, Leah Williamson, Kim Little, and Lia Walti, also contributed to the kit launch and the first time fans will see the outfit in action will be against Aston Villa in the Gunners‘ last Women’s Super League match of the season on Saturday.
Saka and co. will then wear the new uniform when they play Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Sunday.
The Gunners are hoping that the 20th anniversary of one of the Premier League’s greatest modern miracles will coincide with history repeating itself at the Emirates next season, exactly two decades after their most recent title.
