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Yesterday's article got such a good response that I had to follow it up with this article, Twenty More of Football's Worst-Ever Jerseys. Because of the vast amount of terribly awful football shirts out there I found it easy to add another 20...

Twenty More of Football's Worst-Ever Jerseys

by Maire Ofeire [HUMOR]

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September 18, 2008


Yesterday's article got such a good response that I had to follow it up with this article, Twenty More of Football's Worst-Ever Jerseys.

Because of the vast amount of terribly awful football shirts out there I found it easy to add another 20. There are some that didn't make it on to the last list by a whisker, and others that have been suggested to me.

Finally, as a treat, a picture of the infamous Colorado "Cowboy" shirt in action.

So once again I hope you enjoy them. And once again shame on you if you own any.

Read the original "Twenty of the World's Worst Football Jerseys."

 

20. Jorge Campos (Yes, him again)

Even though he made it in the original list, none is complete without Mr. Campos. In my opinion the world of football need characters like Campos. On a trivia note he often wore No. 9 on his shirt as he was also a striker and one club signed him as striker before he made his name as a goalkeeper.

 

19. Chelsea Goalkeeper Peter Cech

One of the world's best goalkeepers sporting one of the world's worst goalkeeping shirts. At least it avoids the problems suffered by those who wear Manchester United's grey kit.

 

18. Manchester United

There really is no excuse for the awful blue and white pattern on these numbers.

 

17. York City

The material is more akin to what a jockey would wear and what is the deal with the chequered flag on the sleeve?

 

16. Clydebank

In the last top 20 quite a few suggested pink was rather okay, did this one change your mind?

 

15. Norwich

Just picture yourself as a fan of the Canaries wearing this to show your pride. Nah, me either!

 

14. Newcastle United

Newcastle fans do have it tough. Not alone do their club constantly underperform but they're expected to sport tops like this. Either have thin stripes of thick stripes, not both.

 

13. Scotland

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  1. Kenneth Julian III 9 months ago

    This is great stuff, some of these kits look like optical illusions. And that Cameroon kit is crazy... lol. great read.

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  2. Kenneth Julian III 9 months ago

    oh yeah and Jorge Campos is one of my all-time favorites... for the kits alone... I guess that is how he got so good. Legendary

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  3. Kenneth Julian III 9 months ago

    I am sorry the more I look at the Colorado thing.... it's a travesty, a sham, and a mockery... it's a traveshamockery.

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Ha ha glad you like it Kenneth. The Colorado kit really is something that you need to see to believe, mighn't be so bad if it didn't have the fringe.

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  4. Stefan Vasilev 9 months ago

    No.1 is just killer.... haha. Nice kit by Campos but it didnt help him at all against Bulgaria in World Cup 94:))) Thx for the good laught Maire.

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Its the undisputed number one :-) I challenge anyone to find a worse kit. I loved watching Campos, I miss him he was a character in a good way.

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  5. L.J. Burgess 9 months ago

    Besides your #1...I can not chose a #2, so scary.

    Another 5 starz and a POTD.

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Thanks LJ for POTD, Glad you enjoyed them :-) Yep Number 1 is clear cut but after that its hard to put them in order.

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  6. Danny Penza 9 months ago

    That Cech jersey is unbearable to look at

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      I was torn between Cech's Orange shirt and Chelsea's current bright yellow kit but Cech got in due to a vote. Makes me glad I'm not a Chelsea fan ha ha

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    • Danny Penza 9 months ago

      Whatever jersey you had picked would've been taken right out of the office supply section. Some nasty looking highlighter jerseys.

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  7. Rafal Ladysz 9 months ago

    Nice once again. Just outta curiosity, how'd you put pictures in the story. When I try to copy and paste it doesn't work.

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    • Tim Seeman 9 months ago

      you need to upload the images to photobucket, get the HTML code, click on the HTML button when you're writing your article, copy the code in there, and then the picture will be in the article box

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Thanks Rafal glad your getting a laugh from the articles :-),

      Copy and paste works for me unless your trying to use photos of the internet that might be protected then a box with x will just appear. Perhaps try Tim's suggestion

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    • Adam Reich 9 months ago

      hello

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  8. Anthony Sanchez 9 months ago

    I've no 18. Adidas re-issued it recently. Its a classic. I wear it all the time!!

