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Women’s Football Shirts: How the Market Grew Up
For most of its history, women’s football kit was not really designed at all. Players wore smaller versions of men’s shirts, or men’s shirts in small sizes, and the idea that a women’s kit might be built differently barely registered. That has changed, driven by the growth of the women’s game and by a market…
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How Football Boots Changed the Game
The boot is the one piece of equipment a footballer cannot do without, and it has changed more than any other. From heavy leather boots with nailed-in studs that weighed a player down, to the engineered, brightly coloured, featherweight boots of today, the evolution of the football boot is a story of technology chasing performance,…
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Chelsea Football Shirts: How to Verify What You Bought
Chelsea’s blue has moved around more than most clubs’ colours, which makes their shirts unusually good at revealing whether a seller knows what they are doing. A listing describes a shirt; the parcel contains one; most of the time they match, and when they do not, it is usually the season or the shade rather…