The Complete History of the Football Jersey
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Football kit culture has become big business over the past few years. It’s estimated that the top ten clubs sold over 20 million shirts in 2021 between them. These days wearing a football shirt is not just about representing your club, it's about style.
But where do football kits originate? Was there a time before kits? How have they changed?
David Goldblatt explores. Henry Cooke illustrates.
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I like how they introduce Adama Traore to show that the football kits nowadays is strong and not easily torn.
@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw
2 жыл бұрын
it truly is the little details that make Tifo great
@Snookbone
2 жыл бұрын
Ok
@Mikeb1001
2 жыл бұрын
Just a shame that he flops on the ground as soon as a defender goes within 5 yards of him
@xinavswok4607
2 жыл бұрын
@@Mikeb1001 he's been humbling defenders in La Liga playing under Xavi's system... What are you on about? Defenders literally bounce and fall off, on contact with him
@Mikeb1001
2 жыл бұрын
@@xinavswok4607 In the Premiership he flopped on the floor whenever anyone went near him
They should absolutely do a throwback match where players have to play in suits and top hats, or dressed like miners from 1901.
@shakagod3779
2 жыл бұрын
Lol. Great idea. Give the proceeds to charity.
@christiancano3147
2 жыл бұрын
The closest we've gotten to that was the FIFA centennial match in 2004 between Brazil and France. Both teams played the first half with kits based on their first-ever international kits.
@Mmm2567
2 жыл бұрын
West Ham played in their original dark navy Thames Ironworks kit in the first ever game at their new stadium
@idkjustchangingmyname7343
2 жыл бұрын
I would love that!
@liampaterson3424
2 жыл бұрын
I seem to recall that in 1985, Aberdeen (playing as Bon Accord) and Arbroath re-created the legendary 36-0 match in old style kits and some players even wore walrus moustaches.
As a Bolton fan I would love to claim we were in a World Cup final. Pretty sure you meant 53’ FA Cup final. Who cares, Joe, you’re voice is like velvet.
@GarethFreshwater
2 жыл бұрын
I just picked up on the same thing and popped captions on to make sure 😂
@CallumRSU30
2 жыл бұрын
Those World Cup giants: Brazil, Italy, Argentina...Bolton!
@AS-mw6pw
2 жыл бұрын
Must have been that season Bolton played Chicago Fire in the final
@SujoyChakravarthi93
2 жыл бұрын
Quite a fall from grace for Bolton - going from having their own World Cup place and tournament in '53 to whatever they're up to now. How the mighty do languish now. And yes, I am a Man United fan
@andyv6476
2 жыл бұрын
I started to question if there was a whole part of football history I wasn't aware of, when the Wanderers were taking on the likes of West Germany and Brazil!
Castolo what a legend
@RizalBatheki
2 жыл бұрын
cellini (Italy) espinas (Spain) burchett (Australia) njord (norway) ruskin (Scotland) Lieberman (Germany)
@teslaspule7833
2 жыл бұрын
Rip in peace pro evo 🥺. 🕊️ 🙏. 🕯️
@danielwarren3138
2 жыл бұрын
Absolute hero
@GarkKahn
2 жыл бұрын
Macco (croatia)
@Myrmigaki
2 жыл бұрын
Iouga and Jaric :(
6:18 Castolo, love the PES reference haha!
6:12 Castolo. That Brazilian chap PES United legend. Alongside Spanish Ordaz and the Portuguese Minanda..man the memories "watching" them play together
@TommyCeltic
2 жыл бұрын
What was the name of the winger in the red boots?
@tsuk1mi
2 жыл бұрын
@@TommyCeltic Forgot already.. It is either Ximelez or Espimas haha
Castolo 9 - lovely little Pro Evo reference there
Love these historical overviews. The music, narration and animation are so good!
Very interested to learn that Bolton played in the 1953 World Cup
@charlieparker7159
2 жыл бұрын
Greatest world cup of all time
Saw the FGR kit and was so jazzed to see us on Tifo!
