No betting on football shirts ?

is concerned such ads might encourage children to bet, especially when they appear on youngsters' replica kits. Big club shirt sponsorships by gaming companies currently include Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough....
13 December 2006

Tevez gets shirty with Hammers

serious note Tevez - who has failed to shine in the Premiership so far - also denied he is planning to return to his first club Boca Juniors in time for next year's Copa Libertadores. "I would love to go back to Boca but it's impossible at this moment,"...
08 December 2006

Chelsea put their shirts on change in image makeover

CHELSEA announced the most dramatic change in corporate image since the arrival of Roman Abramovich as the club’s owner in July 2003 by ending a decade-long association with Umbro, their kit supplier. The club said that they had decided "by mutual...
02 December 2006

The history of Joma

The history of Joma
(JOAM SPORTSCHUHE VERTRIEBS GmbH). Jose Luis González, 1500 meters world record holder joins the track and filed Joma Sport club. Alfonso Prez (Real Madrid) signs with Joma. Spanish magazine, Compra Maestra recognises the 512 boot as the most...
27 November 2006

Liverpool & Adidas History

number one football brand, has returned to Anfield and is once again proud to supply the new kit for Liverpool Football Club. adidas becomes the official kit and sportswear supplier in a sponsorship agreement that takes effect from July 2006. The new...
24 November 2006

Collectors? They'll have the shirt off your back...

sides by the most spectacular display of colour that Umbro and Adidas and Nike can muster. There are shirts from all the big clubs and many international teams, and signed items from Donald Bradman and Ayrton Senna. 'I love it when people walk into the...
23 November 2006

The Chelsea Museum

Chelsea Football Club has opened 'The Centenary Museum', built to commemorate the centenary year of 'The Blues'. This fantastic, all new visitor attraction pays tribute to the past 100 years of the Stamford Bridge side, with a host of exhibits, sights...
21 November 2006

The History of Quick

Quickly Jansen made its first football shoes. On the order of the firm Wijs he manufactured three pair for a new football club in Arnhem. With this he made the beginning of production, that later on took an enormous flight. As a workplace, Herman used...
18 November 2006

The Scottish Football Museum

to the third placed team - the USA - in the first World Cup. The collection of Queen's Park FC, believed to be the oldest club in the world, features prominently. Although the original version is too fragile to be put on show, there is a facsimile copy...
14 November 2006

Nicking the shirts off their backs

of the 50s," writes Neil Connolly. " I also heard that Juventus took their colours from Notts County. Are there any other clubs who took their kit from different teams?" We might as well start with Arsenal, Neil, who pinched their dark red shirts from...
07 November 2006