Back to black (shorts) for Manchester United in Champions League
We accept that there are bigger concerns at Manchester United now than their kits, but, as we mentioned in this piece, this week was one we were waiting for: However,… Read more »
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The halves and the halve-nots – Blackburn’s varying numbering styles, 1992-94
With any shirt design which features equal amounts of a light colour and a dark one, the makers have to be careful when considering how to present the sponsor’s logo…. Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – Real Madrid in adidas Equipment, early 90s
While they are now almost inextricably linked with adidas and were also partners with the German firm in the 1980s, Real Madrid also had link-ups with Hummel and Kelme before… Read more »
Premier League Classics – Portsmouth’s blue home and blue away, 2003-04
Having amassed 98 points in winning the Football League Championship in 2002-03, Portsmouth were back in the top flight for the first time since 1987-88, which in turn was the… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Hamburg opponents special
Something different today, with four kits which ostensibly don’t have anything in common but all of which are bound by the fact that they were worn as a result of… Read more »
Premier League kit-tracker – Gameweek 6
Saturday, September 22 Fulham 1 Watford 1 Having played four of their first five games at home, Watford were short of opportunities to ‘do a Watford’ – wear their away… Read more »
Premier League Classics – Middlesbrough, 2000-01
While Manchester United were the go-to for general criticism about excessive kit releases in the 1990s, they weren’t the first club to switch to a one-year cycle for home kits…. Read more »
How Arsenal’s return to white sleeves inadvertently led to the creation of an FA Cup kit
As with all Arsenal content here, the primary source is the inestimable The Arsenal Shirt, by Simon Shakeshaft and James Elkin The 1960s were something of a lost decade for… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – Admiral England third shirts
While the mention of England third kits generally call to mind the sky-blue Umbro shirts of the late 1980s and early 90s, the concept goes back more than a decade… Read more »
Another Rangers variation? You can bet on it
We hadn’t planned to write articles in the wake of every European away game played by Rangers this season… When we wrote those words in this article, we did mean… Read more »
