Take a look at the jerseys below:
If you’re not a fan, these are the 2009 jerseys of Brazil and Portugal. Besides the colors and the badges, see any differences? This is exactly where I wanted to get. Football (and excuse me for not using the word soccer) has become a big business. The romantic era when players played because they loved a club is long gone. But not only the players seem to have become knights in service of pure capitalism. The current jerseys reflect that as well. Kits produced by big names like Nike have the exact same design, with the obvious differences in colors and jerseys. All Nikes look the same. And this applies to Adidas, Puma, Reebok…
With these jerseys invading the pitches all around the globe, something has been lost. By looking exactly the same, as a product of mass production, they lost personality. They lost their soul. And this could be used to describe the game of football itself, which nowadays has series of robots charged in full physical power pretending to be players. Therefore, this blog will talk about old jerseys for everything they represent. They represent an era which there was more passion about simple things. And this rule applied to many fields in the world. So here, it is the place to remember the great jerseys of football and the great moments which they have been involved. The whistle has been blown.
April 7, 2009 at 2:37 PM |
Great idea. I noticed this as well when the US, Mexico, Holland all had a silly circle around their numbers.
Paul Lukas of Uni Watch focuses on these types of details. Not much regarding soccer but here’s a link you may be interested in http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2008/04/28/day-one-without-paul-all-good/
April 7, 2009 at 5:38 PM |
Great link Jason. thanks!
the silly circle belonged to the 2003-05 Nike kits. And, in my opinion, was the lowest point in the history of jerseys. Just ugly.