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Pele by Ahmed Mounir
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Brand new J-League kits by Nike, for Sanfrecce Hiroshima (the ones with purple), Urawa Red Diamonds (plain ones in red, white, and green), and...
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The new Brazil away kit is a piece of retro goodness. Pretty bland, actually, but you can notice a little triangle near the collar and you can’t...
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Terrific new third kit for Club America. See, United, this is how a chevron is done. I love the colour shades as the diamonds overlap as well.
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If Marlboro sponsored AS Monaco
This is a re-visit of a design I did in 2009, Its one which I have been looking to update for a while (it also...
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Collection of Football shirts
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Shirt of the day: DC United, (Adidas), 2004/5, Freddy Adu
One for Football Manger and DC United fans
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Un joven Maradona celebra un gol con Boca / A young Maradona celebrates a goal with Boca (via daleconcomba)
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Marco Van Basten volley vs. USSR
Euro2012 Countdown: Holland, Adidas, 1988 - the faded arrow
The greatest football shirt of all time? The greatest goal of all time?
The late 80’s was the golden age for the football shirt. Adidas, worried about the challenge of hummel who were innovating in kit design for; Denmark, Sweden and Norway, introduced this timeless classic for Holland. The faded arrow.
Holland, Adidas, 1988
Euro 88 was the Netherlands first and only major title and some say it was down to the faded arrow. Marco Van Basten clearly liked the shirt, finishing the tournament as top goal scorer with 5 goals, including the above “greatest goal of all time” against USSR.
This was made even more impressive as goals were at a premium in Euro 88. The next highest goal scorers to Van Basten, Oleh Protasov and Rudi Völler, only scored 2 goals a piece.
So Marco Van Basten for the “greatest goal of all time” and Adidas for the “greatest football shirt of all time” - we at the Football Shirt Collective salute you.
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