Retro Football Shirts

Betis as we know it is the result of a merger in late 1914 between Sevilla Balompié and Betis FC. Having obtained the royal patronage from King Alfonso XIII a few months earlier gave rise to the iconic name Real Betis Balompié, resulting in...

The Ligue 1 success enjoyed by Nantes in 1980 was the climax of an extended run as France’s dominant club. The Bretons had been champions in 1977 and after two successive seasons occupying the runners-up spot, the return of the trophy to the northwest...

Swiss businessman Hans Kamper (later Joan Gamper) arrived in Barcelona in 1898 en route to Africa with his uncle and so fell in love with the city that he stayed for good. In October of the following year, he placed an announcement in a...

António Oliveira and his Portugal stars took early control of their Euro '96 qualifying group and never looked back. During the 1995 calender year group minnows like Latvia and Liechtenstein were easily dispatched thanks to the considerable firepower players like Figo, Rui Costa, Domingos,...

The 1939-40 season brought a first-ever Spanish title for Atlético Madrid, then playing under the name of Athletic Aviación. This success was welcome, if unexpected, coming just a year after the team had been involved in a play-off to avoid relegation. The 16 goals...

A historic season for a unique shirt. After narrowly missing out the previous year when the dreams of promotion ended in the play-offs, the grigiorossi achieved their goal of securing a return to the Serie A after 54 years. Finishing in 3rd place in...

A number ten, a playmaker, an unerring finisher, a devastating set-piece taker, a physical powerhouse, endlessly brave, a leader of men, an inspiration, an otherworldly talent. Quite simply Diego Armando Maradona was all of these things and one of the few footballers in history...

Good work at Udinese gave Giuseppe Bigogno an opportunity to coach Internazionale's star-studded squad for the 1958-59 season and he took them to a respectable third-placed finish. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the brilliant attacking play in which new-arrival Eddie Firmani scored...

As the 1970s got underway FC Porto was a club ready to burst out of the shadows of the Lisbon giants. But under new coach Paulo Amaral the 1971-72 season didn’t bring that hoped for step forward: Porto finished back in 5th position and...

The 1999-00 season saw Ipswich finally return to the Premiership, the level they considered their natural domain. George Burley’s side was involved near the top end of the table all season, but by the end of the campaign fell agonisingly two points adrift of...

The first half of the 1970s was hardly memorable for the Colombian national team, but there were moments of interest outside the failed World Cup qualification campaigns. A team led by the attacking flair of Ernesto Diaz and Willington Ortiz participated in the 1972...

Austria arrived at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with a talented and experienced side, hoping to build on a strong qualification campaign and make an impression on the biggest stage. Drawn into a difficult group alongside hosts Italy, Czechoslovakia, and the United States,...

With a promising team built around the core of Real Madrid´s dazzling club side, Spain had enjoyed a promising World Cup campaign in 1986, and coach Miguel Munoz was duly retained for the next European Championship tournament two years later. Qualification from a group...

Only promoted to the Premier League via the play-offs the previous season, George Burley’s Ipswich Town side proved to be the shock revelations of the 2000-01 season. An attacking and fluid team featuring solid professionals like Matt Holland, Richard Wright, Herman Hreidarsson, Jim Magilton...

Peñarol dominated their country's Primera División for much of the 1990s and in 1997 they secured a fifth title win in succession. A team that featured much decorated veterans Pablo Bengoechea and Carlos Aguilera won neither the Apertura or the Clausura championships, but stepped...

With manager Steve Perryman leaving the club on the eve of the 1990-91 season, his assistant Phil Holder stepped up to take charge and went on to enjoy a season of fine promise. This was a team built around the defensive rock that was...

Basking in the afterglow of winning a first-ever major honour the previous season, Bastia’s Coupe de France success qualified them for the 1981-82 Cup Winners Cup campaign. With a team featuring club legends Claude Papi and Charles Orlanducci - the Lion of Vescovato -...

The mid-1990s were a challenging period for Watford as the club struggled to regain its place in the top division, a position it had enjoyed so much in the previous decade. Seasons under managers Steve Perryman and Glenn Roeder typically ended in the lower...

The Polish coach Aleksander Mandziara was the man responsible for returning Young Boys Berne to the pinnacle of the Swiss game during the 1985-86 season with a first title win in 26 years . The arrival of midfielder Robert Prytz midway through the season...

A season of highs and lows for the Portuguese giants. Domestically the Primeira Liga was lost to Benfica by a narrow 3 point margin despite the ever-reliable scoring contribution of joint League top scorer Fernando Gomes. The prolific striker also netted in the Taça...

Curiously the toughest fixture of the club's 1959 Cup run was against semi-professional Tooting & Mitcham United what was the weakest team they faced. Forest progressed through the competition eliminating Grimsby Town, Birmingham City after two replays, Bolton Wanderers then Aston Villa in the...

Throughout his lengthy career, Brazilian legend Pelé dazzled and inspired wherever he played around the globe for Santos, New York Cosmos, or Brazil. For many starstruck opponents, the most memorable moment of their careers was sharing a pitch with the great man, and for...

The 1958/59 season saw Real Betis finally return to the La Liga after many years drifting between the second and third tiers. Fears that competition at this level might be too fierce for los verdiblancos were never realised as the well-drilled side crafted by...

Champions of the world, champions of Europe, and always the most formidable of opponents thanks to the sheer quality and quantity of top-class talent being created - the 1970s was a wonderful decade for West Germany. The national teams that won the 1972 European...

The summer of 1987 felt like a new beginning in Stuttgart. After years of doubt, coach Arie Haan brought a breath of fresh air to the Neckarstadion and created a real sense of optimism both on and off the field. Led by captain Fritz...

FC Porto started the 1986-87 season with a target of completing a domestic hat-trick of League titles, though few supporters would ultimately care that this ambition would not be realised. This was a season in which domestic events were dwarfed by Porto’s miraculous ascent...

A number ten, a playmaker, an unerring finisher, a devastating set-piece taker, a physical powerhouse, endlessly brave, a leader of men, an inspiration, an otherworldly talent. Quite simply Diego Armando Maradona was all of these things and one of the few footballers in history...

António Oliveira and his Portugal stars took early control of their Euro 96 qualifying group and never looked back. During the 1995 calendar year, group minnows like Latvia and Liechtenstein were comfortably beaten thanks to the attacking quality of players such as Figo, Rui...

Trying to achieve what would be a first World Cup qualification since 1974 and just a second overall, Australia's pursuit of a place at the 1994 tournament in the United States would end in play-off disappointment - just as was the case with so...

Dick Advocaat led the Dutch into the 1994 World Cup for what would be the first of his three spells in charge of the national team. A new and exciting side was emerging with a thrilling attack led by Dennis Bergkamp who had burst...