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04 Nov Football shirt size guide: how to choose the right size
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The most common mistake when buying a shirt online isn't the team or the design; it's the size. A match shirt can be noticeably tighter than a regular T-shirt, a retro shirt looser, and kids' sizes are measured in centimetres of height, not age. In this guide you'll see how to measure correctly, how the different types of shirt fit and how to choos..
04 Nov Gifts for football fans: 25 ideas for Christmas 2026
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Every year it's the same question: what do you buy for someone who lives and breathes for their team? The good news is that football fans are some of the easiest people to buy for, as long as you know two things: which team they support and how much you want to spend. We've put together 25 gift ideas for football fans, organised by budget and by te..
20 Oct Champions League finals 2020-2026: From empty stands to PSG's double
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The 2020s began with a final without a single spectator and, by 2026, have already produced seven finals full of twists. The pandemic and a war moved the final's venue three times, Real Madrid reached 15 titles and Paris Saint-Germain went from their first trophy to back-to-back wins. Here they all are, together with the shirts they wore. 2020 · Li..
20 Oct Champions League finals 2010-2019: Real Madrid's four titles in five years
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The 2010s were the age of the super-clubs. From Madrid in 2010 to Madrid again in 2019, ten finals produced three trebles, a penalty triumph in the opponent's own stadium and, above all, the Real Madrid of four titles in five years. Let us take them one by one, with an eye on the shirts too. 2010 · Madrid: Inter – Bayern 2-0 On 22 May 2010, at the ..
20 Oct Champions League finals 2000-2009: From the Istanbul miracle to the Athens rematch
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In the 2000s the Champions League gave us ten finals with seven different winners. We saw Real Madrid reach nine titles, Milan playing three finals in five years and Barcelona making history. In between came two meetings of Milan and Liverpool: one in Istanbul and the other in Athens. 2000 · Paris: Real Madrid – Valencia 3-0 On 24 May 2000, at the ..
20 Oct European Cup finals 1990-1999: Milan, Athens and the Camp Nou miracle
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The 1990s changed Europe's biggest club competition for good. In 1992 the old European Cup took the name Champions League, and soon afterwards sponsors made it onto the shirts worn in finals. Ten finals from Vienna to Barcelona, one of them in Athens, and some of the best-loved kits of all time. 1990 · Vienna: Milan – Benfica 1-0 On 23 May 1990, at..
20 Oct European Cup finals 1980-1989: From Athens '83 to Milan in white
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The 1980s began with English dominance and ended with Sacchi's Milan. In between came the Heysel tragedy, the first great penalty-shootout dramas and new champions from Romania, Portugal and the Netherlands. For us it holds something special too: the 1983 final at the Athens Olympic Stadium. 1980 · Madrid: Nottingham Forest – Hamburg 1-0 On 28 May ..
20 Oct European Cup finals 1970-1979: Panathinaikos at Wembley and the age of dynasties
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The 1970s were the age of dynasties. Ajax and Bayern each lifted three trophies in a row, and at the end English clubs took over. In the middle of it all sits the brightest night in Greek football: Panathinaikos at Wembley. 1970 · Milan: Feyenoord – Celtic 2-1 (a.e.t.) On 6 May 1970, at San Siro, Celtic were the big favourites. Tommy Gemmell put th..
20 Oct European Cup finals 1960-1969: From Glasgow's 7-3 to the Lisbon Lions
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The 1960s began with the most spectacular final of all and ended with a new Europe. Real Madrid made it five out of five, Lisbon and Milan took over, and in the end the British learned what it felt like to lift the cup too. Ten finals, ten stories and some of the most legendary shirts in football. 1960 · Glasgow: Real Madrid – Eintracht 7-3 On 18 M..
20 Oct European Cup finals 1956-1959: Europe dressed in Real Madrid white
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The idea came from a newspaper office in Paris. Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran of L'Équipe revived the plan for a tournament of Europe's champions in late 1954, and in 1955 the European Cup was born, the forerunner of today's Champions League. In the first four finals, from 1956 to 1959, one colour dominated: the all-white of Real Madrid. 1956 · ..
18 Oct Rooney at 41: From “Remember the name” to Manchester United and England records
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On 24 October, Wayne Rooney turns 41. For a whole generation of fans he was the kid who played as if he were still on the streets of his neighbourhood. Fearless, stubborn, and with a shot nobody saw coming. To mark his birthday, we look back on his career through the shirts he wore. Everton: “Remember the name” Rooney was born in 1985 in Croxteth, ..
18 Oct Pelé: 86 years since the birth of the King who made the number 10 a legend
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On 23 October 1940, Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in Três Corações, Brazil. The world came to know him as Pelé. This year he would have turned 86. He passed away on 29 December 2022, yet the image of him with the number 10 on his back has never faded. To mark his birthday, we tell his story through the shirts he wore. The white of Santos It ..
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