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Kits Miscellany, Uncategorised Posted on16th September 201916th September 2019

Who wore the first sponsored shirt in an English League match?

AuthorJohn Devlin

Everyone knows that Liverpool were the first professional team to wear a sponsored shirt in a league match – but were they? I’ve been doing […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on1st September 2019

Interview with ex-Puma designer Zoe Tang

AuthorJohn Devlin

My study of football kit design really took off when I made the subject part of my final Graphic Design degree project. As part of […] Read More

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Kits Miscellany Posted on23rd July 2019

Southend United ‘Skillshare’ Fantasy Kit

AuthorJohn Devlin

Six years ago I was asked by a kit-designer pal of mine to take part in a Skillshare set of sessions he was running on […] Read More

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Kits Miscellany Posted on7th January 20174th May 2019

Interview with Melchester Rovers Kit Designer

AuthorJohn Devlin

Like many football fans of my age I grew up enthralled at the football adventures of Roy Race and Melchester Rovers in ‘Tiger’ comic and […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on20th June 20154th May 2019

50 Greatest Football Shirts Ever

AuthorJohn Devlin

As someone whose studied football shirt design indepth for the best of 15 years I’ve always done my very best to focus on the positive. […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on28th March 20156th May 2019

Umbro 1984 Tracksuits

AuthorJohn Devlin

The early 80s were a golden age for football apparel design – not only for kits, but for tracksuits too. Tracksuits seem to have always […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on31st October 20144th May 2019

Book Review Special

AuthorJohn Devlin

Well, it may not have been a vintage year for kit design but it has been a superb year for football kit books. Odd that […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on3rd August 20134th May 2019

The reports of Umbro’s demise are greatly exaggerated

AuthorJohn Devlin

Like so many others, I believe there has been a massive diamond shaped gap in the football kit market this year. Whether, as I have […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on3rd May 20134th May 2019

70s Sponsored Track Tops

AuthorJohn Devlin

I bet you thought, as I did until recently, that football kit sponsorship in the UK started with shirts? Think again. With more and more […] Read More

Kits Miscellany Posted on31st March 20134th May 2019

Umbro Catalogue 1957

AuthorJohn Devlin

I love going through old sportswear catalogues and this Umbro example from 1957 is a great example. It includes not only the collared shirts that […] Read More

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