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Future Nostalgia: Kit Launches For The Easily Impressed
Many years from now, historians and archivists will look back on 2015 and view it as the year when football kits properly crossed the line into the world of comedy. Oh it's got nothing to do with the...
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Catalogue of Eras: Great Universal - Autumn and Winter 1985/86
And so to our final dip into the mail order catalogue archives to see what bounty lay in store for the young football fan. The trouble is, the period covering the end of 1985 and the start of 1986 was...
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FA Cup Memories Book
It's the Cup Final on Saturday...yes, the Cup Final...THE Cup Final! I don't need to add the 'FA' prefix of course...Or do I? To those of a certain age, we all know what is meant by The Cup Final, but...
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Ronnie Radford: Hereford Hero
The great thing about the FA Cup is that its exalted status hasn't come about solely because of the Final. The Final is merely the the cherry on the cake, the signature on the masterpiece. The reason...
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Book Review - A History of Bradford City AFC in Objects
To begin with, I feel I must start this review with an apology. I received this book before Christmas and fully intended to write this there and then, but as with a lot of things these days, the time...
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Attic Kit Collection Book Available Again
For anyone who missed out first time round, the Attic Kit Collection Book is available again for a limited time! If you want one, I need to know by next Friday (12th June 2015).The original info for...
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Top Templates: Adidas 'diamonds' (1), 1994/95
It's usually in the run-up to the start of a new domestic season that you'll hear them - the people bemoaning their favourite team's new kit. For some lucky fans, their club will be big enough to...
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Collectables in 1980/81: Part 1
Once again it's our absolute pleasure to welcome back Greg Lansdowne who this time takes us on a sticker-packed trip down Memory Lane to the start of the 1980's. Here's Part 1, with the concluding part...
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Jon Mills: The Subbuteo Years
Many of us have personal memories of playing Subbuteo and owning various teams and accessories, but Jon Mills has turned his into a guest post that captures the spirit of those innocent times. See how...
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Collectables in 1980/81: Part 2
The second and concluding part of Greg Lansdowne's look back to the football sticker and card collecting scene at the start of the 1980's.Having launched in 1978, the Daily Star felt confident enough...
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Football on Film: Gregory's Girl
In 1981, one of the greatest films in Scottish movie history was released. Gregory's Girl was a story that could have been about any one of us; a tale of growing up, going to school, playing football...
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Welcome to The 50 Greatest Football Shirts Ever
For too long, people have poked fun at football kits that we're reliably informed are badly designed, garishly coloured or just plain ridiculous. Look around on the web and it won't be long before you...
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[50GFSE] #50 - Netherlands 1996 Home Shirt by Lotto
To kick off the 50 Greatest Football Shirts Ever, we have an example which divides opinion.We can be sure that this list will contain many shirts which have become lauded pieces of design work at least...
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[50GFSE] #49 - Hull City 2007-08 Home Shirt by Umbro
Click for larger versionSomething that this countdown will have plenty of is templates. Very few football shirts through history are unique in every element. In the modern age, panel structure, collar...
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[50GFSE] #48 - Germany 1991 Away Shirt by adidas
Click for larger versionThe style of this shirt will likely be familiar to most, albeit the colours perhaps less so. Technically the first new design the national team of the recently reunified Germany...
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[50GFSE] #47 - Pumas 2014-15 Home Shirt by Nike
Pumas, the official football team of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, have one of the most recognisable shirts in the world. The famous stylised puma face staring out, larger than life,...
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[50GFSE] #46 - France 2009-10 Home Shirt (Techfit Version) by adidas
Click for larger versionAh, Techfit. Much maligned, largely abandoned, the adidas technology started out as a feature of underwear and shifted to football shirts proper as part of the “underwear as...
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[50GFSE] #45 - Cork City 1989-91 Home Shirt by adidas
Once we had selected this particular shirt for the 50, the four main contributors agreed that we had to have Cork City fan and kit expert Denis Hurley provide a guest post, which he thankfully agreed...
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[50GFSE] #44 - Corinthians Centenary Home Shirt 2010 by Nike
Corinthians (full name Sport Club Corinthians Paulista) are one of Brazil's biggest clubs with a history stretching back to 1910, when it was founded by five railway workers. Their shirts are usually...
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[50GFSE] #43 - Norwich City 2004-06 Away Shirt by Xara
Norwich, like their small band of similarly hued compatriots Watford, Hull City and Wolves, don’t actually, to all intents and purposes, always need an away kit. Colour clashes can be few and far...
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