[Football] When did replica shirts become really popular?

[Pogue Mahone]

By the time New Order released World in Motion (and wore shirts in the video) in 1994 wearing a replica shirt was a thing.

1990.

England didn’t qualify for the World Cup in 1994.

 

[Jesus Gul]

Early 80s I’d say.

All the sports shops used to sell kits. David Rose up the dials with exotic St Etienne kits. Swifts sports with their kits on show behind a yellow tinted window film! Wisdens with a great selection but the real action was upstairs with the Italian /French casual sportswear. Got my British Caledonian kit from David Rose.

There was a store down the open market that sold Le Coq Sportif seconds so I managed to have ‘82 Villa and Chelsea away kits as a young kid after badgering my mum into submission.

 

[Jesus Gul]

1990.

England didn’t qualify for the World Cup in 1994.

Face magazine did a great Italia ‘90 spread with a very young Kate Moss on the cover and models wearing a load of colourful Brazilian team shirts and ‘No alla violenza’ tees. Halcyon days!

 

[BNthree]

1990.

England didn’t qualify for the World Cup in 1994.

D'oh. My memory is f***ed. Ta

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Face magazine did a great Italia ‘90 spread with a very young Kate Moss on the cover and models wearing a load of colourful Brazilian team shirts and ‘No alla violenza’ tees. Halcyon days!

I had a lovely long sleeved No Alla Violenza T shirt bought for me by my brother, who has lived in Bologna since 1983.

Wish I still had it…

 

[Justice]

I remember having a replica England shirt during the 82 world cup, which was bought from a jumble sale so presumably was older than that. I was 7 though. so don't remember loads about it but from my memory of the material I doubt it was a "genuine" replica. Pretty sure my mate had a yellow Liverpool away one around the same time. Looking on ebay it seems they did exist.

Jumble sale, haven’t heard that in years

 

[Codner's Crackpipe]

My first was the 1984-85 Adidas Phoenix Brewery shirt. The very same one that my son now wears to the Amex occasionally. Still in surprisingly good nick.