International Classics – Spain, 1993
More Spain-Albania stuff here It’s unlikely that anybody knew it at the time, but a trip to Tirana in September 1993 proved to be the end of an era in… Read more »
Month: July 2019
Fantasy Kit Friday – Yugoslavia in 2018
As with the Portsmouth FKF of a few weeks ago, today’s instalment is also based on two requests for the same team and, coincidentally, the colour-scheme is the same. This… Read more »
Watford mix things up again
This is the new Watford home shirt for 2019-20. It bears some similarities with the Juventus offering, though the fact that both sleeves are yellow means there are no baselayer… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – Luton in Umbro
One of our favourite articles to write was the one looking at Luton Town’s tenure with Umbro from 1989-92 – click below if you haven’t visited or want to refresh:… Read more »
Arsenal’s bruising re-encounter
Yesterday saw the launch of the new Arsenal change kit for 2019-20. Unsurprisingly, it is yellow and navy, the colour-scheme used by adidas for their four away strips in their… Read more »
I want candystripes
As we mentioned in the recent series on how adidas have sought to differentiate their blue kits in the English leagues, they have provided strips for quite a few clubs… Read more »
The story of the blues, part 2
Last season, we looked at how adidas differentiated the four clubs in the English league system for whom it provided kit – Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Ipswich Town and Leicester… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – staying with Umbro
It’s always interesting to wonder what might have transpired if a team stayed an extra year with a manufacturer or switched a year earlier than they did. Dan Barker had… Read more »
Umbro’s new GK direction in 1993
As mentioned in the article looking at Umbro’s goalkeeper offerings in 1991-92 and 1992-93, the 1993 FA Cup final saw a new style premiered. Having worn the chalkstripe style during… Read more »