@31337ification
2 жыл бұрын
same! get on the rovers
@sethpiersma7903
2 жыл бұрын
🔥👕🐐♻️🔥
@EShirnia
2 жыл бұрын
haha me too mate, just saw the kit in the thumbnail and was onnit
@jasperkalcutt1166
2 жыл бұрын
green army
@Guarlaon
2 жыл бұрын
Forest Green Will be one of The greatest clubs. Next step os The league one!
My favourite kit is Bulgaria 1994. This year is just remarkable for the history of Bulgarian football.
@wallydavisjr
2 жыл бұрын
Mexico ‘98 for me.
@mysteryman3963
Жыл бұрын
Spain 2012 for me
I tip my hat to whoever came up with some of the colour names at 2:40. Definitely worth a pause to have a look
@osauria98
2 жыл бұрын
Some great band names in there
@mmw4990
2 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth moss and anakin sand are my personal favourites 😂
Fun fact: The first names on the back of kits came, just as numbers on the back (edit: was corrected, the numbers are from 🇦🇺 pre-WW1), from the US also, but from the North American Soccer League in the 1970s, which folded in the 80s. That league had a history of buying tons of players from abroad, so having the names of the players on the shirt would help identify the players, especially international ones.
@aldobonaso3481
2 жыл бұрын
But numbers on the backs of the kits first appeared in Australia, not the USA... 3:11 Australia pre first world war, then USA in the 1920's...just so you know, the first world war was in fact before the 1920's 😅
@sheeple04
2 жыл бұрын
@@aldobonaso3481 watching this video early in the morning didn't help it seems 😅 missed that part, kinda reversed the two
@aldobonaso3481
2 жыл бұрын
@@sheeple04 haha no worries. Happens to the best of us. Interesting fact about the names first being used in USA though, I didn't know that.
"Anakin Sand" - Brilliant.
Nigerian football kit would always be legendary
From 1927-1929 in the Scottish Football League the management committee introduced a bizarre rule stating that clubs should wear white shorts when at home, black when playing away. It was so unpopular with clubs and fans and even influential clubs flouted very openly the ruling so much the ruling was rescinded in the SFL's AGM in 1929.
As a kit collector, loved this vid.
My Favourite World Cup Kits: 1. West Germany 1990 2. Netherlands 1974 3. Argentina 1978 4. Brazil 1970 5. Croatia 1998 6. Denmark 1986 7. France 1998 8. Mexico 1998 9. France 1982 10. Argentina 2010
@CesarGarcia-ru8hr
2 жыл бұрын
I feel biased but think that the best is Mexico's. Not just because I'm Mexican.
@limpa756
2 жыл бұрын
Northern Ireland has some really sexy kits
@ruan13o
2 жыл бұрын
Criminal to not have Cameroon in this list.
@smacksoftSMA
2 жыл бұрын
who asked?
@ayyguevara8448
2 жыл бұрын
Italy 94> all of the above
Finally a proper video about football kits, been a collector for 7 years 🙌
@NIDELLANEUM
2 жыл бұрын
What did you obtain in your collection?
@MarkWTK
2 жыл бұрын
how many do you have? what's your favourite?😅
@lotuseater7247
2 жыл бұрын
We all know Fiorentina's Ninentodo sponsored kit of 1998 is the greatest, if you don't have that then you are nothing. Quite frankly.
@123Todayy
2 жыл бұрын
@@lotuseater7247 GAMECUBE SHIRT HOLY MOLY
@numba9ine288
2 жыл бұрын
@@lotuseater7247 every single kit collector having that shirt is exactly why i do not want it 😂 i focus more on South American club kits as they are legitimately hard to get unless you are from the country itself
Pro Evo Master league represent! (Though I would've gone with Minanda personally.)
0:14 I didn't know Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting from 'Gangs of New York' was a footballer.
3:50 Wow, I didn't know that Bolton Wanderers played in a 1953 World Cup.
Great video. Answered many questions I've had about kits since I was a kid.
This is some classic tifo takes me back to when you were just a disembodied voice joe devine! Great stuff xx
I love collecting football kits, What a great video 👍🏽.
2:54 A uniform so simple in its style.☘️
Putting FGR on the map!! Let’s go!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CASTOLO EASTER EGG loved it
Castolo 9 at 6:13 really triggered some good Pro Evo Soccer memories..
