Lending to the Tigers

With a lot of help from Hull City Kits. Matches have been delayed for many reasons; bad weather, bad traffic, EastEnders overrunning, medical emergencies and what have you, though none are more preventable than the visiting team being inappropriately equipped and having to find a suitable last resort to wear. Your team has travelled acrossContinue reading “Lending to the Tigers”

A (Selective) Alternate History of Manchester City

It wasn’t an uncommon sight for Manchester City to wear a change of bottoms with their home shirt to alleviate some below-the-belt white-on-white action but now, they’re more likely to deviate from sky blue to prevent optional shorts clashes or just because. I will be looking at some of City’s kit variations from the 20Continue reading “A (Selective) Alternate History of Manchester City”

Fight for Your Stripes

The story of Adidas earning their Three Stripes started in 1947, after the brothers Dassler had quite an acrimonious falling out. Not only did this result in the rebranding of their existing shoe business to centre around Adolf in 1949, breakaway brother Rudolf formed his own company in 1948, today better known as Puma. OneContinue reading “Fight for Your Stripes”

York City – 1997-98

Over the last few years, it has been all the rage for manufacturers to take cues from their old designs and rehash them for the modern age. Adidas have been championing this recently and whilst some could argue the case for nostalgia, the more cynical can return with it being a lack of imagination. ArguablyContinue reading “York City – 1997-98”

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