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The five best Manchester City kits of all time

Manchester City have experienced their first trophyless season since 2016/17 and, unlike kits of the recent past, the three released last season...

The five best Leeds United shirts of all time

Leeds United are loved by millions, and certainly hated by millions, too. But no matter what you think of them, it's hard to deny that they're icons...

Top 10 Most Iconic Shirt Sponsors Of All Time

Sponsors can often make or break a kit. Sometimes a sponsor can take over a shirt, stripping a strip of all its cultural importance and design, in...

The 5 best Champions League – winning shirts

Ahead of Saturday's Champions league final between PSG and Inter Milan, PlayStyles have looked back through the archives at the best-dressed sides...

Bayern Munich during the War: The story behind THAT badge.

For years, Bayern Munich received Nazi connotations as a result of their club badge during the Second World War, which brandished a large black...

The five best Coventry City shirts of all time

After some seriously dark times for Coventry City shirts, Hummel have brought them back to being among the best-dressed teams in the game right now....

Cameroon v FIFA: The football kit war

Whatever Puma were smoking in the early 2000s when designing the Cameroon kits, we want to try it. In the space of two years, the Central African...

Nottingham ‘s global influence on football fashion

Most people are aware of Nottingham Forest's Champions League exploits, or Notts County's history. But their influence on the beautiful game...

Skinheads on the Terraces

Football hooliganism in the 1970s and 80s coincided with the surge in popularity of the skinhead subculture, who were hard to miss on the terraces...

What did football look like in the 1980s?

Nowadays, the terraces are full of designer clothing and replica shirts. The pitch sees players wearing the highest-tech. But rewind 40 years, and...

The five best Leeds United shirts of all time

by Ollie Mitchell | Jun 3, 2025

Leeds United are loved by millions, and certainly hated by millions, too. But no matter what you think of them, it's hard to deny that they're icons of the British game. A return to the Premier League will arrive next year after two seasons in the Championship, but...

Top 10 Most Iconic Shirt Sponsors Of All Time

by Harry Thursby | May 30, 2025

Sponsors can often make or break a kit. Sometimes a sponsor can take over a shirt, stripping a strip of all its cultural importance and design, in favour of monetary marketing gain. But occasionally, a sponsor suits a shirt beautifully, complimenting the colours and...

The 5 best Champions League – winning shirts

by Ollie Mitchell | May 30, 2025

Ahead of Saturday's Champions league final between PSG and Inter Milan, PlayStyles have looked back through the archives at the best-dressed sides to have won it. Stay to the end for a quiz! 5. FC Barcelona 2009 Image: Wikimedia Commons You can't see this shirt...

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Bayern Munich during the War: The story behind THAT badge.

by Ed Stansfield | 29 May 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

For years, Bayern Munich received Nazi connotations as a result of their club badge during the Second World War, which brandished a large black swastika instead of the traditional white and blue lozenges pattern to represent the colours of Bavaria. The actual story...

The five best Coventry City shirts of all time

by Ollie Mitchell | 28 May 2025 | Featured, On the pitch, Rewind | 0 Comments

After some seriously dark times for Coventry City shirts, Hummel have brought them back to being among the best-dressed teams in the game right now. Which ones stand out from the rest, though? We've compiled the world's least-definitive list of the top five. Coventry...

Cameroon v FIFA: The football kit war

by Ed Stansfield | 28 May 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

Whatever Puma were smoking in the early 2000s when designing the Cameroon kits, we want to try it. In the space of two years, the Central African side wore two very unique kits with extremely unorthodox design features. 2002 - defying norms Cameroon headed to Mali...

Nottingham ‘s global influence on football fashion

by Ollie Mitchell | 27 May 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

Most people are aware of Nottingham Forest's Champions League exploits, or Notts County's history. But their influence on the beautiful game actually has another interesting layer to it... 1. Boca Juniors Image: Wikimedia Commons Boca Juniors have got one of the most...

Skinheads on the Terraces

by Ed Stansfield | 27 May 2025 | Rewind, Terraces and beyond | 0 Comments

Football hooliganism in the 1970s and 80s coincided with the surge in popularity of the skinhead subculture, who were hard to miss on the terraces due to their unmistakable style and mass popularity. Originating in London in economically-depressed working class...

What did football look like in the 1980s?

by Ollie Mitchell | 9 May 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

Nowadays, the terraces are full of designer clothing and replica shirts. The pitch sees players wearing the highest-tech. But rewind 40 years, and football looked very different indeed… Imagine it. Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are European heavyweights. The Crazy...

Buddies With Escobar, Kidnappings and Plastic Surgery: The Life of René Higuita.

by Ed Stansfield | 8 January 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

René Higuita was not only fearless on the pitch, but off it too. Redefining the role of the goalkeeper with his mad antics, and looking good whilst doing it, El Loco truly earned his nickname. It was in the midst of extreme poverty and relentless criminal activity where René Higuita discovered his love for football. […]