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Videoton and Újpest looking barely distinguishable in the first half, Videoton change to white shorts at least for the second half, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, 30/10/1993:
Italy using a training shirt for a pre-World Cup 90 warm-up match with French club AS Cannes, 02/06/1990:
Yugoslavia wearing all-white away kit at home to Turkey, Euro 88 qualifier, 29/10/1986:
Smart Newcastle United shirt and shorts as seen away to Hendon FC, FA Cup third round replay, 09/01/1974:
Real Oviedo with Kelme’s famous paw-print branding on their sleeves and shorts, away to Genoa, UEFA Cup first round-2nd leg, 03/10/1991:
Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy in nice Umbro black/green/orange jumper, 1997:
Republic of Ireland’s David Connolly wearing the “I Am Crap” jersey during training, 1997:
Nigeria with the same goalkeeper shirt template as used by the Dutch in 1990, against Cameroon in their own unusual “Adidas-style” shirt with three stripes but no trefoil (the shorts did have a trefoil), African Cup of Nations third-place playoff, 25/01/1992:
SM Caen vs RC Lens in forced Adidas shirts for French cup sponsorship rules but Cean also in Puma shorts, Coupe de France, 14/03/1992:
FC Hansa Rostock in their away kit which at a distance looks like Hummel, with its chevrons, but is actually Erima, vs 1.FC Kaiserslautern, Bundesliga, 07/11/1997:
Belgium in their “Argentina jackets” and leggings (mostly) away to Netherlands, World Cup qualifier play-off second leg, 1985:
Chelsea in an unusual look away to Leyton Orient having clearly had to borrow socks to avoid a clash with the home side wearing all-white, FA Cup 5th round, 18/02/1978:
Bolivia’s out-there Umbro shirt vs Argentina, Copa America, 08/07/1995:
SG Dynamo Dresden‘s 98-99 home kit by Reebok vs FC Erzgebirge Aue, Regionalliga Nordost, 29/08/1998:
Sweden vs Colombia made confusing by the Colombians wearing what would normally be the Swede’s lower half and also in odd knock-off “t-shirt” looking versions of their Adidas 1990 design, friendly, 05/03/1991:
Unified Germany in a differently-branded version of the design used by West Germany from 1988 on with just a small trefoil and no Adidas wordmark, vs Soviet Union, friendly, 27/03/1991:
Canada in an interesting Adidas kit vs Mexico on an artificial surface, World Cup 82 qualifier, 18/10/1980:
FC Jazz and Myllykosken Pallo -47 with some classic Finnish looks, Veikkausliiga, 03/10/1993:
Sint-Truidense V.V. looking very Parma in Lotto against vs Genk, Belgian First Division, 2000:
Hosted by Hong Kong, China in orange vs North Korea in red and green plus fancy numbers, World Cup 82 qualifier, 04/01/1981:
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YouTube Links:
Videoton vs Újpest, 1993
Italy vs Cannes, 1990
Yugoslavia vs Turkey, 1986
Newcastle United vs Hendon, 1974
Genoa vs Real Oviedo, 1991
Ireland (Mick McCarthy documentary), 1997
Nigeria vs Cameroon, 1992
Caen vs Lens, 1992
Hansa Rostock vs Kaiserslautern, 1997
Netherlands vs Belgium, 1985
Chelsea vs Leyton Orient, 1978
Bolivia vs Argentina, 1995
Dynamo Dresden vs Erzgebirge Aue, 1998
Sweden vs Colombia, 1991
Germany vs Soviet Union, 1991
Canada vs Mexico, 1980
FC Jazz vs MyPa, 1993
China vs North Korea, 1981
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