I have one of those bamboo Forest Green Rover shirts!
Hello Mr Tifo people, would love to see a video about afc wimbledon🍻
Imagine playing with a scarf on a 12:30pm match
REFTONE - love it!
I always love the Vince Guaraldi-like music in the background!! ❤
Great video! Would love to see more contnet like this. Maybe a History of Football Badges
loved this vid as a fashion design major in college and an avid football fan
top drawer video, loved the Eintracht Braunschweig kit
I absolutely love these videos
Fun fact: Although shrit numbers were made a requirement Celtic did not put them on the back of the hoops until the early 90s before that they only had them on the shorts
@lotuseater7247
2 жыл бұрын
Not particularly fun
@ChesterPerry187
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. Celtc are second club in Scotland to wear Green and white hoops.
It's a shame polka dots never caught on, but that also makes Heerenveen's kit so lovable imo. They've got little red hearts all over the shirt and crest that make them so iconic and recognizable. It's nice to see kits like those stick around in top flight football, and in the Eredivisie no less.
“A chromatic odyssey.” Great turn of phrase
Thank for Your Videos
As a kit fanatic loved this video ❤️
Nice PES master league reference
Tifo forgot to mention Cameroon's 2002 AFCON kit even though it was banned by FIFA.
@amiryusuf8815
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, that sleeveless one, right?
@tebogoletsoko1342
2 жыл бұрын
@@amiryusuf8815 yes, the sleeveless one.👌🏾
@amiryusuf8815
2 жыл бұрын
@@tebogoletsoko1342 Why the ban though, since it didn't exactly violate the attire regulation of FIFA, or am I missing something here?
@tebogoletsoko1342
2 жыл бұрын
@@amiryusuf8815 I think it was banned because it was not meeting FIFA requirements & it was not going to show a FIFA World Cup logo on the sleeve.
The absolute best footy content going
It would be awesome if u could share the history of jersey names, the materials used, etc
Great video! Castolo!
Man I love Tifo!
@TifoFootball VO error @3:53 “Bolton Wanderers appearance in the 1953 World Cup”. I think meant to be 1953 FA Cup Final. Great vid. Awesome artwork. Best content as ever. Holla at cha boi if you’re looking for content editors or gfx or qc
In September 1979 Scotland became the first international team to wear names on the player's shirts when they played Peru in a friendly at Hampden Park. The idea was the brainchild of the SFA's secretary at the time Ernie Walker after he spent the previous summer in the USA and attended some NASL matches. He thought the names on shirts would be a good idea. However it didn't last on Scotland shirts too long and the idea was scrapped in 1981. However Ernie Walker did say that names on shirts will be commonplace in 20 years. That foresight was off by just over 10 years as teams in Euro 92 wore names on their shirts and numbers on front as well, also the Premier League teams started to wear names from the 92/93 season
That Tifo kit though!🔥🔥🔥
as someone whos recently become obsessed with kits this video was awesome
Great video 💙
I enjoy the nice Castolo reference
I'm surprised you didn't mention the banned Cameroon sleeveless shirt from 2002! My favourite shirt has to be CR Vasco da Gama's for the mixture of sash, badge/crest and pure simplicity.
@theogarcez1999
2 жыл бұрын
Vasco da Gamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Don Revie of Leeds United was the person who come up with the idea of selling shirts.
Ima use this for the reference. Thanks
6:11 i really hope someone sees that early day Pro Evolution Soccer Easter Egg with "Castolo 9". 🔥
♥️best channel
Nice work
I've got to say that jazz in the background was top class.
"chromatic oddessy"...the eloquence and tone is overwhelming
Every Tifo video is poetry
Tailor: Good day sir, what can I help you today? Me: I would like a football shirt with a distinctive colour. Can you do that? Tailor: Of course sir. What colour would you like? Me: I would like a white shirt with soggy watermelon coloured sash on and a black shirt with a toxic daffodil coloured on the collar. Tailor: Excuse me sir? Me: You can't do that? Tailor: Yes. Currently we only have a bananananana and scorpion yellow sir. Me: Then bananananana it is!