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  9. Steven Ho 9 months ago

    Oh dear god! That Crystal Palace shirt! AHHHH!!

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  10. M 9 months ago

    Where the hell do you find these ridiculous uniforms? The world as we know it is falling apart.

    HAHA... nice work.

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Can you imagine the embrassment of wearing them?? No wonder footballers demand so much money although I must say most fashion crimes seem to come from the mid 1990s, agh the mid 90s when shorts were short!!

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  11. Ron Noades 9 months ago

    The Palace shirt you featured was only a leisure shirt and not a playing "Jersey"

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Hey Ron thanks for the info I wasn't aware of that but it's so awful I'm going to leave it in, its got the club logo :-) Thanks for the clarification though I hope you enjoyed the rest

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  12. Thomas 9 months ago

    hahaaha.

    Great job.

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  13. Ian Peterson 9 months ago

    Well, this article got onto the digg.com frontpage, congrats Maire! Love looking at all these different kits, I'm getting a good laugh about it!

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  14. Tom Dessalet 9 months ago

    If you guys hate that Cech kit, just imagine an entire team wearing the neon orange! Now you've got Valencia! One of my favorite sides, one of my least favorite kits!

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  15. Ziggy Mends 9 months ago

    As a Liverpool fan, I have to disagree with you on that grey shirt. As you rightly said, though, the Pool had no "visibility" problems wearing grey and went on to win the league. I reckon the guys down the road were trying to copy the Pool, AS USUAL, when they went for their vision-impairing grey shirts.

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Hey Ziggy,

      The Liverpool grey kit that's in the top 20 was actually voted the worst ever to have graced the EPL by voters on Sky HD although I have a feeling quite a number of Manchester United fans may of voted. Although I think I could do the twenty worse excuses ever in football and Man Utds visibility problems will probably be number one ha ha

      Is the Cameroon one your talking about the sleeveless kit? I actually thought they were pretty cool better than the all in one at least and I'll check out the Melbourne Victory one and it may make it to the next list.

      Cheers,
      Maire

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  1. Ziggy Mends 9 months ago

    Talking about Cameroon, how about their body hugging 'basketball vests' they wore at the African Cup of Nations in 2002? That was shocking

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  2. Ziggy Mends 9 months ago

    I don't know if you've seen the jersey for Melbourne Victory yet. The York City jersey up here suggests that the Victory shirt could be given a spot in your next worst 20 ever.

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  3. Jim Jones 9 months ago

    LOL, thats some pretty goofy looking jerseys there if you ask me.

    Jiff
    www.anonymize.us.tc

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  4. Simon Bondar 9 months ago

    What about Everton's horrible salmon pink and dark stripped away kit from the 90s with the club motto spelt wrong?!

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Yeah I was toying with putting that in perhaps I should, didn't know the club motto was spelt wrong that's embrassing. I'm trying to unearth more from leagues outside of England because I'm quite sure there are plenty more worst jerseys gems out there.

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  5. L.J. Burgess 9 months ago

    I have a #1 American Football jersey for you...Oregon Ducks.

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  6. Samuel Smith 9 months ago

    haha i thought this was about American football when I saw the headline. Is it no wonder that Americans don't like soccer. I mean that #1 uniform is disgraceful.

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  7. Alan Bass 9 months ago

    Wow some of these are just embarrassing...

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  8. Mike Trusler 9 months ago

    If im honest you missed some of Northampton Towns ones.

    Look them up and you shall see crazy crazy things.

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  9. Benjamin Rogers 9 months ago

    fashion is just wrong for letting some truely horrible shirts be worn

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  10. Yoosof Farah 9 months ago

    haha funny stuff. there are some awful shirts in that list, especially no.1!! no wonder that team only lasted a year!

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  11. J. Michael Morris 9 months ago

    Until you proved to me that someone wore it with the photo I honestly thought it was a short dress for the Dallas Cowboys American Football team.

