The evolution of adidas goalkeeper shirt designs – Part 12
To catch up on previous instalments – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 The… Read more »
Category: Goalkeepers
Struggling to Kepa count
Last season, it took until April for Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to wear a third different kit. The Spaniard wore green for much of the campaign with orange favoured as… 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 »
Keeping track of Cork’s changes
As we saw in the recent article about Dublin’s kits, in Gaelic games the suitability of goalkeeper jerseys can sometimes be an afterthought. Therefore, it’s not a complete surprise that,… Read more »
Manuel Neuer’s having fünf
Thanks to Martyn Ping, Christian Bracksiek and Daniel Kinder on the Facebook group Football Kits The World Over for providing information Nowadays, most goalkeepers will wear three kits in a… Read more »
A unique three and in for Monaco
Obviously, you may be aware that we have a fondness for adidas goalkeeper shirts. Part 11 will follow soon and this can be considered a spin-off of the series. Thanks… Read more »
Triangles and stripes – Umbro’s goalkeeper offerings 1991-93
Further reading: as always, The Glove Bag has been an invaluable resource, while we’ve basically taken the ball from Seb Patrick and run with it. The intention was to write… Read more »
The evolution of adidas goalkeeper shirts – Part 10
See previous modules, and other goalkeeping articles, here. We did say in the last entry in this series, Part 9 back in December, we did say that this edition would… Read more »
Liverpool blue and Everton red?
As we said in the piece looking at the seasons where Arsenal had four goalkeeper shirts, netminders have too many options nowadays. Three options per team is standard, usually in… Read more »
The evolution of adidas goalkeeper shirts – Part 9
You’re forgiven if you had feared that this series had become our great unfinished symphony, given that the last instalment, Part 8, was back in July. There were various different… Read more »
