Forest feeling short-changed
In his recent articles on change shorts, Jay Mansfield provided no shortage of food for thought and helped us to jog our memories somewhat. Included among his many mashup examples… Read more »
Category: Kit history
Seasons’ Meetings, no. 12 – Dundee v Rangers
Jay Mansfield is making life very easy for us at the moment. See here for his other recent pieces and here for his own blog I’ve normally written pieces for… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – Watford Umbro 1992-93
A big one today – a request from a real-life kitman, Gaz of Watford Ladies and Kings Langley. He had two Watford-based suggestions – if they had stayed with Umbro… Read more »
Baselayer Epiphany: The Arrival of The Three, part 1
Over the past few years, baselayers have become a more prominent part of the football kit. Jay from Design Football is an authority on these undershirts and what follows is… Read more »
Season in kits – Everton, 2004-05
The 2004-05 season was a memorable one for Everton as they finished fourth in the FA Barclays Premiership, earning qualification to the Champions League for the first time. As well… Read more »
Cold War Classics, no. 11 – USSR v Norway, 1985
Joey Smith of Pyro on The Pitch is back with another fine post. See here for the excellent POTP site and here for previous CWC entries Last year, via Cold… Read more »
The varying kit combinations of the Milan derby
This evening, March 17, sees the 223rd playing of the Derby della Madonnina, the clash between rivals AC Milan and Inter. Both sides wear striped shirts, of course, red and… Read more »
The history of Matchwinner, part 2A
Ray Hyland is back with the next instalment in this fine series – see part 1 here Based on the relatively good feedback of part one I decided to maybe… Read more »
Origin Stories – Arsenal’s white sleeves
For more Arsenal kit mythbusting, see The Arsenal History. For Arsenal’s mid-1960s return to plain red shirts and the re-adoption of white sleeves, see here Today marks the 86th anniversary… Read more »
Season in kits – Chelsea, 1966-67
This is the fourth and final part of Nik Yeomans’ series examining Chelsea’s kits in the mid-1960s – the others can be accessed here: 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66 The 1965-66 season… Read more »