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Sky Bet League Two 2015 - 2016

skybet football league logoFormer members Barnet and Bristol Rovers are back in the Football League this season after spells in the Conference. The most noteworthy absentee is Tranmere Rovers who dropped out for the first time since they helped form Division Three (North) in 1921.

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Accrington Stanley

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Designer: Mitre

Sponsor: Plastic Box Shop

Stanley are sporting a new look, wearing striped shirts for the first time. Although the combination looks very smart, it remains to be seen if it will go down well with tradition-minded supporters. Of course, if they win promotion, it will be a different story. The change kit is unchanged and a white third strip will be introduced in the New Year. The first replicas sold had last season's sponsorship but Storefirst.com then pulled out and a new sponsor was found. Supporters can exchange shirts bought before the change for the latest version in the club shop.

(Arthur Cowburn, Alexander Leiberich)

 

Barnet

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Designer: Jako

Sponsor: Toshiba

Barnet are back after an absence of three seasons after winning the Conference title. They have followed the retro trend by reintroducing hooped tops, worn between 1928 and 1958 as well as using violet, the colours of the original Barnet FC, in their change strip.

(Chris Sheils)

 

Bristol Rovers

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Designer: Errea

Sponsor: The Sportsman (1st) Pensord (2nd)

Rovers bounced straight back after one season in the Conference, a rare accomplishment these days. It is great to see white shorts worn with the traditional quartered first shirts once again. The change shirt has a very unusual arrangement of horizontal bands which fade towards the centre.

(Damian Missen)

 

Cambridge United

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Designer: Puma

Sponsor: Mick George

Puma's latest gimmick adorns the otherwise perfectly satisfactory Pitch design. I don't expect these graded bands will be seen again after the end of the season. As last season, United have a light blue strip in the hamper, now updated to the new Puma design.

(Alec Hitchman, Travis Hogarth-Colby, Bertie Wright, David King)

 

Carlisle United

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Designer: Sondico

Sponsor: Virgin Trains

Carlisle generally wear striking first kits and this season is no exception. The familiar red/white secondary colours now appear as a vertical stripe on the left side of the shirt. Prior to their match at Wycombe in October, the match referee would not approve either of Carlisle's strips because of a clash with those of the home team so a set of red training tops were hastily prepared with logos, numbers and names. Carlisle thus avoided the fine they would otherwise have picked up if they had borrowed a set of shirts from Wycombe Wanderers.

(Dan MacLennan)

 

Crawley Town

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Designer: Puma

Sponsor: Checkatrade

Black has never featured prominently in Crawley's pallette and I doubt that traditionally-minded supporters, already disappointed with the team's relegation last term, are going to take to the new look. White shirts were needed at Morecambe.

(Jordan Knott, Ben Gershaw)

 

Dagenham & Redbridge

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Designer: Sondico

Sponsor: West & Coe

The Daggers have worn some striking strips in recent years and the new first kit pushes the envelope even further. The arrangement of the strips on the shirt is unique. The first kit is adorned with the club's newly designed crest. The gaudy change strip is retained.

(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Alexander Perkin)

 

Exeter City

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Designer: Joma

Sponsor: flybe.com

The new third strip is in the colours of Fluminense, who played a pre-season match with City in July to mark 101 years since the Grecians toured Argentina and Brazil in 1914. The other strips are unchanged aside from new socks for the first kit.

(Gary Morris, Bertie Wright, Simon Ståål, David Rafelle)

 

Hartlepool United

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Designer: Nike

Sponsor: Seneca Homes (1st. FA Cup), Bartercard (2nd)

'Pools wore their new fluorescent outfit in their final match of 2014-15 with the words, "The Great Escape" embroidered below the crest to celebrate their seemingly impossible achievement of avoiding relegation to the National League (formerly the Conference).

The new first strip is Nike's smart Sash template and is reminiscent of the outfits worn by members of the Tracy family in the 1960s ATV series, Thunderbirds. As usual, a different first strip was worn in the FA Cup.

(Scott Parkinson, Travis Hogarth-Colby, Geoff Brown, David Rafelle)

 

Leyton Orient

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Designer: Nike

Sponsor: Rainham Steel

The O's were relegated last season. They are keeping the same colour scheme as last season for their three strips but these have been updated to new Nike templates. The first and third outfits are Laser II and the blue second strip is Nike's new sash design.

