Winter is coming: Premier League unveils new hi-vis Puma ball

Yes, conscionable similar deed TV amusement Game of Thrones, "Winter Is Coming" for the Premier League. But successful this lawsuit it's not hordes of the undead, it's a caller hi-vis shot truthful that players and fans tin spot it connected the transportation conscionable successful lawsuit it snows.

The archetypal clip a wintertime shot was introduced successful England's apical tier was backmost successful 2004-05, which we tin lone presume was a peculiarly chilly winter, and it coincided with the authoritative timezone power from British Summer Time (BST) to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) each late-October.

Then from 2008-09 onwards, the selling gurus figured that they should astir apt look to update the shot erstwhile a year. And present we are.

So each that means this 2025-26 mentation is the 20th offering of wintertime ball, coming arsenic it does successful PUMA's archetypal play arsenic the authoritative shot supplier for the Premier League.

The "Under the Lights" variation of the PUMA Orbita Ultimate PL volition debut connected Nov. 8 erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur big Manchester United, and arsenic you tin see, we've been promised "a striking, high-visibility colorway ... engineered to radiance brightest nether stadium floodlights -- ensuring each pass, strike, and extremity is intolerable to miss." Handy for VAR, then.

This season's Premier League has seen 209 goals already crossed 80 matches played, with 11 won by stoppage-time goals -- the highest stock successful history.

We tin lone presume that having a shiny caller shot volition assistance goalkeepers trim this down a spot for the remainder of the campaign.