All eyes in the soccer world may be on Brazil and the World Cup in a matter of days, but famed Glasgow club Celtic FC is stealing a bit of the spotlight in the interim today, having unveiled a new away kit for the 2014-15 season.
The new kit’s aesthetics are predicated on honoring Celtic’s history and tradition, accomplished through a predominantly green design inspired by the club’s first-ever away kit. The new Celtic shirt features an oversized graphic of the Celtic tartan — the multicolored plaid covering much of the front — as a nod to its Scottish heritage, with the tartan’s gold lines subtly mimicking the look of the Celtic cross. Gold accents tie-in at the collar and cuffs as well.
In keeping with a recent Nike Football (Soccer) trend, the shirt features a green-and-white pennant inside the back-collar that borrows the home shirt’s famous stripes and boasts the team’s motto: “A team like no other.”
Finally, the new Celtic kits are finished with green away shorts, detailed with a tonal vertical stripe, and matching socks.