Fantasy Kit Friday, 6-1-17
Going by the first edition of Fantasy Kit Friday for 2017, you might think that there’s some alphabetical theme, but such levels of thought didn’t go into it, trust us…. Read more »
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Midweek Mashup – Celtic, 1970
Don’t worry – Fantasy Kit Friday isn’t going anywhere, this is a new weekly series to complement it. We’ve taken the ‘mashup’ term from our friends at Hull City Kits –… Read more »
Problems at Southampton for Liverpool’s 1993-96 third kit
On the newest instalment of the Design Football podcast, presenter Jay and his guest, John Devlin from True Colours, discuss the new Southampton third kit which was worn at Bournemouth. It’s something… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday 2016 – a look back
Hopefully, you’re aware of Fantasy Kit Friday, our weekly attempt to dress a team up in a historical style different to that which they actually wore. Tomorrow, December 30, will… Read more »
Liverpool v Aston Villa, 1993 – an impromptu referee kit-change
When the Premier League began in 1992, one of the notable new initiatives was the change to referees’ kits. Whereas black had been used by officials for as long as… Read more »
The evolution of adidas goalkeeper shirt designs – Part 5
The usual refresher course – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Incredibly, adidas produced nine different designs for the countries it supplied at the 1990 World Cup in… Read more »
Things aren’t always black and white
Like most teams nowadays, Udinese have three shirts. Well, technically it’s five if they had enough goalkeeper tops to hand to outfit a full team (something suggested four years ago… Read more »
On-Screen Kit Inaccuracies, Part 3 – A Shot at Glory
Thanks to Nicky MacCrimmon for suggesting this as the next instalment in the series. Here for Parts 1 and 2. One of the problems in making films about top-level sport… Read more »
Were they doing it for Adare?
Recently, we brought news of how the decision on a new Limerick county GAA jersey had been put in the hands of the public: Choose your 2017 #LimerickGAA Jersey pic.twitter.com/UdgAwlSxQE… Read more »
Away kits at home in the Premier League era
It should be easy, solving kit-clashes, but as our post on the League of Ireland showed, it isn’t always the case. In that regard, it’s surely a success of sorts… Read more »
