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The Best Football Shirts Robbie Fowler Wore in His Career
Robbie Fowler, affectionately known as “God” by Liverpool fans, was one of the most lethal strikers in Premier League history, playing 589 professional games...
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The evolution of Lionel Messi’s shirts from Barcelona to Argentina
Lionel Messi’s career is the stuff of legend, but it’s not just the goals, the trophies, or the records that tell his story—it’s also the shirts he wore along...
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What to Wear to an Oasis Gig: The Best Manchester City Football Shirts
With an Oasis announced, fans are already asking: What to wear to an Oasis gig? If you’re one of the lucky ones who scored tickets, the answer is simple...
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The Best Sampdoria Shirts in Their History
Few clubs in world football boast as iconic a kit as Sampdoria. The blue with white, red, and black horizontal stripes—known as the "Blucerchiati"—has become...
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Eric Cantona career in kits
Eric Cantona, known for his charisma, swagger, and footballing genius, played 368 professional matches and scored 131 goals during his storied career. From...
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The Best Classic Bergkamp Kits He Wore in His Career
Few players have graced the football pitch with the elegance and flair of Dennis Bergkamp, who played 552 professional games, scored 201 goals, and won 20...
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4 reasons we love the 2024 Sampdoria football shirts
Sampdoria are one of the most iconic Italian football shirts. The classic blue, red and white stripes. Its iconic. Sampdoria and Macron have released their...
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4 things we love about the 2024-25 FC Nantes home shirt by Macron
The FC Nantes 2024/25 home shirt by Macron is here and we think it is one of the Ligue football shirts of the season. The yellow and green diagonal pattern...
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5 Reasons Why We Are Excited by the 2024 Werder Bremen Shirt
Hot of the heels of one of the kits of the year - the 125 anniversary shirt - Werder Bremen and hummel have done it again with another beautiful shirt. Bremen...
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Champions League final kit preview | Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund | Adidas v Puma
Spare a thought for the groundskeepers at Wembley. After the small matter of an FA Cup final and the Championship play-off final last weekend, the Champions...
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The craziest fakes football shirts in the wild today
As much as I would always encourage anyone to not buy a fake shirt though, I have to admit my fascination with the fake industry.
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The best adidas 2024 international kits | Tintin, Teamgeist and basic kits
Ahead of a fresh round of international fixtures, the German giants adidas have launched their latest collection of national team kits. It's a big year for...
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What happens to Barcelona football shirts, if the go in-house?
I'm still coming to terms with the news that Barcelona are contemplating a split with Nike. The end of NIke Barcelona football shirts For as long as I can...
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The best NWSL kits
The NWSL kits you need to know Last week we broke down the cream of the crop when it comes to MLS kits. Hot on the heels of America's premier men's league...
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The MLS kits you need to know
We rank the best 2024 MLS jerseys made by adidas with our 4 stand out shirts available this year.
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2024 Palmeiras and Puma release a shirt of the year contendor
Shirt of the year in January?! It's important not to get too carried away in life, but I'm doing exactly that for this week's Collectors Club. A new release...
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Hummel and Werder Bremen release one of the kits of the season to celebrate 125 years
In celebration of a 125-year journey through football history, Werder Bremen and hummel have introduced a distinctive “125 years of SVW” anniversary jersey.
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How to interact with football as a major brand
Football-inspired lifestyle collections exist in a curious portion of the industry. At one end of the subset you might have a high-end fashion house...
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Best kits from AFCON 2024
Just like that, matchday day 1 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (which of course is being played in 2024; in short the tournament was delayed whilst...
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England go purple for their 2024 away shirt?!
2024 England away shirt prediction A little while back we threw out some hopeful predictions for England's new kits in 2024. We discussed subliminal patterns...
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Inter x Transformers - what other football shirt franchises could we see?
Inter Milan will be rocking the iconic Transformers logo on the front of their shirts as they take on Udinese in Serie A this weekend.
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The club colours are untouchable
Bayern Munich shirt protest As Bayern Munich took to the field in their recent Champions League match vs Galatasaray, a giant banner bearing the resemblance...
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Is there a way back for Castore?
If a manufacturer league table were to exist Castore would be sitting in the relegation zone. It's been a tough start to the season for the Manchester-based...
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Predictions for England's 2024 football shirt
As England secured qualification for the Euros next year we take a guess at what we'll see in the 2024 England home shirt.
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3 football shirts brands who shone in 2023
As November greets us and 2024 beckons I'm starting to feel a little retrospective on the year past. It's hard to evaluate an entire year of shirts, given the...
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How did AC Milan react when Olivier Giroud went in goal
How did AC Milan and Puma react when Olivier Giroud went in goal for the Rossoneri against Genoa.
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The hidden details in the 2023 Southampton shirt
This collection of 2023 Southampton FC shirts by hummel are filled with easter eggs. Did you spot them?
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2023 Southampton shirt review
Are hummel stuck in the past? The release of Southampton's 2023 home shirt was more than 2 years in the making. Since the announcement of the club's return to...
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Life after betting sponsors
It finally happened. After years of debate and petitions Premier League clubs have agreed to ban front of shirt gambling sponsors. The changes will take place...
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AI football shirts - the future or a fad?
If, like me, you view most things in popular culture through the lens of football shirts you'll have been following the rise of AI with great interest. From...