Wish you’d shown the Bristol Rovers quarters. Pretty much unique even now 😑
@DerInselaffe
2 жыл бұрын
They didn't mention the black shirt with the yellow sash they had for their first season either when they went by the now less than PC name 'Black Arabs'. The pirate logo on the current club badge still wears it.
Beautiful
Castolo the Legend ,The Myth ,The Goat: more than 1000 goals, 8 Ballon d'ors , 5 champions league countless leagues and cups
Im from salinas california but since i was little behind the mexican league my love for the great english game and england teams is unique
My favourite kit *VERY RARE AND UNKNOW* Juventus 2017-18 third
the big question is, i see a lot of footage from club on EPL which they played on the UCL/UEFA Cup with different pattern design of number on their back of football kit (due the sponsorships). when they return to EPL, the number of their football kit switched to other design. are there any regulations from FA or something like that? will you explained in next video?
why did kits changed from bodyfit in the 70s and 80s to oversized and baggy in early 1990s up to early/mid 2000s?
@LMarcon11
2 жыл бұрын
Fashion
Why is it rare to see green home kits in English football
@sarthaksaraf4472
2 жыл бұрын
So that it does not overlap with pitch
@nadadur
2 жыл бұрын
In any league you won’t see many, it’s to avoid confusion or overlap with the green of the pitch
@LMarcon11
2 жыл бұрын
@@nadadur actually we have plenty of green kits in Brazil. Last year we had 4 or 5 in first division, including Palmeiras, which recently played Chelsea in Club WC. Unless you're almost blind, it doesn't overlap, since most use a darker shade of green and/or white/yellow shorts
@scottw.3258
2 жыл бұрын
Because Green was a colour worn by Keepers.
Such a simple thing you don't really think about until YT recommends it
i would like to see guys play with suites today
some even wore old school german suits and greek robes like the special Mony Python international match.
Yeah the colour names were fantastic. Flatulent Pistachio and Elizabeth Moss XD
Englands Admiral kits reminds me of the cricket ODI kits worn in the 90s.
2:44 lost it at Anakin Sand
Awesome vid! I hope you can make a follow up video about the shorts part of kits. It seems odd to me that basketball and football kits are not shifting to tight fitting or more protective shorts or pants a la American football.
@tulyar57
2 жыл бұрын
Originally, knee lengthed shorts, described as 'knickers' (knickerbockers) were worn and available in only three colours, white, navy and black. Clubs wearing dark shirts opted for white, teams with light shirts opted for navy or black and teams wearing stripes wore either. It wasn't until the sixties when Revie used all white for Leeds (aping Real Madrid) and Shankly followed suit at Liverpool with all red. Chelsea chose blue shorts and slowly other clubs followed suit.
Sooooo good
Football kits always amuse me. Got a nice collection of kits myself but nothing focuses. Just tend to get the kits that I like. Tends to be championship teams more often than not.
I loved those green jerseys of germany
top vid!
I never knew us Aussies started wearing numbers first, that's awesome to know
Favorite kits 1. Adidas Teamgeist Shirts from 2006 2. Nike Total 90 Shirts from 2004 Those for me are the most iconic designs of the modern era, I’m a collector as well and nothing has come close to those years
Started collecting last year, I absolutely love the Celtic striped kits. One I wish to own is the Spain 2010 blue kit they used in the WC final.
I had no idea there was a Worid Cup in 1953 or that Bolton were in it.
Was that a Master League reference I spotted at the end there?
@06:20... Is that Castolo from Master League lmao?
Castolo ProEvo Legend
How do we get that Tifo kit though?
Nice video... one thing - where do Bayern sell kits... genuinely, I don't think i've ever seen somebody wearing a Bayern shirt! Admittedly i'm in the UK, but you see plenty of Barca shirts, PSG or Real Madrid occasionally - i've even seen Dortmund shirts!
Classic Man Utd Kits are very beautiful.
Is that Tifo kit up for sale?
The single red stripe 😍
What a topic this is
Well done to Bolton for an appearance in the 1953 World Cup! (3:50)
Castolo! Master league legend
We want " complete history of the Tottenham" next please!!! Should only take 2 minutes