Best throwback jerseys - soccer division

[Inky_Wretch]

spnited mentioned NASL, but I figured we'd open it to all leagues and NTs.

Italy 1982 World Cup ...

USA 1930 World Cup ...

Soviet Union tie-dye 1989-1991 ...

 

[PeteyPirate]

Peru, 1982 World cup. Simplicity defined.

 

[crimsonace]

Is there any sport with uglier uniforms than soccer?

Never understood the "tradition" of using collared shirts as jerseys in soccer, volleyball & a few other team sports (rugby).

(Tennis, golf & bowling don't count :) ).

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Is there any sport with uglier uniforms than soccer?

Arena football and NASCAR leap to my mind.

Sure, soccer has had some clunkers (see the USA denim jersey from WC 1994). But no more so than any other sport.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

NASL's Washington Diplomats from 1980.

 

[PeteyPirate]

WWII prisoners of war, circa 1940

 

[Pastor]

Is there any sport with uglier uniforms than soccer?

Never understood the "tradition" of using collared shirts as jerseys in soccer, volleyball & a few other team sports (rugby).

(Tennis, golf & bowling don't count :) ).

Seriously? The majority of soccer jerseys can actually be warn out on the street.

Just look at the jerseys in every sport:

Baseball: Buttons down the front with big script lettering across

Football: Either the shirt is too short and the fat midsection sticks out, the mesh makes you look foolish or the jersey is actually meant for pads so it is too big.

Basketball: Arguably it is the best because it is a tank top.

Hockey: Often too big in size on people and can only be worn in the winter.

NASCAR: Not a sport.

Soccer jerseys, when designed properly, consistently are a touch of class. Just look at the Dutch World Cup jersey. That orange kit was beautiful.

 

[Pastor]

Here are some fun ones...

1991-93

1996-98 (hanging in my closet)

1994-96 (a friend has this one and it kicks ass)

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Pastor ... you seem to wear a lot of red X's. ;D

Is there any sport with uglier uniforms than soccer?

Arena football and NASCAR leap to my mind.

Sure, soccer has had some clunkers (see the USA denim jersey from WC 1994). But no more so than any other sport.

Wasn't denim. Blue with white stars. I thought it was awesome — pretty much said USA very bluntly. That was the last World Cup before USA made the Nike error.

And NASCAR doesn't have jerseys,

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

And NASCAR doesn't have jerseys,

No, but it has those awful racing suits I've seen for sale in shopping malls, right next to pictures of Calvin pissing on a Ford logo and Confederate Flags that say "Heritage, Not Hate" underneath.

Never seen that in a mall — not even the one across the street from Daytona.

Never seen a replica firesuit (come to think of it, I've never seen a real firesuit for sale in a mall), but have seen the firesuit-replica jackets.

 

[writing irish]

Soccer jerseys have a bad rap because of all the damn ads across them, which does look like ****. Without the ads, soccer's gear is as cool as that of any sport.

 

[Pastor]

Pastor ... you seem to wear a lot of red X's. ;D

Is there any sport with uglier uniforms than soccer?

Arena football and NASCAR leap to my mind.

Sure, soccer has had some clunkers (see the USA denim jersey from WC 1994). But no more so than any other sport.

Wasn't denim. Blue with white stars. I thought it was awesome — pretty much said USA very bluntly. That was the last World Cup before USA made the Nike error.

And NASCAR doesn't have jerseys,

Damn it! But it seems fixed now...

I hated the USA "denim" kit. I had the away one for that year (red and white waving stripes) and feel that it was the last great American kit.

Recent years have shown Nike being a much better producer than Adidas.

 

[mustangj17]

While we're on the subject of soccer jerseys, why was Turkey wearing turquoise and white jerseys in the Euro Cup games.

 

[Pastor]

While we're on the subject of soccer jerseys, why was Turkey wearing turquoise and white jerseys in the Euro Cup games.

That is their away kit. Their other kit is red.

 

[writing irish]

While we're on the subject of soccer jerseys, why was Turkey wearing turquoise and white jerseys in the Euro Cup games.

Turquoise was a favored color back in the Ottoman times- particularly in art and architecture. The word turquoise comes from the French word for "Turkish."

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Not necessarily a throwback, but definitely a classic:

 

[writing irish]

SportsJournalists.com's Anglophile constituency just choked on their tea and don't know why.

 

[Huggy]

My old man used to wear one of these late-60s Celtic jerseys (tough to get over here, he got it off an old friend who was a Celtic director) without a number on the back. He thought it was sacrilege when they put numbers on the back beginning in the early 80s.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Oh, Argentina and Brazil always have good kits. But not as good as Scotland or England. ;D

And 2MCM, I know NASCAR doesn't have jerseys. But crimsonace said "uniforms."

 

[writing irish]

My favorite Mexican and Spanish teams have practically the same uniform. Chivas de Guadalajara and Atletico Madrid. Coincidental I suppose...I just happened to spend time in the two cities and decided to be a fanboi of the local team. Anyway, very cool look...and also coincidentally, similar to the US flag.

Chivas de Guadalajara:

Atletico Madrid: