Fulham's last home kit in this stint with adidas - the German firm would return in 2013 - was smart but unusual in that, on the shirt and shorts, the three-stripe branding was minimal, only seen near the hem of the sleeves and shorts. The socks had an 'FFC' monogram but no adidas logo.In the Premiership for the first time, Fulham had a few shorts- and socks-clashes to contend with. In November, they were away to West Ham, who had white socks, but with a black alternative set unavailable, Fulham opted for the red away set and decided to switch to the red shorts too.Away to Sunderland and Newcastle in the league, the striped away shirt would have caused more of a clash than the home and so for these games - and against York City in the FA Cup - the Cottagers played in all-white, using an alternative pair of shorts that matched the home and away sets.By February, black socks - featuring the adidas logo but no stripes - had been sourced and these were worn in London derbies away to Arsenal and Chelsea.One final home-shirt mashup came in late March - away to Southampton's striped shirts, black shorts and white socks, Fulham went with white-white-red.
As was so often the case, the Fulham second strip was based around the colours red and black - this time stripes in a design similar but different to Newcastle's home strip.The only mashing up of the away strip was a curious one - against Leeds United in April, the black home shorts were worn, despite the absence of a clash.
