Fantasy Kit Friday – Barcelona in Admiral, 1976-80
While Admiral became ubiquitous in terms of providing kits in Britain in the 1970s, they failed to extend their grasp into Europe – though we have in the past reimagined… Read more »
Tag: Barcelona
Nathan’s Top 5s – Best Mashups
Nathan Patrick takes a big interest in the administration of kit-clashes – as this excellent piece goes to show. To continue the collaboration, this is the first of a new… Read more »
Great one-offs – Barcelona third shirt, 2001-02
As we saw in a recent article, Barcelona used both red and blue change shirts for much of the 1980s. Kappa and then Nike began to use different hues such… Read more »
Barcelona’s constant 1980s change kit style
As surprising as it may seem, until the mid-1970s Barcelona had a white change shirt. It’s hard, nay impossible to imagine such a situation nowadays, when over-reaction trumps everything else,… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Barcelona, 2013
A new departure this week, and not just because power outage problems here in Ireland mean that it’s published on a Thursday, rather than a Wednesday. No, this week’s edition… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday, 28-7-17
A nice confluence of events for today’s addition to the FKF canon. Daniel Gellatley is a top-notch graphic designer – he must be if Simon Shakeshaft uses him for images relating… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday, 20-1-17
It’s hard to do a lot with stripes, so anything which manages that in a positive way tends to be remembered. We have done Barcelona before… ICYMI – today's #fantasykitfriday… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday 2016 – a look back
Hopefully, you’re aware of Fantasy Kit Friday, our weekly attempt to dress a team up in a historical style different to that which they actually wore. Tomorrow, December 30, will… Read more »
Barcelona: the Kappa years
Kappa only made the Barcelona kits for six years, but it was a very important period in the club’s sartorial history, taking it from the almost-too-stable constancy provided by local… Read more »
A better solution to the Barcelona-Atletico clash
Last week, when Barcelona met Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Nou Camp, both sides wore their change kits, as decreed by UEFA…. Read more »