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Those familiar with Roy of The Rovers will recognise the cover art – the distinctive style of Barrie Mitchell appeared in the main Roy strip for the last few years of the weekly comic while he also illustrated the story of teenage phenom Andy Steele in Playmaker.
Given that Italia 90 is often seen as a year-zero in terms of football culture before things really exploded with the advent of the Premier League two years later, it’s not surprising that the offerings are relatively sparse, though the Scotland leisure tops were definitely ahead of their time.
Also worth noting that the Argentina and USSR are the not the ones that appeared at the World Cup – the Soviet one never appeared on the pitch, though the Cork City lookalike version did.