Retro Football Shirts

The previous season had brought a historical best 6th placed finish in the Premiership, but Wimbledon maintained their high standards during the 1994-95 season too and managed a highly respectable 9th place. Joe Kinnear’s side achieved this despite the expensive sale of defender John...

Benfica virtually defined the European Cup during the 1960s and when their fine team overcame the Italian champions Juventus in the semi-finals of the 1967-68 campaign, this meant a fifth European Cup Final appearance of the decade for the Lisbon giants. Their opponents at...

Having lifted the UEFA Cup the previous season, FC Porto entered the 2003-04 campaign ready to test themselves against Europe’s elite. Under José Mourinho, a disciplined and fiercely determined side progressed through a demanding Champions League campaign, with players such as Deco, Maniche, Ricardo...

Serbian coach Milorad Pavic was appointed as manager of Benfica this season following an impressive spell in Bilbao, and he promptly delivered the club a 21st Portuguese title. With much the same squad as the previous season, Benfica were propelled to this championship success...

That Spain even qualified for the 1984 European Championships was akin to a miracle. Needing to defeat Malta by an eleven-goal margin in their final group fixture to top their qualifying group, the Spanish incredibly won 12-1. When in France at the tournament proper,...

After a run of mid-table finishes Bernd Krauss led his Mönchengladbach side to a successful 1994-95 campaign which brought a fifth-placed Bundesliga finish and the club's third DFB-Pokal success. The latter rounds took die Fohlen past Mainz 05, Schalke 04 and Kaiserslautern and on...

Having enjoyed a series of strong seasons the 1996-97 campaign proved a more challenging one for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Swedish striker Martin Dahlin left for Roma and his absence was felt in the early months of the season as the team fell into the relegation...

Two relegations in the early 1970s took Watford back to the fourth tier of the English game for the first time since 1960. Under manager Mike Keen the club briefly bottomed out and sat last in the entire Football League, but the 1976 -...

American soccer was enjoying a very high profile in 1976 thanks to the success of the North American Soccer League, but that success had not extended as far as the US national team. Former 1960s international Walt Chyzowych had the role of Director of...

Having endured a disappointing campaign by Milan's high standards the previous year, the 1995-96 season was an opportunity to bounce back and end Fabio Capello's spell as coach on a high note. The defence tightened up and the arrival of George Weah and Roberto...

The 1980s was a strong time for the FC St.Gallen 1879. Under its influential coach Helmuth Johannsen, the 1983-84 season brought European football for only the second time in the club's history. The goals of attacking trio Martin Gisinger, Paul Friberg and Manfred Braschler...

As the 1950s drew to an end the Dutch national side was under the management of Romanian Elek Schwartz and enjoying varying fortunes. The calendar year of 1959 brought a heavy defeat in West Germany, but also crushing home wins over Belgium and Norway....

With no previous club management experience, Udo Lattek took charge of Bayern in 1970 and celebrated the first of six Bundesliga titles he would win in Munich at the end of the 1971-72 season. To a team built around the backbone of Maier, Beckenbauer...

Internazionale's star-studded squad was strengthened yet further for the 1997-98 season with the addition of Ronaldo, Diego Simeone, Alvaro Recoba and Paulo Sousa. The new squad settled well and remained unbeaten in their first dozen games before ultimately finishing a close second in the...

Club Brugge accumulated Belgian titles with ease during the 1970s, winning five of them between 1973 and 1980. The following decade proved challenging for the club to recapture former glories. The title was lost on goal difference in 1986, but it was clear that...

In what would be the last season in charge of the long-serving Hungarian coach Péter Pázmándy, Servette had to be content with a runners-up finish in the Swiss League along with qualification for the following season’s UEFA Cup. The Geneva side finished three points...

The 1976-77 season was one of firsts for Real Betis as the club won its first-ever Copa del Rey title and qualified for Europe for the first time as a result. Español was dispatched in the semi-final to set up a final encounter for...

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...

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...

The 1998 - 99 season was a landmark one in the history of FC Lorient as the Brittany club kicked off its first-ever Ligue 1 campaign. The architect of the club's rise was coach Christian Gourcuff who managed the club for a quarter of...

One of Europe's great clubs during the 1960s, even today Dukla Prague remains something of a cult icon because of the famously distinctive shirt they sported during their glory days. And what glory days they were. Winners of five Czechoslovakian titles and four domestic...

This particular 1990 retro shirt was not in use for long. Players wore it only occasionally and in a limited number of matches, as at this time clubs rarely used the same design for an entire season. Yet, despite its brief appearance, it eventually...

Czechoslovakia had missed out on qualification for the major summer tournaments of 1972 and 1974, so determination to make the finals tournament of the 1976 European Championships in Yugoslavia was high. Václav Ježek‘s team duly qualified from a tough group that featured England and...

The East German national team set out on their qualifying campaign for the 1986 World Cup hoping to reach what would have been just their second-ever major tournament. Although ultimately unsuccessful, East Germany did come very close indeed, and their total of ten points...

A difficult time in the modern history of the Dutch game with the national team following up failure to qualify for the 1982 World Cup with similar disappointment in the Euro ‘84 qualifiers - albeit under the most unlikely of circumstances. Leading their group...

Although the final points total was high on a respectable 52 points, the 1993-94 campaign saw Fulham relegated from Division Two. A win on the final day would have seen the team safe, but a 2-1 defeat at Swansea City meant Fulham finished a...

Relive the glory of Yokohama with the official FC Porto 2004 Intercontinental Retro Football Shirt. Crafted from premium materials for a timeless feel, the shirt celebrates one of the greatest chapters in Portuguese football history. In 2004, FC Porto triumphed over Once Caldas to...

For FC Lugano the early 1950s represented an unremarkable time in footballing terms. Champions of Switzerland as recently as 1949, under former Swiss World Cup international Tulio Grassi the club drifted to mid-table regulars who were very strong at home but travelled less well....

With a matter of weeks remaining of the 1980-81 season Ipswich Town remained firmly in contention to win an historic treble. Bobby Robson's stylish team had led the Division 1 table for most of the season while simultaneously battling its way through to the...

With the powerhouse midfield presence of Johnny Giles leading a fine generation of talented defensive players like Hurley, Meagan, Dunne, and Cantwell; the 1960s was the decade when for the first time the Republic of Ireland's national team looked set to make a name...