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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@Hafris33 2 жыл бұрын

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

@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

@Prederick 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@bensutton290 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@pCadavez 2 жыл бұрын

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 :(

@tedjarman4686 2 жыл бұрын

6:18 Castolo, love the PES reference haha!

@mistergray9664 2 жыл бұрын

Love these historical overviews. The music, narration and animation are so good!

@tsuk1mi 2 жыл бұрын

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

@legrange1977 2 жыл бұрын

Castolo 9 - lovely little Pro Evo reference there

@Snookbone 2 жыл бұрын

Very interested to learn that Bolton played in the 1953 World Cup

@charlieparker7159 2 жыл бұрын

Greatest world cup of all time

@jakewaghorn5167 2 жыл бұрын

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 😂

@elshuaro 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@juliantsenkov1585 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sheeple04 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@zaubnino77 2 жыл бұрын

Nigerian football kit would always be legendary

@vb2388 2 жыл бұрын

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

@allandiaz6329 2 жыл бұрын

As a kit collector, loved this vid.

@dminalba 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@majortom07 2 жыл бұрын

"Anakin Sand" - Brilliant.

@numba9ine288 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rory4605 2 жыл бұрын

0:14 I didn't know Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting from 'Gangs of New York' was a footballer.

@tomboz777 2 жыл бұрын

Pro Evo Master league represent! (Though I would've gone with Minanda personally.)

@Finn_Lawless 2 жыл бұрын

3:50 Wow, I didn't know that Bolton Wanderers played in a 1953 World Cup.

@jimjimson9 2 жыл бұрын

This is some classic tifo takes me back to when you were just a disembodied voice joe devine! Great stuff xx

@shakagod3779 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Answered many questions I've had about kits since I was a kid.

@justinklein2913 2 жыл бұрын

Putting FGR on the map!! Let’s go!

@majortom07 2 жыл бұрын

REFTONE - love it!

@el_blaugrana 2 жыл бұрын

I love collecting football kits, What a great video 👍🏽.

@yong-haotan6576 2 жыл бұрын

Castolo 9 at 6:13 really triggered some good Pro Evo Soccer memories..

@TheLunarBear Жыл бұрын

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CASTOLO EASTER EGG loved it

@tommcewan457 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@carterspearry7106 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love these videos

@juanjoseospina6194 2 жыл бұрын

top drawer video, loved the Eintracht Braunschweig kit

@allangathecha. 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine playing with a scarf on a 12:30pm match

@RizalBatheki 2 жыл бұрын

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

@TommyCeltic 2 жыл бұрын

2:54 A uniform so simple in its style.☘️

@bentn13 2 жыл бұрын

I have one of those bamboo Forest Green Rover shirts!

@tebogoletsoko1342 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@charlesray9674 2 жыл бұрын

I always love the Vince Guaraldi-like music in the background!! ❤

@EMETRL Ай бұрын

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.

@MendoCreative 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Would love to see more contnet like this. Maybe a History of Football Badges

@MrEgor31 2 жыл бұрын

Thank for Your Videos

@KemoMarriott 2 жыл бұрын

“A chromatic odyssey.” Great turn of phrase

@Neoyorchese 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Castolo!

@retrofootballkits 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 💙

@danielkarlsen2545 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Mr Tifo people, would love to see a video about afc wimbledon🍻

@homebrewgraphics2384 9 ай бұрын

@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

@killroy.99 2 жыл бұрын

loved this vid as a fashion design major in college and an avid football fan

@PoisonDwarf28 2 жыл бұрын

As a kit fanatic loved this video ❤️

@erdeminho 2 жыл бұрын

6:11 i really hope someone sees that early day Pro Evolution Soccer Easter Egg with "Castolo 9". 🔥

@thapelo8635 2 жыл бұрын

Man I love Tifo!

@Anonymous-hs9uw Жыл бұрын

I've got to say that jazz in the background was top class.

@heyjackdeath 2 жыл бұрын

Nice PES master league reference

@noahtv101 2 жыл бұрын

♥️best channel

@Q9Teen 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@LeedsunitedfanRyan 2 жыл бұрын

Don Revie of Leeds United was the person who come up with the idea of selling shirts.

