Like any master criminal, Matthew Lysaght lures you in with an initial charm.
Last August, when the Fantasy Kit Friday offering was a mix of the Denmark 1986 style and England, he asked for a Republic of Ireland variation.
#fantasykitfriday bonus, request of @matthewlysaght – Republic of Ireland in the Danish Dynamite style pic.twitter.com/UH4kCfhLYM
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) August 5, 2016
Then, in October, he pushed the boat out further and asked for Ireland in the style of Norwich City, 1989-92:
#fantasykitfriday, requested by @MatthewLysaght – an alternate universe where Ireland wore Asics at Italia 90. Sacrilege? pic.twitter.com/871hjFxfCu
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) October 7, 2016
He was emboldened by now, and we were powerless to say no.
Just so we're clear, today's #fantasykitfriday was requested by @MatthewLysaght – Milan wearing Southampton's 93-95 Pony look. Sacrilege? pic.twitter.com/f97c3D50wq
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) March 3, 2017
A weeks later, we had this exchange:
Oh Jesus
— Museum of Jerseys (@museumofjerseys) March 16, 2017
As you can see, that was more than two months ago. Ostensibly, the reason for the wait was because the pattern took so long to draw, but really it took that long to find a bottle of whiskey strong enough to help forget the trauma of doing it.
This was the 1993-94 UEFA Cup tie in question, and Bayern had already kind of answered the question as to what the Norwich kit would look like in their design.
While they would experiment with the colour ratio of their kits in the 1990s, we doubt that they they’d ever have swapped adidas for Ribero, but then it is Fantasy Kit Friday, rather than Kits That Might Have Actually Happened Friday.