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The BEST and WORST outfield shirts from EVERY Premier League season

The 2024/25 Premier League season has concluded and as per usual, much attention is now being turned towards clubs around the world releasing their...

The five best Lincoln City shirts of all time

After a prolific few seasons beginning in 2015 where the club gained promotion all the way from the National League to the mighty heights of League...

The five best Real Madrid shirts of all time

15 Champions League titles and 36 Spanish titles later, it's safe to say Real Madrid have accumulated a pretty impressive catalogue of kits. After...

The five best AFC Wimbledon shirts of all time

FA Cup glory, the Crazy Gang, displacement, rebirth, and a story like no other – the wonderful and wacky history of football in Wimbledon is hard to follow.

Why This Banned Cameroon Shirt Deserves a Streetwear Comeback

When Cameroon stepped onto the pitch in 2004 wearing sleeveless, muscle-hugging, dark green shirts, everyone was confused, but impressed. Dubbed...

What if Premier League teams had retro sponsors again?

One thing many fans hate about the Premier League nowadays is its obsession with money. 50 different TV deals, dodgy sponsorship deals, huge...

One for sorrow: The story behind Notts County ‘s magpies

Notts County is one of the oldest League clubs in the world, wearing their history like a badge. Literally. County's badge has changed a lot since...

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 five best Lincoln City shirts of all time

by Harry Thursby | Jun 5, 2025

After a prolific few seasons beginning in 2015 where the club gained promotion all the way from the National League to the mighty heights of League One, Lincoln City have become a mainstay in the league since 2019. Lincoln have always had an iconic red and white...

The five best Real Madrid shirts of all time

by Ed Stansfield | Jun 5, 2025

15 Champions League titles and 36 Spanish titles later, it's safe to say Real Madrid have accumulated a pretty impressive catalogue of kits. After all, football royalty deserves the strips to match. Let's have a peek at the top five, picked by us at PlayStyles. 5)...

The five best AFC Wimbledon shirts of all time

by Ollie Mitchell | Jun 5, 2025

FA Cup glory, the Crazy Gang, displacement, rebirth, and a story like no other - the wonderful and wacky history of football in Wimbledon is hard to follow. A continuation of Wimbledon FC, AFC Wimbledon have had a remarkable rise through the leagues since 2002, with...

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Why This Banned Cameroon Shirt Deserves a Streetwear Comeback

by Harry Thursby | 5 June 2025 | Featured, Rewind, Societal impact | 0 Comments

When Cameroon stepped onto the pitch in 2004 wearing sleeveless, muscle-hugging, dark green shirts, everyone was confused, but impressed. Dubbed illegal by FIFA and iconic by everyone else, the kit blurred the line between sportswear and streetwear long before...

What if Premier League teams had retro sponsors again?

by Ollie Mitchell | 4 June 2025 | Featured, Rewind | 0 Comments

One thing many fans hate about the Premier League nowadays is its obsession with money. 50 different TV deals, dodgy sponsorship deals, huge transfer fees... "game's gone, mate". However, there was a time where this wasn't quite such a powerful feeling. There's...

One for sorrow: The story behind Notts County ‘s magpies

by Olivia Harris | 4 June 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

Notts County is one of the oldest League clubs in the world, wearing their history like a badge. Literally. County's badge has changed a lot since its inception and has been a canvas for superstition, symbolism and interestingly, fraud. However, through it all, one...

The five best Manchester City kits of all time

by Ed Stansfield | 3 June 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

Manchester City have experienced their first trophyless season since 2016/17 and, unlike kits of the recent past, the three released last season will forever be synonymous with disappointment and underachievement. It must be a strange feeling for City fans, so...

The five best Leeds United shirts of all time

by Ollie Mitchell | 3 June 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

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 | 30 May 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

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 | 30 May 2025 | Rewind | 0 Comments

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...

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...