@adam-yk6yd 2 жыл бұрын

The absolute best footy content going

@dminalba 2 жыл бұрын

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

@miguel_aquatico 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the nice Castolo reference

@adamjmorgan9922 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work

@MatthewGClarke 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Jasond29223 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheThreeCount 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@anselmocat 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@iatwiatw 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@JamieAubrey 2 жыл бұрын

Such a simple thing you don't really think about until YT recommends it

@reiodion6256 2 жыл бұрын

as someone whos recently become obsessed with kits this video was awesome

@Thomao 2 жыл бұрын

That Tifo kit though!🔥🔥🔥

@ayeTobi 2 жыл бұрын

Ima use this for the reference. Thanks

@Ese96Agoaye 2 жыл бұрын

Englands Admiral kits reminds me of the cricket ODI kits worn in the 90s.

@larryachiya2475 2 жыл бұрын

"chromatic oddessy"...the eloquence and tone is overwhelming

@deadspacediehardfan 10 ай бұрын

It would be awesome if u could share the history of jersey names, the materials used, etc

@shrineguard2778 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the colour names were fantastic. Flatulent Pistachio and Elizabeth Moss XD

@rana1561 2 жыл бұрын

some even wore old school german suits and greek robes like the special Mony Python international match.

@maxwellmichieka2605 2 жыл бұрын

i would like to see guys play with suites today

@muhammedgamal5871 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@nickfc831 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stingersplash 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea there was a Worid Cup in 1953 or that Bolton were in it.

@a.a677 6 ай бұрын

I never knew us Aussies started wearing numbers first, that's awesome to know

@aviserig 2 жыл бұрын

3:51 Tell me more about this 1953 World Cup that Bolton participated in??

@pavise6333 Жыл бұрын

2:44 lost it at Anakin Sand

@sham-hj6qx Жыл бұрын

Castolo the Legend ,The Myth ,The Goat: more than 1000 goals, 8 Ballon d'ors , 5 champions league countless leagues and cups

@gamewithgreg 2 жыл бұрын

3:50 am I missing something here? Bolton Wanderers played in a World Cup?

@Apex-jv4mr 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite kit *VERY RARE AND UNKNOW* Juventus 2017-18 third

@evenshrimper2158 2 жыл бұрын

Every Tifo video is poetry

@gggiii1915 2 жыл бұрын

Sooooo good

@fauzirahman3285 2 жыл бұрын

How do we get that Tifo kit though?

@Barnsey3288 Жыл бұрын

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.

@danielstacey4116 Жыл бұрын

Well done to Bolton for an appearance in the 1953 World Cup! (3:50)

@GarkKahn 2 жыл бұрын

I loved those green jerseys of germany

@sebastiansimonofficial 2 жыл бұрын

I waited for my hometown club to be in this video and wasn't disappointed: Eintracht Braunschweig 4:57 :)

@oluwafemiajose948 Жыл бұрын

There was a World Cup in 1953 and Bolton was part of it?? Interesting. You learn something new everyday.

@abd-bm3cd Жыл бұрын

@06:20... Is that Castolo from Master League lmao?

@collinsscott7482 2 жыл бұрын

Is that Tifo kit up for sale?

@kunalm15 2 жыл бұрын

Man I really want to play football wearing a monocle.

@sergutiov 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Sublime99skill 2 жыл бұрын

Was that a Master League reference I spotted at the end there?

@nicholaspek5285 2 жыл бұрын

does anyone know why the sponsors in the 80s,90s and early 2000s were embossed but changed to heat applied plastic vinyl from 2006 onwards? likewise for namsets, flock material to the current material we have today.

@stevphen 2 жыл бұрын

Ok we now have a new gold standard of rare kits to frack down: the 1884/1886 Bolton Wanderers polka dot kit

@myownlilbubble 2 жыл бұрын

2:15....players in polka dots would be gigachads...lol

@romiarkan450 2 жыл бұрын

I wish an association would mandate that clubs retain their kits for more than a season, therefore making them a worthwhile purchase for fans as well as making sure the design teams actually use some deliberation. Should there be any changes in sponsorships, clubs must retain the same kit design but with the new sponsors plastered on until they're allowed to release new designs. If clubs think it might make old kits purchased by fans obsolete, just release plain versions of the kits, which usually look more palatable because of the lack of corporate shills on them. The only exception to this rule is when clubs change their kit suppliers on unprecedented circumstances.

@pabloski10k 2 жыл бұрын

MLS is already applying it. The mandate all of their teams to switch kits every 2 seasons. So, a club can change their home kit on year 1, and their away kit on year 2.

@treborschafer3945 2 жыл бұрын

The price of replicas needs to come down too. It's all cheap polyester, mass printed, but they cost a fortune.