The last adidas Arsenal home kit launch
Tomorrow, July 1, sees the official launch of the new Arsenal home kit as the club return to adidas, 25 years after they last wore the three stripes. Based on… Read more »
Category: Kit history
When Blackburn Rovers revived an old kit to end a hoodoo
Thanks to Scott Sumner and Ian Herbert for their help in getting to the bottom of this We always feel that red and black works well as a Blackburn Rovers… Read more »
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 »
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 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 »
