Mystery football shirt
Bless you.
ursus arctos wrote: Ausgezeichnet
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Mystery football shirt
Not just sponsored, but at one point named - they were Austria Memphis for a while.Three Times A Reddy wrote: Bizarre to see a team sponsored by a tobacco firm...Comment
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Hang on, "inexplicable"?!1974ddr wrote: blameless and ursus:
Yes, that's the shirt I had in mind: similar to the Soviet version, but replacing the red with blue, except for the collar which is white. Like Nesta, I also wondered whether it might be a prototype for the (soon to be ex-) DDR, but I reckon it's more likely a generic shirt. However, that's not to say no club ever used it- remember the inexplicable popularity of the Hummel halves of the mid-eighties (Villa, Southampton, Coventry et al). So, throwing it open to the floor...Comment
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Mind you, that was pretty much a given in Austria at that time. Wasn't there at least one season where Rapid Vienna were the only hold-outs against corporate naming in their top flight?David Agnew wrote:Not just sponsored, but at one point named - they were Austria Memphis for a while.Originally posted by Three Times A ReddyComment
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Mystery football shirt
Well Harry, from a distance Villa appeared to be playing in pink and claret halves...Comment
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I think that may be right (after the Graz clubs gave in or were relegated), but it is hard to find historical info, as the usual sources seem to ignore the sponsored names entirely.Mind you, that was pretty much a given in Austria at that time. Wasn't there at least one season where Rapid Vienna were the only hold-outs against corporate naming in their top flight?Comment
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Mystery football shirt
And..?1974ddr wrote: Well Harry, from a distance Villa appeared to be playing in pink and claret halves...Comment
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Ugh. They were horrible kits. All about the manufacturer.Comment
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What about the shirt? I am finding the quest for it compelling.Comment
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We need closure!
...Or at least visual evidence!Comment
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Mystery football shirt
George Costanza, front row, far left.Kowalski wrote: Austria Vienna used that USSR adidas template.
The first couple of European Cup group stages featured sponsor-less shirtsComment
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That's Art Vanderlay.Comment
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Mystery football shirt
It's just not right! Claret shirts, blue sleeves. Fans of certain other clubs (nudge) will surely understand what I mean.Harry Truscott wrote:And..?Originally posted by 1974ddr
And you're right Bored, noone has been able to identify a single club that wore this particular shirt. Pity.Comment
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