Real Madrid Retro Shirts
September 15, 2011 by edd
Filed under European Club Retro
Real Madrid’s origins go back to when football was introduced to the city by academics from Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Real Madrid’s traditional home kit colours are all white, although originally a blue stripe appeared on the shirt, but unlike today, dark blue socks were also worn. The striped shirt was replaced by an all-white version, modeled after the shirt worn by Corinthian F.C., in 1902 the blue socks were replaced with black ones.
Real Madrid achieved international recognition in the 1950s when they created an exhibition tournament of invited teams from various Europe clubs, this tournament would eventually morph into the European Cup and later into the UEFA Champions League.
It was during this time that Real Madrid’s most iconic shirts became world famous, players like Di Stefano and Héctor Rial dazzled the footballing world with there brand of football. Below you can view just some of these classic Real Madrid Retro football shirts.
Juventus Retro Shirts
December 14, 2008 by edd
Filed under European Club Retro
Juventus The ‘Old lady’ of Italian football are nicknamed ‘i bianconeri’ which translates as the ‘Black and Whites’. The classic home shirt worn by Juventus today wasn’t so intimidating back in the 1900′s when the teams original home shirt was bright Pink. The result of a mix up with their shirt supplier!
The club found that the pink shirts faded badly after washing. By 1903 a replacement kit was needed, this time the club decided to let John Savage an English man playing with Juvuntus to place the order for the kit with a friend back in England. Savages friend lived in Nottingham and was keen fan of local team Notts County, the friend duly dispatched eleven black and white Notts County shirts!
Juventus also wear a blue second kit and occasionally they have played in yellow, famously winning the 1984 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup Final in the yellow shirt.
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