It's a special day when your school team gets a new strip.
It got us thinking about all the other great teams which posed in their new strips.
Here's Seaburn Dene, Farringdon, Ryhope and more in Echo archive team photos from the early 2000s.
Back of the net if you share memories of your own school football days.
![Boldon Cuts under-8s were wearing this cool strip in 2004.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/11/17/10/58/st9.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![The Ashbrooke Angels Under 10 girls team look delighted with their new kit in 2005.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/11/17/10/09/st7.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. All new in Ashbrooke
The Ashbrooke Angels Under 10 girls team look delighted with their new kit in 2005. | se
![The Hetton Under-15s football team lined up for this photo in 2005.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/11/17/10/44/st6.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Happy times in Hetton
The Hetton Under-15s football team lined up for this photo in 2005. | se
![The Seaburn Dene Primary School football team in their new strips.
See if you can recognise anyone in this 2012 photo.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/11/17/10/43/st4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. New strips in Seaburn
The Seaburn Dene Primary School football team in their new strips. See if you can recognise anyone in this 2012 photo. | se