This Manchester United shirt from the middle of the 1984-86 era recently sold at auction for a whopping 13 times its estimate - £9000 rather than the predicted £600-800. As is often the case, the sale proved the premium there is on Manchester United memorabilia, likely owing to the club’s enormous...

This 1963 England shirt with FA 100th anniversary embroidered crest patch - “CENTENARY YEAR 1863-1963” - recently sold at auction for £2600. Originally prepared for the now late Jimmy Armfield, who went on to win the World Cup with England in 1966, the reverse carries a classic number 2 in...

When we take a look at catalogue pages generally, they tend to be from around 20, 30, or, at a push, 40 years ago. If we really stretch it, we might cover some from the late 1970s… Here, The Glove Bag has brought to our attention some adidas catalogue pages from a full 50 years ago! a half century...

Recently selling by auction, this Bobby Moore shirt from Fulham’s 1975 FA Cup Final defeat to Moore’s beloved West Ham United is a true piece of history. Carrying the former England captain’s iconic number 6 in black on the rear, the Umbro relic also features beautiful match embroidery and a...

A recent auction house sale has seen a 1971 shirt match-worn by Stoke City’s John Mahoney fetch £2600. Estimated to make between £700 and £1000, the vintage item apparently benefitted from its iconic nature, featuring as it did in a controversial FA Cup semi-final draw with Arsenal - the Gunners...

From a European point of view, it’s good to see how football design - or soccer design - was being viewed in North America towards the end of the last century. The Major League Soccer - MLS - examples on show in these catalogue pages aren’t for everyone, and weren’t even in the 1990s, but what a...

For many a football kit geek, Umbro is the daddy. However, for some reason their teamwear, even for the double diamond devotee, doesn’t hold the same clout and cachet as that of the likes of Nike and adidas. These catalogue pages displaying the 1982-83 range may have us questioning the historical...

The design released by adidas for West Germany’s Euro 88 campaign on home soil - and worn as Lothar Matthäus and co conquered the world at Italia ’90 - is the greatest football shirt ever. Whether decided by poll or committee - certainly by an aggregation of all the polls and decisions by...

On This Day 1978: The Risk Business looked at how replica football strips were becoming more popular.

"Parents with children who support Liverpool are relatively lucky."

"No self-respecting fan would be seen dead in last year's kit."

This “Foot Center” football apparel advert from a 1994 edition of France Football is quite the curio. Featuring the style of adidas France kit that Zinedine Zidane made his international debut in - and what a debut - along with the Bordeaux design he was togging out in at the time, the great and...