Kit Collection Volume 3 - Register Your Interest

I said after Volume 2 that I'd never write another book about football shirts...I was wrong. I did, however, figure that if I was going to risk sanity and divorce once more, I'd best make it worth it...and so the idea behind Volume 3 of the Attic Kit collection was born. Rather than just showcase the latest additions to my collection, I thought I'd come up with a theme...and also a proper title. Given my love of obscure (some would say hideous)...

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The Football Attic Podcast 32 - The 1987-88 season

Can you remember what you were doing thirty years ago? Were you dreaming of owning your very own BMX bike, or were you wondering why Paul Gascoigne didn't talk with a very high-pitched voice after his encounter with Vinnie Jones? If your answer was the latter, then welcome to our 32nd podcast in which we go back to the 1987-88 season! Take a trip down memory lane with us as we remind you of the players, the teams and the goals that made up an often...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 20 - Another New Kits Special

So many new kits, so little time to discuss them... unless you're presenting the Football Attic Kit Podcast, in which case you can easily fill an hour and a half! Yes, we're back once again to wax lyrical about the latest kit releases, but to pep things up, we also talk about cartoons, space exploration and the most depressing breakfast cereal ever. Oh and by the way, VISIT MALAYSIA. And as if our 20th episode wasn't a landmark enough, we're...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 19 - New Kits Special

We're back! What do you mean you didn't know we'd been away? Cheeky scamps! In the few weeks we've been absent, there's been an avalanche of new kit releases, so we devote this entire episode to just that, with our New Kits Special! Tune in to hear our views on the new Liverpool, Luton, Sampdoria, Ross County... look I'm not gonna list them all, just have a listen and don't forget to subscribe to the crib sheet so you can see what we're on about... Also,...

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The Football Attic Podcast 31 Part 2 - Old v New

As sure as night follows day and 'each-way bet' follows Joey Barton, we're back with the second part of our comparison between the football of yesteryear and the football we know in the modern era. The question is, which era's best? Is it the era of clunky football video games, Puma King football boots and hooliganism, or the era of foreign club ownership, complicated football kit design and digital advertising boards? Listen in to the concluding...

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The Football Attic Podcast 31 Part 1 - Old v New

Hey folks, remember when football nostalgia blogs talked about more than just kits? Halcyon days weren't they? Just like everything from years gone by... waaaaaay better than this modern BS! Or is it? See, we're not convinced everything was better in the past... rickets, for example... To that end, we decided to finish the debate once and for all* and so spent 2 1/2 hours discussing a wide range of subjects and declaring which was better - old...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 18 - Easter Special

Happy Easter, everyone! When you've got a brief opening in your schedule in between scoffing huge lumps of chocolate egg, why not listen in to Episode 18 of the Football Attic Kit Pod? We've got a special Easter-themed show for you this time which brilliantly gathers together all the football kit information you need while hardly ever mentioning the Christian holiday and festival that means so much to so many. Thank us later, if you like. There's...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 17 Part 2 - Wales

It's Part 2 of the reeeeeeeally long chat all about Wales shirts aided and abetted by our Pot Noodle correspondent, the one and only Simon 'Shakey' Shakeshaft! In Part 1, we (finally) managed to get through Kit News and also covered our favourite Wales home shirts from 1980 - Present Day. Now it's time for us all to cover the lovely away shirts, so sit back, get comfortable, maybe grab a pillow and a duvet, and enjoy the beautiful yokel-like...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 17 Part 1 - Wales

It's time for yet another special guest on The Football Attic Kit Podcast (you lucky people) - it's the one and only Simon 'Shakey' Shakeshaft! As anyone will tell you (especially Shakey himself), Shakey knows all there is to know about the shirts and kits worn by the Wales national team down the years, so that's the subject we're taking for this podcast. And good news for you (we hope) - it's another two-parter! The first part is available...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 16 - MLS 2017

The special guests keep on coming as we bring you our take on the kits of MLS 2017 - with Austin Long! You'll have heard Austin's name mentioned many times in the previous 15 podcasts, and now he's here to tell us just how much we know about the kits that'll be worn by FC Dallas, Atlanta United, Vancouver Whitecaps and more... So to hear our views on the best home and away kits of MLS 2017, and to get the latest Kit News and a new Kit Off vote...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 15 Part 2 - John Devlin

If you've listened to the first part of our interview with John Devlin, you'll no doubt be wondering how Volume 2 of True Colours came about, or how John came to be the TV superstar that he is. Well wait no more! Part 2 of our monster podcast with the great football kit illustrator and author of our time is now ready to assault your ears! Find out which radio broadcaster John rubbed shoulders with during the promotion for his first book and which...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 15 Part 1 - John Devlin

This week we deviate slightly from the usual format, taking a break from the Kit Collection feature to indulge ourselves in some star gazing... For Episode 15 of the Football Attic Kit Podcast, we're talking to TV's John Devlin about... well, about TV's John Devlin! We take a wander down Devlin lane and get to find out all about his career, the stars he's fraternized with and eventually we get to the meat of it all when we get stuck into his...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 14: World Cup 1978

This week we turn the clock back nearly 40 years to the 1978 World Cup, a competition that featured 16 teams, Tango balls and a hint of suspicion, if you happened to be Peruvian... For Episode 14 of the Football Attic Kit Podcast, we're choosing our favourite three home and away kits from the tournament - a task that might seem straight-forward on paper... until you realise that most of the kits looked incredibly similar... We look at the good,...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 13: Republic of Ireland

There's always a buzz about The Football Attic Kit Podcast when we invite a special guest to join us, and we're very pleased to say that's exactly what you can expect for Episode 13! This time around, we're joined by Denis Hurley to talk about our favourite Republic of Ireland kits and as ever, we're picking our top three in the home and away categories. Which ones will we choose, and did we match all three of our away selections for the second...

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The Entire Attic Kit Collection...Almost

While I may have put 2 books out with the majority of my kit collection in, I don't actually have a photo of the whole lot...mainly because the shirts are spread all over the house in loads of boxes. Classic Football Shirts (free advertising here guys...cough cough ;-P ) are currently getting people to showcase their collections using the hashtag #CFSCollectorsClub so I found a decent collage app and finally stitched (most) of them together...not...

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The Football Attic Kit Podcast 12: National League 2016-17

Happy New Year, kit lovers everywhere! Welcome to another 12-month period of adulation, criticism and analysis of the best kits the world has to offer, courtesy of your hosts, Chris Oakley and Rich Johnson. To start the year off as we mean to go on, we bring you a new episode which this time features a Kit Collection discussion where we pick our favourite three home and away kits from the National League 2016-17. Yes, it's non-league fun all...

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