Retro Football Shirts

Controversial Austrian coach Max Merkel took charge of Atlético Madrid in advance of the 1971-72 season and went on to enjoy a solid debut year. His new charges finished an unremarkable fourth in La Liga with a 4-1 home win over local rivals Real...

Although finishing a dozen points adrift of Arsenal and Liverpool in the League, Forest did end their 1988-89 season in an impressive third place. Nigel Clough led the team's scoring charts once again with 14 goals playing in a team for which goals came...

In what would be the last season in charge of the long-serving Hungarian coach Péter Pázmándy, Servette had to be content with a runners-up finish in the Swiss League along with qualification for the following season’s UEFA Cup. The Geneva side finished three points...

Curiously the toughest fixture of the club's 1959 Cup run was against semi-professional Tooting & Mitcham United what was the weakest team they faced. Forest progressed through the competition eliminating Grimsby Town, Birmingham City after two replays, Bolton Wanderers then Aston Villa in the...

Port Vale returned to the second tier in 1989 after 33 years, beginning a proud new chapter in the club’s history. The early 1990s brought fresh faces and memorable occasions that supporters still cherish. The 1991 – 92 season saw the arrival of record...

When you think back to VfB Stuttgart’s 1987 - 88 season, two names stand out: Günther Schäfer and Guido Buchwald. Both were examples of the team’s fighting spirit. While Buchwald dominated the defensive centre, Schäfer was a passionate driving force on the left side....

Champions of the world, champions of Europe, and always the most formidable of opponents thanks to the sheer quality and quantity of top-class talent being created - the 1970s was a wonderful decade for West Germany. The national teams that won the 1972 European...

Watford ended their 1995 - 96 League campaign strongly with 13 points from their final 6 games, including 15 goals scored in successive home games against Port Vale, Reading and Grimsby Town. Unfortunately form earlier in the season had not been so strong and...

The period from 1981 to 1983 represented solid if unspectacular times for BSC Young Boys. Under coach Bert Theunissen there was a mix of top six finishes, but outside the European places, and a mid-table Nationalliga A campaign in 1983 which led to a...

Having endured a disappointing campaign by Milan's high standards the previous year, the 1995-96 season was an opportunity to bounce back and end Fabio Capello's spell as coach on a high note. The defence tightened up and the arrival of George Weah and Roberto...

After a run of mid-table finishes Bernd Krauss led his Mönchengladbach side to a successful 1994-95 campaign which brought a fifth-placed Bundesliga finish and the club's third DFB-Pokal success. The latter rounds took die Fohlen past Mainz 05, Schalke 04 and Kaiserslautern and on...

Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was a transformative manager for Real Betis during his four years in charge in the mid 1990s. He earned promotion back to La Liga in his debut campaign, then went better still in 1994/95 as he inspired his side to a...

As the 70s ticked over into the 80s, the new decade heralded the start of a new and exciting era for AS Roma. Back in charge for a second spell, visionary Swedish coach Nils Liedholm was beginning to fashion a balanced team featuring the...

The 1998-99 season brought the penta for FC Porto - a fifth successive Portuguese title win and an 18th overall for the club. Fernando Santos took over at the start of the season and kept the successful run going with the club finishing a...

The previous season had brought a historical best 6th placed finish in the Premiership, but Wimbledon maintained their high standards during the 1994-95 season too and managed a highly respectable 9th place. Joe Kinnear’s side achieved this despite the expensive sale of defender John...

Milan would fall short in the defence of their Serie A title during the 1962-63 season, but this was a historic season wider afield as Milan took their first steps towards establishing the international reputation we know them for today. The club's legendary manager...

The 1998 – 99 season saw Eric Gerets’ Club Brugge finish a solid second in the league, beating rivals Anderlecht both home and away, and claiming Super Cup silverware with a victory over Racing Genk. Featuring a balanced mix of experienced players, goal-threatening midfielders,...

Their strong Bundesliga showing the previous season meant that Eintracht Frankfurt kicked off the 1972-73 campaign participating in a UEFA-affiliated competition for the first time since their famous European Cup Final appearance in 1960. Unfortunate to be drawn against eventual winners Liverpool in the...

With no previous club management experience, Udo Lattek took charge of Bayern in 1970 and celebrated the first of six Bundesliga titles he would win in Munich at the end of the 1971-72 season. To a team built around the backbone of Maier, Beckenbauer...

Frank Clark had the unenviable task of replacing the legendary Brian Clough as Nottingham Forest manager in 1993, but against the odds, he established a new team with a new identity. Based around the experience of Stuart Pearce and with well-chosen additions including Stan...

FC Porto started the 1986-87 season with a target of completing a domestic hat-trick of League titles, though few supporters would ultimately care that this ambition would not be realised. This was a season in which domestic events were dwarfed by Porto’s miraculous ascent...

The 1976–77 season stands as one of the most complete chapters in Club Brugge’s rich history. Under Ernst Happel new faces blended seamlessly into the collective. On the third-to-last matchday Club clinched the title at Olympia. A commanding 3–0 victory, sealed by a Vandereycken...

Austria arrived at the 1990 World Cup in Italy with a talented and experienced side, hoping to build on a strong qualification campaign and make an impression on the biggest stage. Drawn into a difficult group alongside hosts Italy, Czechoslovakia, and the United States,...

This particular 1990 retro shirt was not in use for long. Players wore it only occasionally and in a limited number of matches, as at this time clubs rarely used the same design for an entire season. Yet, despite its brief appearance, it eventually...

Special shirts deserve special teams to wear them and Bayern München's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners from 1986 was a very special side. A high-calibre team featuring West German stars like Lothar Matthäus, Klaus Augenthaler, Hans Pflügler, Michael Rummenigge and the veteran Dieter Hoeneß stylishly...

Milan's three previous European Cup campaigns had been ended by Spanish teams, so while the 1962-63 European Cup avoided the Spanish champions, it did reach its climax against another mighty team from the Iberian peninsula - Benfica. This was the hardest match of a...

The 1972-73 season saw Hennes Weisweiler's thrilling Mönchengladbach side excel in cup competitions. A Bundesliga campaign bringing a fifth-placed finish, but more memorable was the famous extra-time success in the final of the DFB-Pokal against Köln, the winner scored by substitute Günter Netzer in...

Under new coach Lambertus Theunissen, Young Boys kicked off the 1980-81 season determined to improve on what had been a disappointing campaign the previous year. There were real signs of progress too as YB managed a strong fourth-placed League finish, just outside of the...

Former club playing legend Fabio Capello took over from Arrigo Sacchi in 1991 and ushered in a new era with a more pragmatic style, one that proved to be hugely effective and brought extraordinary success over the next half decade. The 1993-94 season brought...

Having endured a disappointing campaign by Milan's high standards the previous year, the 1995-96 season was an opportunity to bounce back and end Fabio Capello's spell as coach on a high note. The defence tightened up and the arrival of George Weah and Roberto...