I haven't really got time at the minute mate, but I did have a look to see if there was any templates for these shirts.
Turns out there is…
Olympic 10
It's a bit weird because this is actually an OS (Official Wear) shirt NOT an Olympic shirt.
There is also this template…
Olympic 8
Which looks like it could be used for the Rossco shirts but again is in with the Olympic shirt templates. I reckon whoever created these was a Southend fan.
Best i can do is add them to my list and get around to them when I can.
Ah so close! So the top one is definitely Olympic. Full company name is Olympic Sportswear and they trialled a different logo for a season or two, resulting in the ‘OS’ logo on that shirt (which is from the season after the blue and yellow custard splat one). Really good template, just lacking the little black ‘V' underneath the collar and the accurate OS logo. And the Progressive Printing sponsor obviously!
Rossco was definitely a separate company. We used them for one season and around the same time, they were making kits for Welsh rugby teams and Irish football clubs like Glentoran and Linfield. Looks like they went bust in 2015!
Actually I just had a look in my archives and found these!
I didn't make them but here's three done already!
Southend 1997-98 HomeSouthend 1997-98 AwaySouthend 1997-98 Third
Holy hell these are great, and so close! Do these ones exist as templates too? They're just missing the Telewest Communications logo on the blue and red shirts, looks like someone had a go using a more modern sponsor (we were sponsored by Insureandgo 2006-2014, over a decade after the Telewest shirts). Annoying quirky difference between the Telewest logo used on the white shirt, and the logo used on the blue and red ones though:
Club badge is slightly wrong too, but don't know how easy that would be to put right! The one used on the real kits had a slightly longer banner under the shield than the one used on these SS kits. This version of Southend's badge is so hard to find on the Internet though. I found this one in the form of an old Panini sticker!:
Are they things you feel you could have a go at if you have the time?
Those 3 x 1998 kits aren't templates and they're only 220x220 so trying to change anything on them (ie sponsor or club badge) wouldn't be ideal.
I'll try and recreate them as soon as I can, but like i've said i'm VERY busy right now and I have got a back log of kit requests.
Top kit knowledge btw… i've often wondered the origins of the OS kit, didn't realise it was Olympic Sport.
I made these OS kits last year for a 1999-00 save.
Dundee United 1999-00 HomeHearts 1999-00 Home
Thanks bud, always been interested in football kits - Southend first of course, but in general kits of the 1990s and early-mid 2000s. Happy to sit back and let you have a go at them when you can. Your work is great, including these ones! The ones I've asked for are the highest on my list, but there are some more retro Southend ones that I might ask you politely to make for me eventually!
Southend
Tenerife
Dundee United
Hearts
Roma
UEFA Champions League
Man City
Italy
@JTSB
Actually I just had a look in my archives and found these!
I didn't make them but here's three done already!