You won’t see many Premier League shirts like this.
Football kits nowadays tend to follow a stock template, but West Ham’s new kit is about as unique a kit you’ll see this season.
Inspired by the club’s forerunners Thames Ironworks FC, the commemorative kit will be worn for next Sunday’s game against Juventus at the Olympic Stadium. The all-black jersey resembles a polo shirt, more than a football jersey.
The jersey will set fans back £90  and could also be worn for the club’s FA Cup games this season.
The jersey arguably sums up the nature of modern football, in which a private company utilises it’s working class roots to charge loyal fans a hefty price for a piece of merchandise.
Still though, it’s a pretty unique kit.
West Ham fans were drooling over the classic black strip…
https://twitter.com/Aziz_xB/status/760198772802682880
Always good to see a team respect their roots- class new kit #westham #whufc #TIWFC #hammers
— Alfie Lumb (@AlfieLumbJourno) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/Based_Gabriel/status/760179982471618560
I love it.
— Tom Davis (@BigTomD) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/whufcryan_/status/760039414781374464
West Ham and Umbro smashed it out the park with that all black kit. That thing is too sexy.
— JT (@ZeldsRevenge) August 1, 2016
That West Ham third kit is possibly the nicest football top I've ever seen! Proper smart! #whufc #tiwfc
— Anthony Mongan (@AnthMongan3) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/ephemeraljoy/status/760112603825840128
But other fans just couldn’t help having a pop at the new shirt…
West Ham's new 'commemorative' kit is pure Brexit.
— MrPaulRobinson (@MrPaulRobinson) August 1, 2016
that west ham third kit looks like a britain first polo shirt ffs
— dom 🚞 (@dompart) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/polishbuffon/status/760201528904937472
https://twitter.com/RickyJohnWaters/status/760178580336902144
https://twitter.com/jackwmcox/status/760032805590097921
https://twitter.com/GeorgeHughesss/status/760033487504146432
@umbro @betway @AndyTCarroll @Noble16Mark @Michailantonio take this down before my eye balls burn and so does the kit
— JoeNichollsâš’ (@J0E_WHUFC) August 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/KaiserKarius/status/760102301218512896
@umbro @betway @AndyTCarroll @Noble16Mark @Michailantonio looks like a fake England kit that the Sun releases at a World Cup
— Callan🗯 (@CallanWA27) August 1, 2016