(Edward Morgan)

 

Luton Town

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Designer: Fila

Sponsor: Barnfield College

Easyjet are no longer sponsoring Luton's shirts after an association that lasted seven years. The change strip is new.

(Matt Cannon, Francesco Pernigoni)

 

Mansfield Town

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Designer: Surridge

Sponsor: One Call Insurance

Mansfield's traditional amber shirts are enhanced with a vertical blue stripe this season. The alternative is based on the same design but in black and silver. The third kit (which has no sponsorship) is inspired by the original outfit worn in 1897: a similar top appeared during Mansfield's centenary in 1997.

(Saul Turner, David King)

 

Morecambe

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Designer: Carbrini

Sponsor: Trainer King

Twenty years ago Morecambe were promoted to the Conference, and to mark this anniversary red and black stripes are revived. White shorts are available for away games when shorts clash. The alternative strips feature colour-keyed crests.

(Mike Brailsford)

 

Newport County

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Designer: Macron

Sponsor: Mr Tom

The Exiles have updated their first and third kits to a standard Macron design.

(George Pannell, David Rafelle)

 

Northampton Town

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Designer: Errea

Sponsor: University of Northampton

The Cobblers have reverted to a traditional look with their first choice kit. The breast cancer charity, CoppaFeel, will receive 10% of the proceeds from replica sales of the change shirt. The yellow and black third choice was last season's change strip and is sometimes worn with white shorts.

(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Bill Craven)

 

Notts County

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Designer: Carbrini

Sponsor: Ladbrokes

The first strip is more conventional than Carbrini's last two editions and rather more in tune with County's tradition. The third strip is an extravagant tartan job, a throwback to the 1990s.

(Richard Williams, Neil Ward)

 

Oxford United

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Designer: Unbranded

Sponsor: Lion Trust

We have even more retro inspired goodness from Oxford United. 2016 is the 30th aniversary of their win in the Milk Cup and the first strip for this season is a close replica of the one worn in 1985-86 while the alternative is based on the change kit worn ten years later when the team won promotion to the Third Division.

(Alexander Leiberich, Graham Barr)

 

Plymouth Argyle

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Designer: Puma

Sponsor: LTC Powered Access

Argyle are again wearing stripes but black has been reintroduced to the mix, a combination first seen in January 1975 and revived many times since then. The change strip is mauve (or "royal lilac"), not a shade that has featured large in Argyle's history, nor anyone else's for that matter.

(Craig Morris, Luke Mannel)

 

Portsmouth

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Designer: Sondico

Sponsor: jobsite.com

Chosen by supporters, the new Pompey "home" kit has the comforting familiarity of a warm blanket. The alternative was also chosen by fans. A third shirt will be needed at Hartlepool and this was also chosen by supporters from a short list.

(Andy McCallum, Matt Forster, Jake Smith, David King)

 

Stevenage

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Designer: Carbrini

Sponsor: Tyre Pros

Stevenage have switched to Carbrini strips this season, part of the JD Sports stable.

(Michael Hollis, David Raffelle)

 

AFC Wimbledon

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Designer: Admiral

Sponsor: Sports Interactive Games

Wimbledon keep their kits for two seasons so it is the turn of the third strip to be replaced and we have a very striking set in two shades of green. This is a reminder that the original Wimbledon Old Centrals played in green at the end of the 19th century.

(Mark Randall, Jim Buckley, Tony Sealey)

 

Wycombe Wanderers

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Designer: Kukri Sports

Sponsor: Beachdean Ice Cream

Wycombe have retained both of their strips from last season.

(Dave Peatey)

 

Yeovil Town

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Designer: Sondico

Sponsor: Jones Building Group

Back in the basement after two succesive relegations, Yeovil are sticking with their usual green and white hoops which now feature an unusual arrangement, the white bands being wider than the green. Jones Building group sponsored Yeovil's shirts between 2009 and 2012. Last season's Celtic rip-off shirt reappears in yellow and green as the alternative.

(Alec Hitchman, Ian Hambridge, Bertie Wright)

 

York City

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Designer: Nike

Sponsor: Benenden Health

Navy makes a welcome return to York's strip on the new Nike Sash template. The Challenge change kit is black with yellow volt trim and white applications. Yellow shirts and socks in the same template were required at Crawley Town.

(Travis Hogarth-Colby, Alisdair Gibbs-Barton, Ben Gershaw)