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League Two home kits, 2023-24
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Here is Jamie O'Hara wearing an England shirt that did not have the St George's Cross anywhere on it but which did advertise crisps
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With Yugoslavia not being allowed to take part in Euro 92 and disappearing from international football for a period, the adidas factory in Cork were left with a lot of replica shirts to dispense with - local club Leeds took some for their underage teams
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Santa Claus has come under fire for launching a new away kit so close to Christmas
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Manchester United are due to wear their green shirts at Arsenal on Sunday.
While there is clear distinction in shorts and socks, it could be tricky for colour-blind viewers - here is an idea of what it would be like for those with protanopia
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Belgium are wearing socks with black on top and red at the foot against Canada, as in their kit launch pictures, but the retail socks are the opposite
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If Premier League goalkeepers still wore the same style shorts and socks as their outfield team-mates
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This day 27 years ago remains one of the biggest days in the history of Bayern Munich, as they held Cork City to a 1-1 draw at Musgrave Park
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The Champions, 1956-2023
A new name and new colour on the roll of honour
Manchester City are the first team to win the trophy in a Puma kit since Red Star Belgrade in 1991
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Jack Butland looking well in his Gordon Banks tribute kit.
The fact that he’s able to wear same colour shorts and socks as team-mates without it causing Armageddon would call into question the need for full GK kits
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The various different colour combinations worn by Liverpool in their first spell with adidas, 1985-96
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Luton Town made it nine of 18 possible kit combinations at the Emirates last night
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New post:
Tonight, Manchester United will wear red shorts for the first time since 1957 - and it will be the first time ever for them to wear white shirts and red shorts
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The new Chelsea shirt is like a negative image of an old Waterford GAA training top
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Another new kit combination for France tonight against Belgium, making it six from six
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A message for Fifa's kit selection people:
Please hold your nerve - this has been a fairly good WC for kits and France-Argentina in 2018 was fine with both in primary strips.
Do not go with all-navy against stripes-white-white
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Disappointing to read about the anti-Macron protests in France.
If Nike's mismatching socks in 2016 got a free pass, they shouldn't be piling on one of the smaller manufacturers.
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Another
#GAA
giveaway - the commemorative
@OfficialCorkGAA
jersey, honouring Terence MacSwiney and Tomás Mac Curtain.
To be in with a chance of winning, retweet and follow
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Leeds United's use of home shorts and socks with their away shirts at Newcastle brought to six the number of combinations they've used in the Premier League so far this season
Pleasingly:
First shirt - 1
Second shirt - 2
Third shirt - 3
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Roma, 2001-02
The INA Assitalia logo changed midway through the campaign but the old one had to remain in use for the Champions League
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The nine kit combinations worn by Nottingham Forest in 1991-92
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Today, Arsenal will wear red shorts with their home shirts for the first time since April 1978. Here's a look at other instances where they had to change from white
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Happy 1,000th game to England - can't have been many kit sets better than 1990?
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The Spice Girls wearing football kits in Shoot!, January 25, 1997. Less than two months later, Victoria would have that hoped-for meeting with David Beckham
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New post:
Today is the 90th anniversary of Arsenal wearing red shirts with white sleeves for the first time
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Post from earlier:
The story of the Republic of Ireland shirt that adidas designed in 1989 only for the FAI to veto it as they hadn’t been given prior knowledge
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Insight from Richard Keys today - I wonder if he knows that *every* MLS team wears adidas?
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On St Patrick’s Day, a look back at the article about how, in 1989, adidas tried to give Ireland their own version of the West Germany design but the FAI refused to allow it
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Today is the 29th anniversary of
@OfficialCorkGAA
winning the All-Ireland hurling and football double.
The football jerseys had two red stripes on collar, while hurling GK Ger Cunningham wore hoops with John Kerins in white.