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Nike punch back - 2023 Women's World Cup kits
For the best part of 20 years, Nike and adidas have been in a tier of their own in the football shirt game. Many worthy challengers such as Puma and Umbro...
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Should we believe the adidas hype? - 2023 Women's World Cup kits
I'm experiencing a major bout of déjà vu. With a World Cup on the horizon (the 2023 Women's World Cup), adidas are the talk of the town with a set of kits...
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Top 3 Marshall Islands competition entries
Of all the kit design competitions we've seen over recent years, the recent Marshall Islands competition might be the most interesting. The tiny Pacific...
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A most unnecessary rebrand from the Premier League
If you'd have told me on Monday that we were getting a new set of names and numbers for the Premier League during the week I would've been hyped. The most...
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A retro week needs to happen
Since I started writing about football shirts I've been petitioning for there to be some sort of 'throwback week' or 'retro week' for the Premier League...
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The retro well has run dry
For the past 5 years, adidas have been hard at work draining as much as they can from the retro well. The now-yearly tradition of a nostalgic lifestyle...
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How to release a special edition shirt
Borussia Dortmund and AIK have been two of the leading proponents of special edition shirts over the past 5 years or so, and for this week's Collectors Club I...
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Our 3 favourite new MLS kits
It's MLS kit season. The last couple of days in the kit world have been dominated by America's leading league. The long-term, league-wide deal with adidas...
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Why we’re excited about Meyba x Oakland Roots
Every year new technical partnerships in the world of football bring with them fresh optimism. Naturally we gravitate towards the new deals struck for teams...
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5 things we love about the 2022 SPAL kits
Any long time readers will know that we’re always keen to bring you some of the most interesting new shirts from the world that might otherwise be a bit...
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Inside the inaugural Nike FC Summit
Last week we had the privilege of linking up with Nike and a bunch of other organisations for what was dubbed the inaugural “Nike FC Summit”. The event...
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Nike Drop 18 international Kits in one day
For kit lovers across the world, this week has been a big one. Nike dropped a total of 18 jerseys from 9 countries including France, The Netherlands and England.
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Gary Neville's Football Shirt Collection
Gary Neville's shirt collection from his time with Manchester United and England will make you weep. Ronaldo. Del Piero. Maldini. Cantona. Former Manchester...
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Inter Milan won 2020-21
FSC Approved - 2020 Inter kits In what is a first for FSC Approved, I’m picking out more than one shirt to highlight in today’s piece. In fact, I’m picking...
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2020 Minneapolis City Cup Shirt
FSC Approved - 2020 Minneapolis City cup shirt Man United’s third shirt will go down as one of the kits of the season . We created a new long sleeve jersey...
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1987-88 Rangers Home Shirt
FSC Approved - 1987 Rangers home shirt. In the early 80s, Rangers were in something of a rut, but that all started to change with this glorious adidas kit.
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2021 River Plate 3rd Shirt
FSC Approved - 2021 River Plate third shirt. The 2021 River Plate third shirt bears striking resemblance to the 2000/02 away shirt on account of its black sleeves.
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A Collection of MLS Concept Designs
Over the last few weeks, the MLS and adidas have been on a blitz campaign of football shirt releases, so we thought we'd celebrate with some concept designs.
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The redcurrant Arsenal shirt is back
Since Arsenal’s return to adidas in 2019, we have been treated to a strong line of new kits, from the return of the bruised banana, to the Highbury tribute of...
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1998 Portugal Home Shirt
FSC Approved - 1998 Portugal home shirt For national team kits, colour is everything. In a world where crazy patterns are less of a factor, the right (or...
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NBA Concept Kits
The relationship between football and basketball has progressed very quickly and this concept series from Graphic UNTD shows off that link to great effect.
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2021 Philadelphia Union Away Shirt
FSC Approved – 2021 Philadelphia Union away shirt. MLS shirts are notoriously safe, but the 2021 Philadelphia Union shirt does not fall into that category.
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1992 Anderlecht Away Shirt
FSC Approved - 1992 Anderlecht away shirt The adidas equipment era was undeniably one of the brightest periods of football shirt history. In the wake of the...
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2020-21 Manchester United 3rd Shirt
In life, it’s important to reassess and evaluate your own opinions from time to time. That's what we've done with this season's Manchester United 3rd shirt.
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Football Shirts in 2020
As the final chapter of 2020 comes to a close, it’s time for us to reflect on the past 12 months in the shirt world.
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2021 Shirt Predictions
The end of any year brings with it many promises: Christmas, some time off and hopefully a football shirt-shaped present or two. It’s also the time when we...
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2020-21 Real betis 4th Shirt
Kappa have faithfully recreated the 95/96 shirt as a fourth kit for Betis in 2020, marking 25 years since the beginning of the first Kappa x Betis spell.
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2020 Fluminense 3rd Shirt
FSC Approved - 2020 Fluminense third shirt If you like football shirts, it’s important to have a global perspective. One of the great joys of the past few...
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1991-93 Bayern Munich Home Shirt
FSC Approved - 1991 Bayern Munich home shirt. Bayern Munich’s 1991 home shirt stands out as a continued classic for collectors, thanks to it's EQT shoulder stripes.
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Blackout Kits: What next?
Blackout kits and the future of anniversary shirts Last week, Borussia Mönchengladbach joined an exclusive list of clubs who have created a special ‘blackout’...
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