Power Ranking the 20 Best Team Socks in World Football
The uniform is the most enduring and definitive symbol of the team. That is why plastering them with sponsorship and adverts is almost sacrilege.
Some strips are iconic, such as Juventus' or Liverpool's. Some are awful, like Bologna's. Here we present a countdown of the 20 best socks in world football at the moment.
Amkar Perm
1 of 20The Russian Premier League club Amkar may have struggled in the last few years, but red and black is always a winner.
Sporting CP
2 of 20Sporting has almost always worn the green-and-white stripes. They still have them on their socks. That's cool.
Galatasaray
3 of 20Crimson and yellow is distinctively Galatasaray. If only there were more yellow in the sock.
Palmeiras
4 of 20Brazilian football is better known for its international side than its clubs. Palmeiras came 10th in the league last year. Now you know.
Trabzonspor
5 of 20Baby blue and a Goose Gossage moustache on the front? Win, I guess.
Flamengo
6 of 20"Brazilian clubs tend to have fairly dull and uninspired kits. There is a lot of all-white and all-black. Not here. Flamengo have discovered the colour red, too.
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Norwich
7 of 20Delia Smith is incredibly annoying but her team has a wicked kit.
Queens Park Rangers
8 of 20Blue-and-white stripes are pretty unusual. Now QPR are in the Premier League, though, so they must be working.
Racing de Santander
9 of 20The green-and-white shirts are awesome. Overall it's a good kit.
Aston Villa
10 of 20The Birmingham outfit rock the magenta/baby blue mix. But why the white shorts?
Newcastle United
11 of 20The Magpies' strip is iconic. The socks are nice too.
Lokomotiv Moscow
12 of 20Without doubt, the coolest socks ever worn by a team named after trains.
Real Madrid
13 of 20Other teams do the all-white thing, but none has carried it off better than Real Madrid.
Manchester United
14 of 20Okay, so it's not their home strip but there, is something old about Man U's white away kit. Also, the socks are nice.
AC Milan
15 of 20The defending Serie A champions have historically had a nice kit. They still do.
Leeds
16 of 20Bright yellow is cool.
Celtic
17 of 20Similar to that of Sporting's, the Scottish Cup champions Celtic pull it off better than the Portuguese side.
Barcelona
18 of 20Admittedly, these are not as awesome as the rest of the kit but red, blue and gold are always a good mix.
Villareal
19 of 20Solid yellow is epic.
Palermo
20 of 20The solid pink tops are bold. The pink and black socks are just cool.
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