Would you sleeve it?!
For the first time since the introduction of Premier League sleeve sponsors in 2017-18, there has been a decrease in the number of teams availing of the option, with 16… Read more »
Tag: Chelsea
Football League Classics – Division 1, 1990-91 (part 1)
The summer of 1990 was a watershed for me – Italia 90 provided me with my first sustained experience of football and, by extension, kits. The following domestic season, I… Read more »
Goalkeeping oddities
By Phil Bowers Thanks to Dave Hitchman of Aston Villa Shirts for further assistance Goalkeepers are different, so they say – sometimes, though, they have to be a little more… Read more »
Fantasy Kit Friday – Chelsea adidas 2018
Jorge Rux certainly knows how to massage our ego. His request for today’s FKF is Chelsea in adidas designs from 2018. You’ll recall that that summer’s World Cup featured a… Read more »
Umbro Premier League kits, 1992-93
We mentioned last week how Shoot! magazine had dumbed down somewhat during the 1990s. While a redesign was undertaken to coincide with the beginning of the Premier League in August… Read more »
The Reds go marching back in
Chelsea’s win over Manchester City on Thursday night confirmed Liverpool as champions of England for the first time since 1990. There can be no doubting the Reds’ superiority in this… Read more »
Midweek Mashup – Tottenham Hotspur, 1982
Last week, we looked at a Manchester United kit from 1981 which more or less matched up but which featured elements produced by three different kit manufacturers. A year later,… Read more »
Great one-offs – Chelsea, 2020
By Nik Yeomans In late December, Chelsea announced, rather quietly, that the team would wear a special one-off kit in the FA Cup third-round tie against Nottingham Forest. Part of… Read more »
Struggling to Kepa count
Last season, it took until April for Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to wear a third different kit. The Spaniard wore green for much of the campaign with orange favoured as… Read more »
Umbro’s new GK direction in 1993
As mentioned in the article looking at Umbro’s goalkeeper offerings in 1991-92 and 1992-93, the 1993 FA Cup final saw a new style premiered. Having worn the chalkstripe style during… Read more »
