Getting Shirty - Goalkeeper shirt History

against Scotland at Hampden Park. The following year numbered shirts made their first appearace at the World Cup finals in France. Sixteen years later, teams competing in the 1954 Finals in Switzerland were obliged to assign a unique 'squad number' for...
02 November 2006

Mexico in Adidas until 2014

FIFA World Cup 2006™, European Champions Greece, Asian Champions Japan, Olympic Champions Argentina, Vice-World Champion France, South Africa, the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, as well as China, Spain, Nigeria, Denmark, Venezuela and Guatemala.
30 October 2006

The history of Adidas

split and formed his own company called Puma. Horst (Adi's son) split off from his parents and formed a rival company in France; Horst took over the parent company in 1985. 1949 - adidas is registered as a company along with registered the Three Stripes...
27 October 2006

Designer Sir Paul Smith - World Cup 2002 favorites

but it would look quite good if you have nice shoulders. "I quite like the badge, but don't call us - we'll call you! France WC 2002 home shirt adidas "The French shirt is nice - a simple, classic blue, and I like the red and white shoulders - that's a...
21 October 2006

Christie's Football memorabilia auction 13-09-2006

A RED ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL SHIRT No.5, with v-neck collar and embroidered cloth badge, inscribed England, FIFA World Cup, France 1998, the reverse lettered Adams Estimate : 200 - 300 British pounds Lot notes : The above shirt is an official spare...
04 September 2006

Exhibition Hong Kong - the story of football

and "The World Cup" zones trace the development of football in the world. On May 21, 1904, FIFA was established in Paris, France. Member countries were restricted to the European nations, France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and the...
23 August 2006

Christie's auction 06-2006 World Cup memorabilia

qualifying games with a 0-0 draw against Uruguay. In the two remaining group qualifying matches England defeated Mexico and France 2-0 in both games. In the quarter-final match against Argentina, Geoff Hurst scored the only goal of an explosive match...
21 August 2006

World cup 2006 Adidas, Nike and puma

ADIDAS have sponsored six national teams in the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 .These are Argentina, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. The company have sponsored other national squads including Greece, Nigeria and China but they failed to...
19 August 2006