One of the most attractive qualities of our two main challenges - the Kit of the Week (KOTW) challenge and the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) - is the way it theoretically tours the world.

The 242nd edition of the concept shirt variant took us to Pohang, in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), for the city’s Steelers, and this site’s members delivered the goods as always.

Back in February, in the shadow of the horrendous developments in Ukraine - which sadly remain in progress at time of publishing - the decision was taken by the members involved in the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) to make a gesture of support.

Dynamo Kyiv are one of, if not the, most widely known Ukrainian football teams, with their history littered with huge names like Igor Belanov, Oleg Blokhin, Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko - as well as legendary coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi - so represented a great choice for our flagship club/national team badge contest, even without the link to current affairs.

Hot on the heels of the club’s official contest to design Borussia Dortmund’s Home shirt for the 2023-24 season, the German side got the Kit of the Week (KOTW) treatment a little while ago now.

The time passed is evidenced in the entries from KitKong and NSGraphics - the latter the winning entry - which feature the printing of recent Manchester City signee Erling Haaland, but the stage contained an enormous array of styles and approaches across the 28 submissions.

The 292nd stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) didn’t provoke the amount of designs that many do, but often these things are about quality rather than quantity.

And there was plenty of quality, including a superb FK Liepāja streamlining by recurrent winner Rabbi.

One of the many charming aspects of the Kit of the Week challenge is the possibility, as happened with the Bologna edition, of shared glory.

No extra time, no penalty shootouts - though tie-breakers have their place elsewhere - if the voting delivers an equal score, then, like two opposing captains holding the Charity Shield aloft (ask your parents), honours really are even.

We’re going to be frank, sometimes a club featured in the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) is in desperate need of a badge overhaul, and South Africa’s Roses United FC are one such example.

While the “Keep On Keeping On” motto adds a certain charm - and brings to mind Streatham Rovers’ “#NeverStopNotGivingUp” - the image surely can’t be enhanced by something so crudely produced.