Great one-offs – Steaua Bucharest, 1986
See here for more Romanian content Steaua Bucharest have appeared in two European Cup finals, with both being among the six where the two teams involved have changed kits. When… Read more »
Category: One-offs
Great one-offs – Hamburg, Schalke and Stuttgart, 1992
Technically, all 18 Bundesliga clubs wore one-off kits on the weekend of December 18, 1992. Following the racially motivated Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots the previous August, it was decided that teams would eschew… Read more »
Great one-offs – Wales, 2017
Thanks to two great Welsh kit aficionados, Jon Jones for the suggestion and Simon Shakeshaft for further information Most of the examples in this series date from beyond the recent… Read more »
Great one-offs – Ajax, 1982
Thanks once again to Dirk Maas for his assistance A real oddity this one – a change shirt worn when the team had two other alternatives, as well as an… Read more »
Great one-offs – Newcastle United, 1999 and 2007
Let’s be clear from the outset – it is possible for a team wearing striped shirts to have an alternative strip in one of the stripe colours. On the occasions… Read more »
Great one-offs – Cork City and Dundalk, 1990
For a more recent strange kit situation involving Cork City and Dundalk, see here A record that can’t be broken, only equalled: a set of shirts worn once, by two… Read more »
Great one-offs – Netherlands, 1997
Thanks to our new Dutch correspondent Dirk Maas for info – more Netherlands content soon We can still recall our surprise upon turning on BBC Wales (the closest region to… Read more »
Great one-offs – Tottenham Hotspur, 2002
This article is about a Spurs one-off against Blackburn in the league cup in 2002; Blackburn had done likewise against Spurs in 1993 It seems quaint now to think that… Read more »
Great one-offs – Republic of Ireland, 1987
The Republic of Ireland’s international friendly against Israel on November 10, 1987 wasn’t shown on television. That evening, national broadcaster RTÉ 1 broadcast A Growing Obsession, the first in a… Read more »
Cork City to wear blue shirts for charity
The cry ‘Come on you boys in blue’ isn’t heard at Turner’s Cross too often, but that may change this Friday as Cork City take to the field in special… Read more »
