The strange case of Liverpool’s 1988-90 third shirt
For Liverpool shirt collectors, it’s likely that the late 1980s white emergency third shirt is near the top of their most-wanted list. Indeed, some may have seen our One-offs series… Read more »
Category: Rarities and Oddities
White Bull Leipzig?
Thanks to Richard Aspden and Matheus Marques for their assistance Wednesday night (February 19) saw Tottenham Hotspur take on RB Leipzig in their Champions League last-16 first-leg clash in London,… Read more »
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 »
AC Milan celebrate with special-edition kit
Last Friday, December 13, marked the 120th anniversary of AC Milan’s foundation and Sunday’s home game against Sassuolo was used to mark the occasion. For the game – a scoreless… Read more »
A Roman oddity
Thanks to Pete Doyle of the AS Roma Matchworn Twitter account for all of his help We recently looked at the kits worn by Napoli in the 1990-91 season and… Read more »
Turkish delights
The adidas Equipment era of the early 1990s was characterised by exuberant three-stripe branding but one exception was Turkey. While their 1992 kits featured the new fabric pattern and v-neck… Read more »
Monaco’s eight-year kit design
It sounds like a trick question, and of course it is – when did a club follow a kit that lasted six years with one that lasted for eight years?… Read more »
BRexit
A two-off today rather than another instalment in our series on kits that only ever had one outing. Blackburn Rovers had a slightly new home kit for 2003-04, in that… Read more »
Bayer Leverkusen revive a recent tradition
To mark the club’s return to the Champions League, the new Bayer Leverkusen home kit for 2018-19 is red. According to the Werkself (‘Factory Eleven’) online store: The new home… Read more »
Five rings, three stripes – Brazil in adidas at the Olympics
The idea of Brazil wearing adidas isn’t completely crazy – they wore the German firm’s kits in the late 1970s and Pyro On The Pitch takes an in-depth look at… Read more »
