Hello and welcome to Classic Football Shirts
I'm showing you some of the finest pieces
from our museum archive collection
and telling you the stories behind them.
Today I'm showing you
Juve shirts with Sony sponsors,
Atletico Madrid home shirts from the mid '90s
worn by Simeone and Christian Vieri
and Nigeria shirts with 1994 World Cup style.
It is nearly 25 years since that first
Juventus Kappa/Sony home shirt,
one of the most iconic and loved shirts ever.
But do you know
how many variations of it there were?
Let me explain.
The first ever time Juve wore shirts
with Sony on them
was in their traditional annual friendly
against Val d'Aosta.
But here, as in all of their six
pre-season matches this year
it was MiniDisc that was the headline
of the sponsor with Sony beneath,
in smaller text.
In Serie A and Coppa Italia matches
in 95/96, the home shirt was always
worn with a large-size Sony sponsor
and then player name and number
on the back.
This was the first season that the
Italian FA allowed player names to be worn
and it's all beautifully screen printed.
Now in the Champions League,
again no MiniDisc
but a slightly smaller size Sony sponsor
than was worn domestically, this year.
The Champions League starball
is beautifully embroidered,
as are the Coppa Italia and
and Scudetto shields on the player shirt.
Only numbers were worn on the back
of the shirts in this competition,
and so there's no break in the stripes
to allow the player name to be added.
So into 96-97 now,
the first thing you'll notice is
gone are the Coppa Italia and Scudetto
as Juve didn't win those competitions
in 95/96. This is the shirt
worn in the first half of the domestic
campaign this season. It has a large-sized
Sony sponsor and a Kappa logo
with the text underneath.
A Lega Calcio sleeve patch was introduced
for the first time this season too.
At last, the MiniDisc is back!
A shirt with a small-sized Sony MiniDisc
sponsor was worn throughout the
Champions League campaign of 96/97.
Player names were added this season too,
although they were plastic transfers
unlike those screen-printed domestic
shirts of 95-96.
Also the Kappa logo on the chest
is without the text.
The key difference between the
composition of the 95-96 
and 96/97 shirts is the texture
of the material, which is more coarse
on the '95 shirt, and more smooth and
ventilated on the '96.
So, there you have it!
Now, which do you prefer
'95 or '96? Sony or Sony MiniDisc?
In 1996 Atletico Madrid were reigning
La Liga champions with Diego Simeone
the midfield enforcer.
The following year they signed
Christian Vieri,
and wore Puma shirts for the last time.
Let's have a look at two shirts
that both of them wore.
Atleti had won La Liga wearing this shirt
and had made it a Copa Del Rey double
in 95/96 wearing this.
For 96-97 club chairman and
mayor of Marbella,
Jesus Gil allowed Japanese video game
and toy maker Bandai
to put their logo on the shirts 
in place of the promotion for his city.
And for the derby at the Bernabeu
it was even worn with logo
for one of the crazes of the mid-90s,
the Tamagotchi.
The side competed in the
Champions League
for the first time this season
and the shirts worn in it were
totally stripped back
with image of the Vicente Calderon
and all the other text and logos
from the material and sleeves removed.
This shirt was worn by the man himself,
Diego Pablo Simeone,
in the quarter final against Ajax.
The name set and even the
Champions League starball
are screen printed.
The Marbella sponsor returned for 97-98
when the club splashed the cash
on Christian 'Bobo' Vieri
and Middlesbrough's Brazilian
maestro Juninho.
Bobo loved Juninho so much
he even wore one of his shirts
underneath his,
and scored an outrageous 24 goals
in 24 games in La Liga
while also firing Atleti
to the Semi Finals of the UEFA Cup.
This shirt was worn by the Azzurri striker
when the side faced Lazio in the Semi's.
In Europe the shirt had no Puma logos
on the sleeves and this was the last
year the German brand
made the club's shirts.
ending a deal that had ran since 1983.
The name set is a flock material,
as is the sponsor which was a different
size and style on the player's shirts
compared to the replica version.
So which do you prefer?
'96 or '97?
It's a tough one!
Nigeria arrived in style at their
first ever World Cup Finals,
wearing a bespoke set of kits,
incorporating a traditional
Akwete cloth motif.
The home shirt had the motif
across the shoulders,
while the away shirt was covered
by the pattern, to stunning effect.
The 'Super Eagles' played in this
phenomenal away shirt twice
at USA '94, wearing it with the
home shorts against Bulgaria,
When Yekini memorably
celebrated in the back of the net,
before unleashing possibly the
greatest shorts of all time
on Greece.
This shirt was match worn by
the iconic centre-back
Uche Okechukwu.
The printing is plastic
material and heat pressed,
while the badge and Adidas
logo are machine stitched.
The team had won the 1994
Africa Cup of Nations
wearing it too, although there;
with red numbers.
Only the home shirt was available
to buy in the shops at the time
making this away shirt the
stuff of legend and fantasy,
but is it the best
Nigeria shirt of all time?
Let me know what you think.
