Football kits: 13 of the most weird and

horrendous jerseys in

history

Nottingham Forest decked

themselves out in this garish 'Jackson

Pollock' number away from home

between 1995 and 1997, recalls

iposter. Indeed, they wore it in the

Quarter-finals of the Uefa Cup in the

95-96 season, when they were

dispatched 7-2 on aggregate by the

eventual winners, Bayern Munich.

How could we forget this one?

Like a Magic Eye book, it might

take you a minute to spot what was

going on in this Fiorentina design

from 1992-93 yep, that's right, a

few dozen swastika-style lines were

'accidentally' incorporated into

what the manufacturers called

'an optical effect'.

Many of you wrote about this tiger-

print kit that we felt obliged to dig it

up. Presumably all Hull's future kits

will be like this now the owner,

Assem Allam, has changed the

club's name to Hull City Tigers

against fans‘ Wishes.

Anyone thinking the 90s was the most

visually offensive era for kit design should

have a look at Liverpool's recent efforts. If

this one isn't bad enough, their third kit is

Split into thirds. The days of the classic

Crown Paints kit are long gone.

Bilbao became a home for Spanish

arts when Frank Gehry's

Guggenheim Museum opened in

1997. Seven years later, to mark the

local football club's centenary,

Basque artist Dario Urzay, inspired

by works he'd seen at the museum,

designed this splatter-effect football

kit - as highlighted by Richmutey.

UncleFester proposed Barcelona's

'Sunny Delight‘ away kit as a

contender for the worst design - or

The most thirst-inducing. More

shocking, perhaps, was their kit 12

months earlier when They ended

their long and admirable refusal to

Wear corporate sponsorship on

their shirts.

OpiumEater reminds us of VfL

Bochum's technicolour attire from

1997. Handy as it is to wear a paint

chart, the idea didn't stick. Not that

Bochum's kits have improved: this

Distressed design is rather, umm,

Distressing.

In the long and unglamorous history of awful football kits, no one Has ever dared create a kit that looks like a stick of broccoli – until this one. La Hoya Lorca, who were in the Spanish Tercera Division, unveiled this outrageous kit last season. The club is based in Murcia, 'the vegetable garden of Spain' – justification of sorts for a truly

bizarre design. They went on to win the league last season and, fittingly, they've released another broccoli-based design this season.

Coventry City have been much

derided for their infamous brown

'egg-timer' kit of the 1970s, often

cited as the worst kit of all time,

but this supposedly ingenious

design, worn from 1981-83,

trumps even that one. The

Brainchild of former manager

Jimmy Hill, it incorporated the

sponsor's logo into the kit design,

giving the brand extra emphasis.

Goalkeepers jerseys have a rich

tradition of being garish. But none

Could beat this one, a fluorescent

Count Dracula effort, designed and

Worn by Mexico's goalkeeper Jorge

Campos at the 1994 World Cup.

Here's an unusual design with an interesting premise. SC

Heereveen's kit is based on the Frisian flag, the official flag of the

Dutch province of Friesland. The seven red Pompeblêd – seal lily

leaves – symbolise seven independent regions from Medieval times.

Recreativo opted for a polkadot away kit last season – and what's

most surprising is that Danish manufacturing legends Hummel were

responsible for it. It was predictably mocked for looking like it was

inspired by Minnie Mouse.

Japanese side Shimizu S-Pulse have

a habit of wearing eye-popping

kits – this effort, from 2001, is

among of collection of bright

orange designs featuring world

maps across the chest. Also the

subtle camouflage pattern in the

background

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