KIT • FASHION • ART DESIGN • TECH
JUVENTUS 2023-24 HOME KIT £80
adidas.co.uk
Playing by the rules isn’t really in the Juve DNA, is it? Their execution of ‘stripes’ here is loose at best. Adidas claim that the fuzzy lines are a deliberate print effect designed to replicate the fur of a zebra. They’re also calling that yellow trim ‘bold gold’. None of it should work, and yet it kind of... does?
DIRE STRAITS X NEWCASTLE UNITED VINYL ART
tolhurstvinylart.com £59.99 What you’re looking at here is Newcastle United’s club badge from the 1980s cut into an original 7” record of Local Hero by Dire Straits. Local Hero is played before every kick-off at St. James’ Park, so this is hitting music, nostalgia and football all at once in a strong bid for supporters’ credit card details. There are dozens of other club equivalents available and, yes, they can do requests.
1988-90 MAN UNITED X ORIGINALS COLLECTION
adidas.co.uk Shirt £80 Jacket £130 Three-striped catnip for Manchester United fans, Adidas’ nostalgic capsule collection comprises a dozen pieces inspired by the start of the Fergie era... the bit where he started winning trophies, at least. At the heart of it are like-for-like remakes of the club’s third jersey (modelled by frequent Fergie hairdryer victim Lee Sharpe) and the bench jacket sported by Fergie teacher’s pet, Denis Irwin.
PUMA PURSUIT PACK £80-£200
puma.com
Fancy a striking look for five-a-side? These are the wheels of choice for Neymar – though there’s a fair chance he’ll never get to wear them, as their release coincided with news that Ney had suffered an ankle knack. Thankfully, other big-hitters such as Kingsley Coman donned them in the pursuit of trophies, while Barcelona Femeni stars Ariadna Mingueza and Fridolina Rolfo have both been enjoying the women-specific fits.
LIVERPOOL ’89 CYCLING JERSEY £42
footballcycling.co.uk
Big ‘why-didn’t-I-think-of-that’ energy from this genius product – the Football Cycling Club have beaten everyone to it and married the boom in cycling with the lucrative business of retro football shirts. FFT road-tested one and they’re great quality, comfortable, breathable and have those deep pockets at the back for Jelly Babies and all of that other cycling bumf.
THIRTY – SIX LAZER GLOVES
36gkgloves.co.uk £38 Goalkeeper coach Ross Morecroft wanted to have a go at creating his own keeper gloves, so he did. These sleek mits – tested at non-league and grassroots levels – have a friendly price point but come full of top goalkeeping glove tech, including moveable finger spines and silicon-injected fingertips to minimise twisting, max
