Monday, February 19, 2007

Some of My Favorites






Here are some of my favorite football kit designs. This is by no means a comprehensive list. It is also not year-specific, meaning that only the teams that have the best uniforms year-in and year-out are listed here. Eventually I'll do a list of the best year-specific designs. So here they are in no particular order:
#1. Vasco Da Gama - Home/Away: This Brazilian team has a simple yet elegant design in white or black with a diagonal sash. I particularly like the black shirt. This club has managed to steer clear of adverts on the front of the jersey. I also heard somewhere that the club chose its colors of black and white as a symbol of racial unity and that the club was at the forefront of racial integration in Brazilian football. You gotta like that.
#2. Sampdoria - Home: I don't know the story behind this design, but I like it. A royal blue shirt with red and black stripes inside a white rectangle. And in the middle is a shield with a cross on it. The current cut of the shirt notwithstanding, this is a nice shirt.
#3. Boca Juniors - Home: This shirt is famous around the world because of Diego Maradona and the club's many international achievements. The blue and yellow is distinctive and classy. They usually alternate every year or so between a royal blue shirt and a more navy blue design. I prefer when they use the royal blue.
#4. Italy - Home: This jersey has always been simple and classic. I think it's the best example of a country using a color not on their national flag as a primary color on their uniform.
#5. Peru - Home/Away: Maybe you are seeing a pattern. I like Royal blue and diagonal sashes. Seriously, the Peru jersey is very nice. I prefer the away red jersey to the home white. We can also throw River Plate in this mix but I won't put up their picture because I'm a Boca fan!

33 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing your experience

Anonymous said...

VASCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

jkakito said...

VAAAAASCOOOOOOOOO!!!!!


VASCO DA GAMA RULES, MAN!!!!



THANKS FOR LIKE US!!!

jkakito said...

Vaaaaascoooo!!!!



Vaaaaassscoooooo!!!

Dinamite said...

Vascooooo da Gama, Guy!

Thanks for like us! (2)

Anonymous said...

a lot friend obliged by the praise made the shirt of our team VASCO OF THE RANGE is really a lot pretty our shirt and to really the colors were like this for integration of races, the vasco was the first
club in the world it put black players in the soccer

it obliged by the preference

Anonymous said...

it reads on the pretty history of this club

http://www.crvascodagama.com/files/The_History_of_CR_Vasco_da_Gama.pdf


VASCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Orkut:
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=603745
Website oficial:
http://www.vasco.com.br
Youtube:
http://br.youtube.com/user/crvascodagama

Anonymous said...

VAAAAASCO, THE BEST !

Anonymous said...

The Vasco of gamma is a teams who fought to finish with racism in Brazil. E one of the best teamses of the world

Anonymous said...

Vasco é o melhor time do planeta

Obrigado!

Anonymous said...

ohhhhhhhh yeah dude
vasco da gama rules and we from brasil are pleased that you like our uniform!!!


vasco best team of the planet earth
uhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu




c ye

Anonymous said...

Thanks for putting our team's jersey at our favorites. (Just between us: it's amazingly beautiful!)

Anonymous said...

Vasco da Gama 3 x 0 Flamengo

YEAH!

FLAMENGO MULAMBO
FLAMENGO VICE!


VASCOOOOOOOOOOOO

Anonymous said...

hey man, I'm from Brazil and I really wanna thank you for the choose of the Vasco Shirt.

I think like u, that the Vasco's is one of the most beatiful shirts of the world.

Vaaaaaaaaassssscccccccccoooooooooooo.

I Think if you watch some soccer's games you will fall in love fot this Team.

Vaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssscooooooooooooooooo

Anonymous said...

O VASCO É O MELHOR CLUBE DO MUNDO = VASCO THE BEST

Anonymous said...

VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSCOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

VASCO DA GAMA 3 x 1 MANCHESTER UNITED

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=adc7trqYxS4

Dinamite said...

Link of the blog: http://www.comunidadevasco.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Man, your blog is excelent
Its nice to know that some ppl know something about the history of Vasco da Gama
The first team to accept black players
Your comment about the Vasco's shirt was perfect

Many ppl from The biggest Vasco's Community, from Orkut liked your definition: http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=603745&tid=2570560501010220091&na=4

Hugs from Vasco da Gama

Anonymous said...

BRASIL BRASIL!
VASCO VASCO!

VASCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


VASCO SEMPRE FORA EURICO /+/

Anonymous said...

TORCIDA DO VASCO!

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7wR6VOsyY

Victor Hugo Sarmento said...

De todos os amores que eu tive és o mais antigoooo, o vasco é minha vida minha história, meu primeiro amigoooo, quem não te conhece me pergunta pq te seguiiiii, eu levo a cruz de malta no meu peito desde que eu nascii, e eu naum parooooo, naum paro naummm, a cruz de malta, meu coraçãooo, vasco da gama, minha paixão, vasco da gama religião...

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Anonymous said...

is it a chat now?

Anonymous said...

VASCO 3 X 1 MANCHESTER

VASCO THE BEST IN THE WORLD, MANCHESTER WAS VERY EASY

Existencialista Covarde said...

VASCOOOO


thanks for like us

=DD

Anonymous said...

The colors BlacK and White symbol Balance.
The Band represent the Respect and for this reason he has the Cross of Malta close to the heart and the Color Red represents the Blood, Heart and the Life.
Thus an admirer of the Vasco da Gama carry your love to the teams where it will be, same it not possessing a shirt of the Vasco in its body, it can beat in the chest and say VASCO OF HEART FOREVER.

What you it really said is truth ^^

"Colors of black and white as a symbol of racial unity and that the club was at the forefront of racial integration in Brazilian football. You gotta like that."

Thx dude
Your respect for VASCO DA GAMA are great.
BB :D

A. Kane said...

wow guys, thanks for stopping by, I love to hear from the true supporters! I would like to some day go to Brazil and see a Vasco match.

Anonymous said...

VASCO IS THE BEST

THANKS MAN

Unknown said...

Vasco !!!!!

Anonymous said...

CRVG

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gamarzd

Anonymous said...

Vasco the best teams of the world!!!!!!!!

Emanuel said...

Sampdoria was born from union of two Genova teams, Sampierdarense and Andrea Doria. Sampierdarense had a white shirt with horizontal red & black stripes (similar to Sao Paulo, but without the white stripe between), Andrea Doria's shirt was half blue and half white (like Blackburn Rovers). The union of the two shirts created Sampdoria's shirt. The shield with the red cross is Genova's symbol.

Italy's blue shirt is because the Savoia reignant family colour was blue.