Saturday 26 February 2011

Subside Vault - Juventus Centenary Shirt 1997-1998



Remember this classic from the Old Lady? Never was a piece of pink polyester so cool that nearly 15 years later we still get asked for it. With two of the world best players in Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane leading the charge, this really was at the height of Serie A hype.

A club centenary needs to be celebrated; perfect powder pink tone, great numbering font and a Sony MiniDisc sponsor (who had one, or wishes they did at the time?).

This was then topped off with incredible quality embroidery - can anyone tell us the stitch count Kappa must have used for Omini logo on this shirt?? Certainly treble anything from the 10-11 season. It was a no-expense-spared homage to Juventus' heritage.

These were remade under license in 2004, but the Old Legends company has since gone into liquidation, so until Kappa buy the contract from Nike then we're unlikely to see them again.

Juventus brought out a pink/white shirt again in 2004 but it can't hold a candle to this in either quality or style. There is a new pink/black shirt for next season... but more on that when we're allowed to show it (est. July 2011)

Flamengo Football Shirt - 10-11 with Ronaldinho


Demand for the new Flamengo football shirt with Ronaldinho official kit printing proving that the former two times winner of the FIFA Player of the Year ('03 and '04) is still a hero. His former team-mate, Ronaldo, might not have been quite the success moving to Corinthians that everyone hoped but it does feel that Brazilian league football is in the ascendency again. No doubt that this is mainly due to increased salaries on offer, but all of a sudden 2014 doesn't feel that far away, does it?


Uzbekistan Football shirt released - 2011

Latest Uzbekistan football shirt design. Badged up from the Puma Europe teamwear range the shirt is not the most detailed of designs given a local pub 5-a-side team in Hannover could be wearing the same shirt...but still extremely collectable.

Friday 25 February 2011

New Vietnam football shirt - review


Brand new Vietnam shirt from Nike. Imported from Nike Asia, the design has been well received by collectors, especially the home version with yellow pinstripe. Embroidered Vietnam team crest, and most definitely not simply a teamwear shirt with a badge slapped on as is all too often the case with smaller teams.

The current squad all play locally but failed to qualify for the Asian Cup in 2011, but they did make it to the quarter-finals in 2007.