In 2004 a limited-edition shirt, featuring the names of every player to have represented Bristol City in a competitive fixture at Ashton Gate was launched. Produced in an exclusive run of just 1,000, the commemorative top was produced to mark 100 years of football played by the club at their home ground.
The names of all 762 players who have appeared for the club in a competitive fixture at Ashton Gate since the first Football League game was played at the venue on 3rd September 1904 are printed on the shirt.
By Sander Neijnens - Shirtnumbers
But in the Adidas numbers all beginnings and endings of the strokes are rounded, which remind me of the sausage numbers that were introduced by Nike in 2000. As in the number 1 the flag is chopped of, it looks like a real Frankfurter.
Puma has renounced the numbers designed by Dalton Maag in 2006. When we look at the new numbers (e.g. Czech Republic), it appears that the strokes also have rounded beginnings and endings. Were they made by the same designer who's responsible for the Adidas numbers? Or can we conclude that there's a real sausage fashion? Or is this tournament sponsored by the international meat industry?
Things didn't quite go according to plan for Blackburn on Sunday. Two first-half goals from Cristiano Ronaldo condemned Mark Hughes' men to a 2-0 defeat, and a soft red card for David Dunn only added to the manager's frustration.
But one look at the back of David Bentley's shirt revealed even the Blackburn kitman had an off-day.
Rovers winger Bentley turned up on the Old Trafford pitch with the legend 'BETNLEY' emblazoned across the back of his shirt.
Scotland have not always played in the distinctive dark blue shirts we associate with the team. On at least nine occasions between 1881 and 1951 they played in the primrose and pink racing colours of racehorse owner Archibald Philip Primrose, Lord Rosebery.
Rosebery developed a keen in interest in association football and was an early patron of the sport in Scotland. In 1882 he donated a trophy, the Rosebery Charity Cup, to be competed for by clubs under the jurisdiction of the East of Scotland FA. The competition lasted over 60 years and raised thousands of pounds for charities in the Edinburgh area.
The new technology attaches nanoparticles to clothing fibers using microwaves. Then, chemicals that can repel water, oil and bacteria are directly bound to the nanoparticles. These two elements combine to create a protective coating on the fibers of the material. This coating both kills bacteria, and forces liquids to bead and run off (see diagram above).
Colour could be having a big impact on success both in the boardroom and on the football pitch, according to E.ON - the company that runs Powergen and sponsors The FA Cup.
The Colour and Imaging Group at the Department of Colour and Polymer Chemistry, University of Leeds, analysed the logos of all FTSE 100 companies and the shirts of every football team that have made the FA Cup Quarter Finals over the last 20 years, to find out if their success could be related to their colour (1).
