Nothing like an Irish welcome – twice
For more on the kit-happenings of Ireland’s qualifying campaign for the 1994 World Cup, see this fine article At club level, you’ll occasionally hear of hitches with kits, usually sorted… Read more »
Month: December 2018
Fantasy Kit Friday – West Ham 1993 and Liverpool 2017
It’s the last Friday of the year and so we’re trying to catch up on some of the FKF backlog we’ve allowed to build up. Shamefully, one of the requests… Read more »
Premier League kit-tracker – gameweeks 18 and 19
It’s the Busy Festive Period™, with the games coming, yes, thick and fast. Gameweek 18 Friday, December 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Liverpool 2 Saturday, December 22 Arsenal 3 Burnley 1… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Arsenal, 2018
We hope you enjoyed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and are looking forward to some Boxing Day football. For Arsenal, it’s a trip to the American Express Community Stadium to… Read more »
Season in kits – Lazio, 1982-83
This article first appeared on RB Jerseys, well worth a look if you’re looking for a vintage football shirt In the summer of 1982, Lazio needed a shot in the… Read more »
Dortmund pay tribute to Ruhr mining community
Thanks to Kieran Holden for making us aware of the rare goalkeeper shirt Borussia Dortmund will spend Christmas on top of the Bundesliga, six points clear of Bayern Munich. There… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – Cork City Umbro, 1995
You may or may not be aware that we’ve established a tradition whereby the last FKF before Christmas is a personal choice, coming up with Cork City strips – aided,… Read more »
When Donegal had to borrow Roscommon’s jerseys
There have been far too many instances of Gaelic football or hurling matches where colour-clashes have been ignored. On the very evening that we write this piece, this game took… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Olympique de Marseille, 1992
Our previous look at a Marseille mashup was from a 2007 game at Strasbourg and this instance features the same opposition. The 1992-93 season saw l’OM claim both the domestic league… Read more »
Brian Little’s hoopy days at Darlington
Thanks to Craig Stoddart of The Northern Echo for his help on this The summer of 1989 saw Darlington out of the Football League for the first time since the… Read more »