A new book by
@adrianrussell
charts the historic feat
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How have I only now become aware of the special 120th anniversary shirt worn by Juventus against Benevento in 2017?! 😍
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Clare hurlers 1992, sponsored by Aeroflot - surely the only instance of letters from the Russian alphabet appearing on a GAA jersey
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Even discounting the various styles of black socks worn, this evening Manchester United will wear their seventh different colour combination of the season - it will be the first time ever that the club will have worn white shirts and red shorts
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Batman fans up in arms at the use of a change kit when there’s no clash, especially against such an historic rival
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Across 2004-05 and 2005-06, West Bromwich Albion wore 16 different kit combinations - all of them featuring navy, white and red. As well as demonstrating fine interchangeability, it showed that a second or third shirt can clash with the first but still be useful
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New post:
The tale behind the infamous West Germany-style Republic of Ireland shirt
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ICYM
#fantasykitfriday
earlier (requested by
@bttlpod
), we took the current season's Premier League kits and applied classic sponsors
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Post from earlier: A look at Manchester United's kits in 1994-95, when strict Uefa rules meant that, for the Champions League, the 'Umbro' seats in the representation of Old Trafford on the home shirt had to be removed
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Hopefully James Rodriguez's continued good form can lead to a revival for long-sleeved shirts
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For a couple of years in the early 2000s, the centre circle for the Champions League final had the logo in it, a nice touch but sadly dispensed with (pic thanks to
@kylepicknell
)
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PSG, Inter, Barcelona and Tottenham will all wear their new Nike third kits in the Champions League this week.
Both PSG and Inter are at home but PSG have nominated the white strip as their CL first-choice. Real Madrid will wear navy in Paris as a result
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Post from earlier:
@KittedOff
undertook a forensic analysis of the editing facilities - including shorts/socks interchangeability - in Pro Evolution Soccer 5, which was released 15 (!) years ago today
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As pointed out by
@SonOfChelsea
, Chelsea wearing navy socks from their change kit at Leeds rather than royal blue alternates.
They did so in pre-season but this will be the first time in a competitive game since they had to borrow a set from Coventry in 1993
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All of the kits worn in the 2018-19 Premier League campaign
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Tennis's US Open comes to an end this weekend, so what better excuse than to celebrate the adidas gear worn by Ivan Lendl as he won the men's singles title in 1985, 1986 and 1987
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The new Manchester United third kit has white shorts and red socks as the default but with red alternative shorts - when they are worn it'll be the first time for United to wear red shorts since the 1950s, when Matt Busby experimented with them for European games
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What the 2022-23 Arsenal first-choice kit is expected to look like
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The last two Champions League-winning teams not to have adidas or Nike kits are Liverpool in 2019 and Liverpool in 2005
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Club-produced retro shirts often lack something in authenticity so it's good to see Crystal Palace have the Bukta logo and fabric pattern and Fly Virgin on theirs
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All set for Wimbledon to begin - here's what Stefan Edberg wore as he beat Boris Becker in the 1988 final to claim his first title.
The abstract design with the stylised 'SE' was used in a couple of colourways
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Strong mid-90s vibes from new Luton change shirt but good that it’s a fresh approach and not a slavish copy
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Bump for earlier post featuring the 1992-93 Bourne Sports catalogue
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Sorry to hear of the death of Aldyr Garcia Schlee, who at the age of 19 won the competition to redesign the Brazil kit after the 1950 World Cup.
He submitted three, with the one on the left chosen (pic from )
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New post:
Arsenal will be wearing a mismatching mashup against PSV on Thursday
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Three out of two ain't bad, Shilts
Peter Shilton - the man who has worn the England shirt more than anyone else - says the colours of the English flag are red, white and blue! 🏴
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West Ham United 2015-16 home shirt v West Ham United 2020-21 home shirt
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As pointed out by
@redmenace80
, the Republic of Ireland women's U17 side are currently playing Austria and, due to Austria wearing their black change strip, Ireland are using their orange away socks for a tricolour look
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Adult shirts were recycled too - this is Castle Celtic from 1993 (pic from
@corkbilly
’s site, )
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Arsenal have won the last five FA Cup finals where they have worn red socks, including three v Chelsea.
The last time they lost the FA Cup final wearing red socks was in 1972
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Red socks on the lovely Scotland anniversary kit against Cyprus will please the traditionalists - though it was only in the 1970s that navy-white-red became the default look for the first time (h/t
@leftmidfielder
)
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Sometimes, football can throw up perfectly fitting moments
Celtic clinching the Scottish title on the anniversary of Tommy Burns' death, away to Kilmarnock, the other club for which he played and managed, was one of those
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Delighted to have teamed up with
@OnTheBallMedia_
for this poster of
@CorkCityFC
home kits 1984-2018 +
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Celtic's goalkeeper shirts, 1989-91. Yellow was first-choice but the away strip was yellow and green too, so the grey was worn when an outfield change was needed
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A curiosity with the new Arsenal retro releases is the use of navy cuffs on the long-sleeved away shirt.
