Red and white. The checks. One look and you know exactly who someone is, and where they're from. Croatians brought the pattern with them. Across the water, into new cities, onto grounds that had never seen it. They put it on a shirt and built clubs around it. Clubs like Melbourne Knights. Somewhere to speak the language, hear the songs, and watch your kids grow up in the same colours you did. Not just a team. A home. That's what this kit carries. The coast and the club. The old country and the new suburb. The grandfather who arrived and the grandkid born here, both in the same red and white. Some things you don't leave behind. You wear them.   This is Home Away From Home, Part 1: Croatia. The kit is online now.

Football culture lives far beyond the ninety minutes. In clubrooms, car parks, side streets and local grounds. Umbro’s new Home collection celebrates those spaces and the communities built around them. Shot at Ashton FC in Greater Manchester, the campaign centres around a fictional grassroots football club and the everyday moments surrounding the game. Familiar scenes. Faded paint. Plastic chairs. Post-match conversations. Real football culture without performance or polish. The collection draws heavily from Umbro’s 90s and 00s design archive. The Harrington Jacket nods to touchline icons with football-inspired shoulder panelling, while the football shirts and woven shorts reinterpret classic Umbro silhouettes through a more contemporary lens. Elsewhere, pieces like the Boxy Shirt and Washed Drill Pants blend sportswear construction with casual tailoring and oversized branding. Across the campaign and collection, the focus stays on the rituals around the game. The people who arrive early, stay late and make the club what it is. A version of football culture built on community, familiarity and shared experience. Umbro’s Home SS26 collection launches 3 March online.

Irish culture never stands still. It shifts, travels and finds new expression everywhere it lands. Umbro’s latest 17-3 collection celebrates that movement through The Thread that Binds campaign. A three-piece capsule shaped by football, heritage and contemporary Irish identity. Building on the 17-3 jerseys first released for Saint Patrick’s Day in 2025, the new collection explores the connection between Ireland and its global diaspora. The campaign brings together three distinct voices. Irish dancer Morgan Bullock. Dublin rapper Rejjie Snow. Multi-disciplinary artist Sean Atmos. Each one interpreting Irish culture through their own lens. At the centre sits the 17-3 jersey. Crafted from green jacquard with an all-over tessellated pattern combining the Umbro Double Diamond and classic Celtic knotwork. Details pull directly from Irish iconography, from the textured Saint Patrick crest to the tricolour trims across the collar and cuffs. Alongside it sits a relaxed track jacket inspired by Umbro’s 90s archive. The campaign reflects how football culture carries identity across borders and generations. Tradition reworked through contemporary voices. Irish heritage viewed through movement, music and design.   The Umbro 17-3 collection launches 27 February online.

Umbro teamed up with Into Carry for a series of upcycling workshops held in Melbourne, transforming deadstock football kits into handmade carry bags. Built around archived Umbro jerseys that had elapsed in season, the workshops gave participants the chance to learn how to deconstruct and sew old kits into functional everyday pieces. Each bag was made by hand using existing materials, meaning every outcome ended up different. The project ran across two sessions on February 28. The first opened to the public through a giveaway, with five winners invited into the workshop alongside a plus one. A second session brought together friends, family and local creatives inside the studio space. More than just a workshop, the project created an opportunity for Umbro to connect more directly with its local community through a shared hands-on experience. Guided by the Into Carry team, participants worked through the full process from cutting patterns and breaking down garments through to sewing and reconstruction. Some arrived with sewing experience, others were using a machine for the first time. What started as outdated teamwear was reworked into something completely different. Old shirts, panels and trims repurposed into one-off bags designed to keep being used. The workshops focused on learning new skills, extending the lifespan of existing materials and exploring a more hands-on approach to football apparel through upcycling and reconstruction.