Tony Adams wore number 5 on his Arsenal debut in 1983 and it wasn’t until April of 1986 that he started what would become an...
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By Les Motherby As the clock tick-tocks towards the end of the 72-year partnership between adidas and the German national team, the brand with the...
In My Life in Football: Goals, Glory and the Lessons I’ve Learnt, Robbie Fowler makes some useful mentions regarding shirt numbers. Early on in his...
In a previous article, we looked at how Jürgen Klinsmann had, during his time in charge of the Germany national team, succesfully pushed for red...
On Thursday night, Marcus Rashford could play his first Champions League game for Manchester United in almost three years as they face Sabah. If the...
Last week, Jim Hearson eulogised the Ghana white shirt, while lamenting the fact that it had yet to be seen at the 2026 World Cup....
Recently, we shared a 1983-84 adidas Bundesliga catalogue with our Patreon subscribers. Back then, 12 of 18 teams in the West Germany top flight wore...
Suddenly, it was Michael Thomas bursting through. The bounce fell his way. He flicks it wide of Grobbelaar and we have the dramatic finish, maybe...
By Jay from Marceltipool I sometimes wonder about what really is ‘the worst-kept secret’, as the label is applied so readily. Despite this, the newly...
Fixed numbering was first introduced for the World Cup in 1954. The edition previous to that, in Brazil in 1950, was the first to have...