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[50GFSE] #26 - Internazionale 2010-11 Home Shirt by Nike
Kit design is as cyclical as mainstream fashion, if perhaps on a somewhat longer cycle. In recent years, this cycle seems to be ever decreasing with clubs having moved from releasing a new kit every...
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[50GFSE] #25 - Scotland 1988-91 Home Shirt by Umbro
Click for larger versionFor me this beautiful shirt is one of the best Scotland jerseys of all time and was a massive departure from the designs that preceded it.The shirt appeared on the cusp of the...
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[50GFSE] #24 - Crystal Palace 1972-73 Home Shirt by Admiral
I spoke once to a Charlton supporter who at the end of a mocking of their arch-rivals Crystal Palace concluded with ‘and they don’t even know what their home colours are!’I'm not one to get involved...
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[50GFSE] #23 - 1860 Munich 2012-13 'Oktoberfest' Shirt by Uhlsport
I am a sucker for limited edition shirts. Release a shirt with a crazy design, celebrating X number of years since your club first played on a Sunday or the anniversary of when they wore purple that...
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[50GFSE] #22 - Dundee United 1984-87 Home Shirt by adidas
As is clearly evident by a quick scan through our the preceding entries in our 50 Greatest Football Shirts Ever series, adidas were enjoying a golden era during the 1980s and seemingly could do no...
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[50GFSE] #21 - Universitario 2013 88th Anniversary Shirt by Umbro
And so we come to another limited edition shirt on this list (yet again nominated by me), though this one encountered very little resistance due to its staggering beauty.Released to celebrate Peruvian...
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[50GFSE] #20 - Olympique Lyonnais 2010-11 Away Shirt by adidas
As with the previously mentioned Marseille shirt, this was from the period where adidas were providing French teams with what some regard as strikingly unique and extravagant designs and other, less...
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[50GFSE] #19 - Argentina 1986 Home Shirt by Le Coq Sportif
Just after the 1986 World Cup had finished, I purchased my first ever Shoot! magazine with a World Cup review in it. On the front cover was Maradona cradling the World Cup trophy, wearing the gorgeous...
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[50GFSE] #18 - Aberdeen 1976-79 Home Shirt by Admiral
You know, the more I study football kit history the more I appreciate just how big and far-reaching the effects of the Admiral mid-70's kit revolution were. The kit they produced for Aberdeen back...
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[50GFSE] #17 - Celtic 2012/13 125th Anniversary Third Shirt by Nike
There are many ways to commemorate an anniversary with shirts; some good, some bad. Celtic's last major anniversary was their centenary in the 1987/88 season, which they celebrated in the typical...
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[50GFSE] #16 - Ipswich Town 1982-84 Home Shirt by adidas
Earlier in this series we saw how adidas’ instigation of pinstripes in 1980 kick-started a continental influence on kit design. A year later the fashion finally made it to the UK with one of the best...
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[50GFSE] #15 - Hull City 1992-93 Home Shirt by Matchwinner
It's fair to say we all had a soft spot for this oft-criticised shirt, but to give it the proper tribute it deserved, we thought we'd hand over the writing duties to Hull City kit expert Les Motherby....
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[50GFSE] #14 - Italy 2000-01 Home Shirt by Kappa
When a football kit manufacturer decides to rip up the rule book and completely reinvent what's gone before, it has several options to help it achieve its objectives. It can add an eye-catching motif...
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[50GFSE] #13 - Manchester United 1992-94 Third Shirt by Umbro
We should never let the truth get in the way of a good story, and boy is the background to Manchester United's 1992-94 Third shirt a good story. If you're sitting comfortably, then I shall...
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[50GFSE] #12 - Boca Juniors 1981 Home Shirt by adidas
I must confess to not being much of an expert on South American domestic club kits. I guess the relatively low profile many of the sides have in Britain (or certainly had during my kit awakening in the...
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[50GFSE] #11 - Wales 1976-80 Home Shirt by Admiral
It's time once again for us to welcome a guest writer into the 50GFSE fold, namely Simon Shakeshaft - Welsh football fan and an esteemed authority on the many and varied shirts worn by the national...
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[50GFSE] #10 - England 1980-83 Home Shirt by Admiral
There's no written rule that says football shirts have to reflect the fashion trends of the era in which they're born, and yet many do. Think of the football shirts of the 1960's: basic, functional,...
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Retro Rewind - 'So Near, So Far: The 1991/92 Manchester United Season Review'...
Once again, ladies and gents, you're in for a treat as we welcome back Dave Burin to give you a review of a VHS tape aimed mainly at nostalgic Man United fans..."What a goal from Clayton Blackmore. He...
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[50GFSE] #9 - Africa Unity 2010-11 Third Shirt by Puma
Click for larger versionThis is one of those shirts that frequently finds itself on those lazy 'worst football kits' lists that get trotted out by the papers every season when one club or another...
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[50GFSE] #8 - Newcastle United 1995-97 Home Shirt by adidas
It’s not uncommon to associate certain football shirts with a winning period in a team’s history – Argentina in 1986 or Manchester United in 1993, for instance – but association with a particular...
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