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  12. J.C. Ayvazi 9 months ago

    Didn't that #1 team also wear leather chaps and were known as the Denver Sweet Cheeks 8^D

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  13. Brandon Evans 9 months ago

    The Australian one is just amazingly bad!

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  14. Saraswathi Siriginia 9 months ago

    Maire, am I glad or gleefully glad about this success of yours. Kudos! Claps! and Bravo! Bravo! I totally loved this series...great work

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  15. Mitch at sportschatplace.com 9 months ago

    Hilarious, not even my sport and I'm in ters from laughing so hard.

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  1. JJ Wocker 9 months ago

    The order (ranking) of these shirts may be disputed as you said in your first article, EXCEPT for that cowboy shirt! Woo Hoo, I think we all can agree that is THE winner for being a loser! Laughing still...

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  2. Tahira Adams 9 months ago

    Urrg, some really horrid jerseys! I cant believe football teams actually choose to ware those things, lol. No. 1 deserved to be No. 1, but i think No. 20 should have been higher up the list! Funny stuff though!

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  3. raam shanker 9 months ago

    quite an interesting and amusing article...well written...

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  4. Trial szt123 9 months ago

    Norwich!!! Clowns!

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  5. Trial szt123 9 months ago

    Norwich!!! Clowns! Ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaa.........

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  6. Trial szt123 9 months ago

    Norwich! Clowns! Ha-ha-ha....

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  7. Atreyu Whetu 9 months ago

    Check out "mono montoya" in google and you'll have a new #1. A nice kit that seems to be stickers or cards attached to the jersey.

    A remarkable one was the orange&green that Deportivo de La Coruña wore just in one match: in the humiliation against Monaco in Champions Leage from 03/04 8 - 3.
    After that, the coach decided never to use it again.
    Here are the goals... and that glorious jersey
    ll http: //www. youtube.com /watch?v=zECVrdFqG5M ll

    I'm looking forward to see more episodes xD

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Cheers Atreyu, glad you enjoyed them and I'll definitely look into those jerseys you suggested thanks for the tips :-)

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  8. Farooq Ahmed 9 months ago

    Ha, funny how I used to own that cameroon outfit lol

    I must be the only person that actually thinks the Caribous of Colorado no.1 jersey looks kinda cool =]

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Ha ha Yes Farooq I think you are possibly the only person in the world who could like that shirt

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    • Farooq Ahmed 9 months ago

      I'm just surprised the played actually agreed to play in it, looks like they stuck a few peices of curtains together... Still pretty cool none the less

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  9. Iain Watt 9 months ago

    Number 4 has to be a MagicEye. I think I can see a 3D rabbit picture if I stair long enough!

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  10. Nigel Cliff 9 months ago

    You missed out the Coventry city chocolate brown kit from the 1980's

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  11. Jonny Red 9 months ago

    how about doing a top 20 dodgy cycling pro team kits?? Cechs orange top isnt that bad in my opinion..shrewsbury town home kit 1992 is horrendous thats gotta go in a part 3!! The cowboy tassles kit number 1 so far have to agree...makes em look like jessies!

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    • Maire Ofeire 9 months ago

      Ha ha Jonny I think just about every cycling kit is dodgy :-) Come on now would you really be seen in that horrible orange top, its awful. I have a part 3 up called "even 10 more of the world's worst football jerseys" sadly shrewbury didn't make it but i'll keep it in mind for part 4. Thanks for your comment

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  12. Didier Drogba 8 months ago

    WHOA!!!!!! Chelseas keeper jersey isn't that bad. THe club in Denver???????? WOW Were top of the table so what do I care??????
    COME ON CHELSEA!!!!!!!!!!!

    DEATH!!!!! DEATH!!!!!! TO MAN UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!! DEATH DEATH TO MAN UNITED!!!!!!!!!! CAUSE THE REDS ARE GOING DOWN! DOWN! DOWN!!!!!!!!! Little cheer I made up in my spare time

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  13. Diego Benitez 8 months ago

    Crystal Palace, anyone could think it's a team from Hawaii

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  14. Jennifer Taglione 5 months ago

    Wow, that is some serious bad fashion! What were they thinking?

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  15. DJ Rallo about 1 month ago

    I'm not a fan of soccer, but good stuff. Ugly uniforms

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