Nicking the shirts off their backs

strip to the Dutch. "I seem to recall reading that the team changed strips after a club director took a trip to the Netherlands in the 1930s," says Eugene McMahon, "and was so impressed with the national side's colours that he imposed them on the...
07 November 2006

Exhibition Hong Kong - the story of football

Member countries were restricted to the European nations, France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. England joined the association in 1905. After 1909, FIFA began to accept members from outside Europe. In 1930, it...
23 August 2006

World cup 2006 Adidas, Nike and puma

Nigeria and China but they failed to qualify. NIKE meantime sponsor eight teams. These are Australia, Brazil, Croatia , Netherlands, South Korea, Mexico, Portugal and the United States Their design policy has been to incorporate unique designs for each...
19 August 2006