Classic Cheaters Retro Shirts

Get that authentic bad boy look with our selection of world class cheaters shirts. Players like Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba have taken cheating and diving to a next level. If you want to be instantly unpopular on the terraces or down the pub then get yourself a bad boy retro football shirt.

*Thierry Henry* coming soon!

Cheeky Winker

Christino Ronaldo the player everyone loves to hate (even United fans) endeared himself to his adopted country by getting England player Wayne Rooney (his United team mate) sent off in a World Cup Quarter Finals match in Portugal. Ronaldo ran the length of the pitch to plead with the referee to give Rooney a red card.  

Rooney duly received his marching orders from the ref and Ronaldo gave a cheeky wink and smile to the Portuguese bench, Portugal went on to win the match and Ronaldo later said “He is my team-mate and a player of international level. I felt very sorry for him [Rooney] because we are team-mates and very good friends.”  With friends like that… You can get you very own C. Ronaldo bad boy look with a retro Portugal shirt, to complete the look you’ll need a cheeky wink and a gallon of grease for your hair!

Hand Of Knob

Often called the greatest player that ever lived, in reality Maradona is just a knob! The only thing he is legendary for is cheating! His ‘Hand Of God’ incident against England in the Mexico World Cup is the stuff of legend. How the match officials could think a player who stands at only 3.2 ft could out jump England goalkeeper Peter Shilton at 6ft is beyond me!

We should also remember that Maradona was a world class diver, his dramatic tumbles in the ’94 World Cup should have earned him a place on the Argentina Olympic Diving team. You can take your pick of shirts for Maradona, he cheated his way around the globe playing for Barcelona, Napoli, Savilla and Boca Juniors. We think his cheating is best remembered in his number 10 Argentina shirt. To get the authentic ‘Maradona’ look you may also need to purchase 500 meat pies, afro wig and walk on your knees!

Remember Versaille!

The 1982 World Cup Semi Final: This wasn’t the first time Germany delivered a knock out blow to France, this time it happened on the footballs fields of Spain rather than the battle fields of Europe. Micheal Paltini’s French team had won many admirers with their free flowing attacking football style, which had seen them progress to the 1982 World Cup semi finals where Germany awaited them.

By comparision the Germany’s had only reached the final stages of the competition by engineering a result with Austria, in a disgracfull performence the German and Austrian teams played out a 1-0 win for Germany which guaranteed both teams would reach the next stage of the competition, players strolled around the pitch, passing the ball sideways and backwards. The outraged, largely Spanish crowd yelled ‘Fuera, fuera’ (‘OUT, OUT’). The result of the match meant that Algeria who had beaten German in the opening game would go out of the competition.

Unfortunately the semi final match will only be remembered for one horrific tackle. The most controversial, and still talked-about incident of the game came mid-way through the second half, when Platini’s lofted through ball sent substitute Patrick Battiston in for a run on goal. German goalkeeper Schumacher could see that Battiston would have a clear scoring opportunity. Without hesitation German keeper Schumacher ran out of this area and launched himself at Battiston, the Frenchmen just had enough time to lift the ball over the keeper before being flatten. Battiston was knocked unconscious by the challenge, lost two teeth and broke three ribs! the match referee didn’t even book Schumacher for the tackle! We looked all over the web but we couldn’t find a retro German keepers shirt from ’82 but you can play the part of Battiston with a great retro France shirt.