In 1993-94, these only appeared on the set used for European games, with the domestic LS shirts having cuffs that matched the neck trim.
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Templates again...
(h/t
@thatsuitbloke
)
In pictures: First look at what Pope Francis will be wearing during his Irish visit
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New post:
This is Fulham's 11th league game of the season and their seventh different kit-combination
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In March 1999, Johan Cruyff’s testimonial saw Barcelona play a Cruyff selection.
The kit was tribute to the 1992 EC final. Made by Vestisport, the shirts had a v-neck, like the real Meyba ones.
Eric Cantona was a sub and had a special collared shirt - but he wore it down
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Liverpool goalkeeper today Caoimhín Kelleher wearing shorts that have the cup number font on them
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On this day ten years ago, Thierry Henry marked his Arsenal return with a goal in the FA Cup win over Leeds United.
Arsenal didn't have their own cup font at the time - a Uefa-commissioned number set was used in Europe - so PL-spec shirts were used
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Today is the anniversary of Arsenal completing two domestic doubles.
In 1971, Charlie George scored the winner in the FA Cup final; 31 years later, another number 11, Sylvain Wiltord, scored as the won the league at Old Trafford - the only double side to win the cup first
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The Nottingham Forest team that would go on to win the league title, 1977-78. Note the GKs wearing Umbro shirts and the mix of socks in the front row
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A bump for the article in Umbro’s two distinct goalkeeper shirt styles introduced in 1993 as design began to get more busy
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Footballistically forgettable but culturally influential, the 1990 World Cup began 29 years ago today and immortalised the kit in our avatar.
Relive all of the strips worn at Italia 90 here
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Delighted to have this arrive - hope all goes well for
@AlexDIreland
, who is one of the good guys
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A lot of the adidas WC kits are merely copies of old designs but the genius of the Germany away is that it calls to mind the 1990 version while being a unique design of its own
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New post:
Bathe in some kit-advertisement nostalgia from 1990-91 Shoot! magazines
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New post:
The first in what we hope will be a semi-regular feature
The Great MOJ Football Kits Quiz
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Both Westmeath (green) and Cork (white) will wear change shirts for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final.
It will be Cork's first time to wear an alternative in a hurling championship game since the 1992 All-Ireland semi-final against Down.
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Sorry, I’ve deleted the original tweet as I hate misleading people.
As pointed out to me by
@hendocfc
and
@thekitsbaia
, these are ‘Icon’ shirts available for fans to buy but will not be worn at WC22
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Tommy Fleetwood wearing a tribute to the 1993-94 Dundee United away shirt
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Twenty-six years ago today,
#lufc
were presented with the FL trophy, the last winners of old Div 1. Howard Wilkinson remains last Englishman to manage title-winners,
@leedsnews
got good value for single-year sponsorship, away kit lasted three seasons
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There's a real Romania 1998 vibe to the Swansea goalkeeper shirt
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Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio has changed his shirt at half-time in each game, from a Nike-issued short-sleeved top to a cut-off long-sleeved shirt.
Ordinarily, it wouldn't be noticeable but the pattern is curtailed on the proper short-sleeved version.
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The new Celtic change kit is based on the mid-1980s Umbro one, which they once wore in a Uefa Cup home game against Sporting
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A new series looking at kits worn once (though technically it should only be a one-part series) - first up, Roma's 1991-92 third kit
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Nice of him to reference Diadora’s spelling mistake from 2004
Dear Roy, welcome back old chap! Good luck with your first love in football!
#RoyHodgson
#ChrystalPalace
#England
#TheEagles
#SelhurstPark
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You’ll see that a 1989-91 Cork City shirt features among the ads in the article - one of my most prized possessions and I’m afraid to wear it
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All-white for France against Uruguay today - their fifth different kit combination in five games. They wore five in six games as they won Euro 2000
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Nice to see that Norway have a black GK top that matches the design of their change shirt, rare to see from a major manufacturer nowadays
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Will Joan Freeman get a boost among kit-nerds in the Irish presidential election for her decision to wear a Nigeria kit?
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