Aston Villa short-changed in the 1980s – part 2
Thanks to Dave Hitchman of Aston Villa Shirts for his assistance Before Christmas, we looked at how Aston Villa switched from claret shorts to white for the 1984-85 season. However,… Read more »
Category: Mashups
One kit, three makers
As ever, United Kits is a priceless resource With Admiral experiencing financial difficulties in the summer of 1980, Manchester United had to quickly ink a deal with adidas. In pre-season… 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 »
Season in Kits – Leeds United, 2016-17
At the beginning of 2016-2017, Leeds United launched a lovely blue away kit with yellow trim, with the yellow 2015-16 kit being demoted to third choice. Essentially, their selections mirrored… Read more »
Arsenal’s blue one-offs in Europe
While Arsenal went from 1970-1994 with just one season of deviation from yellow changes shirts, the arrival of Nike to Highbury signalled a new departure. The American firm shook things… Read more »
Season in Kits: Liverpool, 2007-08
At the time of writing, the 2007-08 season remains the last time that Liverpool played a first-team game where red shirts were worn without forming part of an all-red kit… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Germany v Argentina special
Tonight in Dortmund sees a friendly international between the two countries to have met the most in World Cup finals, Germany and Argentina (yes, we know that two of those… Read more »
Aston Villa short-changed in the 1980s – part 1
Thanks to Dave Hitchman for his help The 1980s were a period of flux for Aston Villa from a kits point of view. While the club’s first Le Coq Sportif… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Bayern Munich 2000, AC Milan 2001
While their decision to wear white at home in this season’s Champions League has drawn some ire, historically Paris Saint-Germain’s colours have been fairly fluid. Having had white primary strips… Read more »
Queens Park Rangers: the adidas years, part 1 – 1975-79
We’re indebted to Chris Guy, who runs the Retro QPR Twitter account, for his help, while this blog was of great assistance for research. Also, as so often, Simon ‘Shakey’… Read more »
