[Specials] The Crew Football Shirts Powered by SailorFanTalk. Get One!

The above picture is not one of Taiwanese boyband F4. If anything, it’s Alt+F4, because once you see it, you will close the window. On with the serious stuff.

SailorFanTalk is proud to be the main sponsor of the Crew’s 5v5 football team that takes part in the D2D Fan Club League. By main sponsor, I mean only sponsor. And by sponsor I mean, only partial sponsor – the players still have to pay their matchday fees. But SailorFanTalk covers certain logistical and training costs, while also heavily subsidising the two Crew shirts that we are finally releasing to the public.

Over the past couple of months, there’s been quite a lot of interest in these shirts. People have enquired about how they can buy these shirts. I made this post to show you guys more pictures so you can decide if you really want them, and if you want to customise them, how to do so. Also, take note of the sizing! The team was experimenting with different manufacturers to see which we would prefer, so we have two different manufacturers and two VERY DIFFERENT sizing guides.

Blue Crew shirt (the Home shirt)

Blue, white, and with sea waves all over it. This is home, truly. Home Kit of course, not Kit’s Home. See what I did there? Ok nevermind – if you are new to the Crew, you may have realised that the Crew always shouts “COME ON YOU BOYS IN BLUE” and not “COME ON YOU BOYS IN WHITE”, regardless of whether we are in white or blue. You’ll also notice that most of the fans just wear the blue kit way more than the white kit. I am not quite sure why this is so – it just is.

And so when it came time for the Crew to pick their kit for last season, we opted for a blue base, with a seawaves pattern as a nod to the Sailors theme. Not to completely neglect the white (WHITE BLUE AND BOLD HEH), we also had a touch of white on the collar and sleeves, plus used it for Lore’s and our Crew logo. Shoutout to Lore by the way – all we did was tell them our theme, what design elements we wanted incorporated, and they did the rest. Brilliant.

I shall let the pictures do the talking. Take note that you can customise the number and the name (on the sleeves), but if you opt not to, the default will come with no name on the sleeve, and a standard no. 12. Cos the Crew is the 12th man of the Sailors.

Black Crew shirt (the Alternate shirt)

Why black? Cos it looks cool and we needed an alternate shirt that wasn’t blue or white. We wanted to avoid a kit clash with the other teams. The idea for a blackout kit came from the players themselves, and we collaborated with XRAFT to bring it to life.

Of course, it being an all-black kit, it did bring some challenges when it came to how to make the different visual elements stand out a little more, give it a little bit of texture.

The design incorporates the seawaves again, but this time there is a striped pattern right across the shirt. LCSFC and the Crew logo are also embossed on in a fleck material, to give some visual and tactile contrast. The words “The Crew” appear on the left sleeve, while on the right sleeve, there is a special blacked-out SailorFanTalk patch.

Once again, I shall let the pictures do the talking. Take note that you can customise the number and the name (on the back), but if you opt not to, the default will come with THE CREW on the back, and a standard no. 12. Cos the Crew is the 12th man of the Sailors.

Sizing (VERY VERY IMPORTANT)

As mentioned above, the two shirts are made by different manufacturers, and as such have very different sizing guides. Please bear that in mind. For example, I wear 2XL on the blue one, and L on the black one.

Blue sizing (Lore FC) (in centimetres)

Black sizing (XRAFT) (in inches)

How to buy the shirts

So you’ve decided to buy 1. Or 2. Or more. Well, let’s have a look at how much it’ll cost you!

Blue 12 – no personalisation S$32
Blue with personalisation – choose number choose name S$35

Black 12 – no personalisation S$32
Black choose number choose name S$35

Bundle for 2 ( 2 blue / 2 black / 1 blue & 1 black ) choose number choose name – S$65 with free Singapore scarf (see below after the post for how the scarf looks like)

Instructions:

1. Decide what you want, and whether you want to customise the shirts. Remember to measure your size properly!
2. DM @thecrew.sg or @sailorfantalk on Instagram with your order details. If you prefer to email, email sailorfantalk@gmail.com
3. We will let you know the payment details once we’ve confirmed your order with you.
4. Please note that this is a pre-order and we’ll need to give the manufacturers 3-4 weeks to process our order and deliver it to us.
5. We will then pass it to you at a game, or arrange a mutually convenient location to pass it to you!

If you have any questions, do reach out to us via Instagram, or in our Telegram chat.

Written by Eddy Hirono

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