Goalkeeping oddities
By Phil Bowers Thanks to Dave Hitchman of Aston Villa Shirts for further assistance Goalkeepers are different, so they say – sometimes, though, they have to be a little more… Read more »
Category: Goalkeepers
Arsenal’s array of goalkeeper kit options
like goalkeepers. In my ‘real’ job as a sports journalist (incredibly, I have to earn money elsewhere as nobody wants to pay me to draw kits), I often find them… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Scotland goalkeeper special
By Jay Mansfield In an era of endlessly regurgitated listicles, if you’re a football fan, there’s probably a chance that you’ve come across a variant of ‘football’s greatest fan chants’…. Read more »
Hibernian’s versatile kits
By David Reynolds Like most clubs these days, Hibernian have been issued with three kits for the 2019-20 season by their suppliers Macron – a very conservative green home, a… Read more »
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 »
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 »
