Untold Stories

2008-09 Wolfsburg Home Shirt

Die Wölfe Reign Supreme

Home shirt from the famous season when Die Wölfe reigned supreme and won their first Bundesliga title under Felix Magath. This shirt features the "Ein Herz Fur Kinder" charity sponsor - which Wolfsburg adopted for the first half of this season on both their home and away shirts. The electric strike partnership of Edin Dzeko and Grafite were the most notable feature of this great side with the duo netting 71 goals between them in all competitions.

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2008-09 TSG Hoffenheim Player Issue Home L/S Shirt Obasi #20

Hoffenheim's Rise

Home shirt worn in Die Kraichgauer's first season in the Bundesliga. Despite Hoffenheim's status as a village of just over 3000 people, the side had managed to fight their way from regional football all the way to the Bundesliga by 2008, albeit with lots of financial backing from owner Dietmar Hopp who was one of the richest people in Germany at the time. Under the tutelage of experienced operator Ralf Rangnick, the side would miraculously be top of the Bundesliga at Christmas, crowned the Hinrunde "first half" Champions. The side would fall away in the second half of the season as Wolfsburg's famous side would top the league with Hoffenheim eventually finishing 7th.

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2001-02 Juventus Home Shirt Maresca #16

Maresca's Bull Celebration

Having started his career at West Bromwich Albion not knowing a word of English at 18 years old in 1998, Maresca left the midlands side after a club record sale with 47 appearances and 5 goals and returned to Italy in January 2000. His career started off slow in Turin, being loaned to Bologna in 00-01 and Piacenza in 02-03. However, in the 01-02 season Enzo scored a significant equaliser in the Derby della Mole in which he mimicked Marco Ferrante's "bull-horn" celebration (pictured), a symbol of Torino's image. After 58 appearances and 6 goals for I Bianconeri across three seasons amongst two loan-spells elsewhere, Maresca was sold to Fiorentina in a co-ownership deal after disagreements about his contract renewal.

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2008-09 Olympique Marseille Match Issue Third L/S Shirt Mears #8

Mears' Controversial Move

Infamous shirt with three-quarter sleeve design as worn by full back Mears during his loan spell from Championship side Derby in the 2008-09 season. Mears had caused controversy at parent club Derby by travelling to Marseille for a trial without permission. He was initially fined six week's wages by Derby, who then agreed a loan deal with Marseille for Mears' service. Mears only played seven times for the club in his season on loan, with the highlight moment being a winning header in extra time of a UEFA Cup knockout match vs Ajax. One of the most baffling transfers and number choices (#8) that we've seen!

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2007-08 AC Milan Player Issue Home Shirt Aubame P. #18

Aubameyang at Milan

Iconic shirt of I Rossoneri, which was less famously worn by an 18-year-old Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during his time at AC Milan's youth academy. Auba first announced himself to the world at the 2007 Champions Youth Cup in which he scored against every opponent he faced, finishing with 7 goals in 6 matches, letting scouts worldwide know what he was all about. Surprisingly, the young forward never made a senior appearance for AC, and was instead loaned to sides in France, only making one matchday squad in the Coppa Italia. Aubameyang's older brothers Catilina and Willy have also played for Milan's youth sides.

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1998-00 FA Cup AXA Roadshow Match Issue L/S Shirt #6

AXA FA Cup Roadshow

Shirt produced by Umbro during the late 90s for the AXA FA Cup Roadshow, a touring event organised by The Football Association and sponsors AXA Insurance to promote the FA Cup and engage with fans across the UK. These events exhibited the FA Cup trophy and also hosted special charity matches for which this shirt was issued for.

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1996 Guarani Home Shirt

Brother Sponsorship

Home shirt as worn by the Brazilian side when they finished 2nd in Campeonato Brasiliero Serie A. This retro design also features the iconic sponsor of Japanese electronics company Brother, more famously popularised by Manchester City between 1987-1999. While we don't know how the side aquired this sponsorship, they are one of two teams ever to have been sponsored by them.

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1995-98 Wigan Home Shirt

JJB Sports Uniform

Home shirt as worn across three seasons by the Latics when they won the Third Division in 1996-97. However, the design was also used by staff of JJB Sports across the country, just without the Wigan crest! The major sports retailer, owned by former footballer Dave Whelan at the time, managed to popularise Wigan's strip ouside of Lancashire to help boost revenue and image for the Tics.

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2003-04 Perugia Home Shirt Saadi #19

Gaddafi's Son

Home shirt as worn by I Grifoni, featuring forward Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Colonel Gaddafi. Al-Saadi's participation at Perugia included one substitute appearance against Juventus, employing Diego Maradona as his technical consultant, and an Italian newspaper saying: "Even at twice his current speed he would still be twice as slow as slow itself". He did however score 27 goals in 88 games in Libya playing for Al-Ahly and Al-Ittihad Tripoli.

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2014 Brunei DPMM FC Away Shirt

Bruised Banana Tribute

Familiar looking away shirt produced by Lotto as worn when the side finished 8th in the S.League. Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club from Brunei in South-East Asia who have competed in Malaysia, Singapore and their home country of Brunei, emerged with a reminiscent looking 'Bruised Banana' design in 2014. This very clear mimic of Arsenal's iconic early 90s strip was used by the side when they won the League Cup, and serves as a modern take of the Gunners away kit.

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2007-08 Inter Milan Nike 'Ambrosiana' Heritage L/S Shirt

Inter's Coat of Arms

Part of the Nike Football classics range from Inter's centenary season, this heritage shirt adopts a similar design to the away strip, donning the coat of arms of Milan. The large red cross on a white background takes inspiration from a very old uniform when the side were named Società Sportiva Ambrosiana, which is also what part the crest reads. With the name relating to Saint Ambrose, the 4th-century Bishop of Milan and the design featuring the city's coat of arms, FC Internazionale have always been ingrained in their glorious metropolis.

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1998-00 Chelsea Third Shirt

Luca Percassi

Third shirt as worn by the Blues during the Italian invasion at Chelsea featuring player/manager Gianluca Vialli, Casiraghi, Dalla Bona, Di Matteo, Zola, and the lesser known Luca Percassi who signed from Atalanta at 17-years-old. The centre-back made just two senior appearances in his time at Stamford Bridge across two seasons, but did end up with an FA Cup winners medal after making a 1 minute cameo against Nottingham Forest in the fourth round. Percassi returned to Italy in 2000 and then retired just four years later, to enter into entrepreneurship with his father Antonio, who was also a footballer for Atalanta in the 70s. Luca is now the Italian club's CEO.

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2000-01 Sheffield United Home Shirt & 2001-03 West Brom Away Shirt

Battle of Bramall Lane

Classic design worn both in the infamous game dubbed as the "Battle of Bramall Lane" in March 2002. The Baggies made the short trip to South Yorkshire to face Sheffield United in a First Division clash that was by no means a derby, but ended up becoming the only match in English professional history to have been abandoned due a shortage of players. The United goalkeeper was sent off within the first 10 minutes for handling outside the area and they trailed 1-0 at the break. But after the restart manager Neil Warnock made two subs in the latter stages of the game, in which the both of them were sent off after a horrific two-footed challenge from Georges Santos and a headbutt from Patrick Suffo in the aftermath. Then being down to 8 men, two United players suffered injuries and the match was abandoned due to the Blades having used all of their substitutions.