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Montserrat 2021-22 home and away kits by BOL

(26/05/21)

Montserrat's International team are now on the football shirt collectors radar after releasing a new jersey for the 2021-2022 World Cup qualifying campaign inspired by their 'Emerald Boys' nickname.Football shirts from the small Caribbean island of Montserrat are very rare and have never been produced on a mass scale, which means they are missing from...

My Match Worn Collection: Sampdoria

(25/05/21)

My Match Worn Collection: SampdoriaIt’s funny how shirt collections sprawl isn’t it? When I started I was only interested in matchworn Hull City shirts, but then when I’d amassed a fair size collection it naturally became harder to find things I didn’t have so I considered another branch to the collection and that was Sampdoria...

Umbro Shirts That Never Were - Prototype Umbro Kits

(13/05/21)

Umbro shirts that were never wornWe've managed to get a delivery of classic 80s Umbro kits that were never worn by the clubs. The shirts were overlooked for different designs but we think some of them are actaully better than the chosen designs. It got us thinking if Vintage shirt fans out there had any in their collections and if they knew of any...

The Football Stadium Photographer

(21/04/21)

Photography has always been a passion as far back as I can remember. I took my photography O-Level back in 1984 and graduated from college on a photography course a few years later. Throughout my education I always liked cameras and picked up a job selling them at Dixons which fuelled the passion even further. My early work, based around travel, was...

My Match Worn Collection: Republic of Ireland

(09/04/21)

We asked match worn Republic of Ireland shirt collector Eddie to show off his best shirts and tell us how he founded the Irish Football Museum.My not for profit Irish football museum called Irelandsoccershirts.com was founded in 2002. Currently there are 270 unique exhibits in the archive with 225 of them being Irish matchworn...

My Favourite Derby County Kits

(06/04/21)

When people think of a Derby County kits, their first thought is a white shirt and black shorts. However, the first ever shirt which dates back to 1884 was a pattern of brown, blue and yellow. They went through several different colours before choosing to don the black and white in 1897. Through the glory years of Sir Brian Clough in the 70&rsquo...

Favourite Inter Milan Kits

(22/03/21)

When you think of Inter Milan you think of both great football players and stunning soccer kits. Each shirt brings back memories of players such as Ronaldo, Baggio, Adriano, Zanetti - we could go on forever here - and the classic Serie A, Champions League and Uefa Cup games! We asked Inter fanatic and Vintage Football Shirts fan Anthony...

Away Fans In The Home End

(18/03/21)

Have you ever sat in the wrong end and tried not to celebrate a goal?When we were looking at vintage photography of Highbury Stadium we noticed an Everton fan wearing the 1992-94 Umbro away shirt in the home end. It got us thinking how many of you have sat in the wrong end and tried not to celebrate a goal? We had loads of storys on social media...

Favourite England Kits

(15/03/21)

England have had some great kits over the years and whether it be Nike, Umbro or Admiral designs, each shirt brings back memories of your favourite players, World Cup and Euro moments. We asked England fan Chris Boden to pick his favourite five soccer kits. England 1984-87 Umbro Home My first World Cup I can really recall...

2020 Pescara Special Edition Rainbow Shirt

(04/05/20)

One of Best Shirt of 2020 has Arrived (and it’s made by a six-year old!)Among all the chaos and uncertainty of the world, a glimmer of colour and pride has pierced through in the shape of a football shirt.For six weeks, the world has been turned upside down with the spread of COVID-19 sweeping through country to country paying no attention to...