11/12 Panathinaikos Shirt
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Not really a fiasco per se, butAthens based FC Panathinaikos football kits have always seemed like a rip on traditional Irish colours with their rich green hues and conspicious shamrocks. We’re not saying it’s a copyright violation or anything, but an all-green football shirt with Pa Na Thinaí Kos written on it would only make more sense, wouldn’t it?
Source: UK Soccer Shop
Filed under: Repeat Offenders
Atletico Bilbao Shirt, circa 2004
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This is what an Atletico Bilbao shirt looks like now, but in 2004 the club commissioned Basque artist Dario Urzay to the design the above-pictured wonder. Apparently spilled blood was the inspiration, but outside observers maligned it as more akin to an “explosion at a strawberry jam factory” or a squirt of ketchup. We happen to think that the shirt looks eerily similar to a hypothetical military camouflage to be used on the surface of a red planet, such as Mars. We also wonder about how many brave Bilbao supporters actually bought the replica, and whether or not one is hanging in the Guggenheim.
Source: Who Ate All The Pies
Filed under: Oldies Butt-Uglies, Sore Eyes' Eyesores
Boyaca Chico Home Shirt
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At first glance, ‘Boyaca Chico’ might sound like the title of a General Levy song, or an ill conceived Ali G utterance. In reality, Boyaca Chico is a first division soccer club from central Colombia that has a dodgy kit that is, for some reason, available for sale from major online retailers.
Source: UK Soccer Shop
Filed under: Sore Eyes' Eyesores
11/12 Newcastle Home Kit
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According to some, the striped pattern of the Newcastle home shirt reminds them of the ubiquitous double white line road markings. Yet for others the design represents an abstracted formal suit and vest. Ink blot psychologists would surely have a field day with this. Puma’s kit designers can probably do better.
Source: UK Soccer Shop
Filed under: Sore Eyes' Eyesores
11/12 Deportivo Saprissa Kits
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The next time one of your friends complains about the look of their team’s kit, feel free to send them this way. That is, of course, unless your friend considers Costa Rican superclub Saprissa to be their favourite, in which case they should have every right to complain. Judging from the photo however, these Saprissa players seem to know what’s up, but couldn’t care less. It must feel good to be a footballer!
Source: Football Shirt Culture
Filed under: Spotty Sponsors, Ugly In Pink
07/08 Chelsea Away Shirt
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Chelsea FC generally keeps it classic and cool with their home gear, and mixes things up with the two alternate kits. In 2007 they applied some out-of-the box thinking that resulted in a distinctive neon-green away shirt. Thankfully, the shirts are still available for sale, which serves as both proof of their existence and boon to Chelsea fans who also happen to be nighttime construction workers.
Source: UK Soccer Shop
Filed under: Colorblinded, Oldies Butt-Uglies
91/92 Celtic Away Jersey
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Hello, Celtic F.C. fans. We know your current 11/12 shirts are pretty snazzy, but did you know that this is what your team wore exactly 20 years ago? And no, the 91/92 Celtic away shirt wasn’t designed by Jorge Campos or Jackson Pollock. It simply looks like a bizarre cross between a football shirt, a hunting camouflage, and the freshly upturned underside of a mossy rock.
Source: Footy Tube
Filed under: Oldies Butt-Uglies
Italy’s 2012 Shirt
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Hey new Italy home shirt, I’m looking at you. I’m somewhat enamored by your throwback stitching, fit, and pattern. I mean, retro sportswear has been in style since the late 90′s or so. It’s the collar that looks like something that belongs in an altogether different era, perhaps during the Industrial Revolution.
Look, I’ll reserve final judgement until I see actual humans running around on the pitch while wearing one, but for now I feel especially sorry for Torino based Italian football fans, who have to endure questionable kits on both the international and the domestic front.
Source: UK Soccer Shop
Filed under: Sore Eyes' Eyesores
Malaga 11/12 Away Kit
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There have been numerous grumblings on my twitter feed about the current Malaga away shirt after a recent match at Valencia. Pictured above on the right, the offending shirt is imbued with a universally detestable bright off-pink hue. Perhaps what’s even more troubling about the photo is the blatant rip-off of two prominent international shirts. There is also absolutely no unity between the three kits
Filed under: Ugly In Pink
Bolton Wanderers 11/12 Home Shirt
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You know that saying about a homely face that only a mother could love? Well, the same thing exists in the world of football replicas, with this 11/12 Bolton Wanderers shirt falling in the “if Pablo Picasso was still alive and a Wanderers fan, he would be the only person who likes this shirt” category. Oh, and perhaps Michael Bolton as well.
Our Your friends at EPLTalk ranked it dead last among this season’s Premier League shirts, pointing a finger at the club’s restrictive relationship with local manufacturer Reebok. Not to mention the fact that the club’s logo looks like a distinguished gamete.
Source: UK Soccer Shop
Filed under: Sore Eyes' Eyesores
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