Nike have released another 90s inspired kit and it got us thinking about all that was good and great and what we miss about football in the last decade of the 20th century.
Teletext
Before every match was available to watch legally or otherwise, Teletext page 303 was the place to go to find out what was happening in the Premier League at 3pm on a Saturday. What started off as a two page list of latest scores and fixtures could grow into 3 or even 4 pages depending on how many goals were scored, prolonging the wait for your team’s fixture to come back around.
Nets
We should have a full retro weekend where every ground should have to re-install their 90s nets. Who wouldn’t want to see the multi-layered blue nets at Ipswich’s Portman Road or the nets pulled so tight at Filbert Street that the ball would rebound with dangerous velocity.
Massive Kits
Things were different in the 90s. Players didn’t wear really tight jerseys which showed just how hard they’d been working the gym. They wore massive baggy shirts to hide just how long they’d spent in the pub.
Big Bald Heads
Remember when some football players looked like they were so old they looked like they fought in World War II? Before Wayne Rooney kick started the hairplug trend and began betraying his fellow bald men, Premier League players could wear their bald heads with pride. A shiny dome wasn’t just for Goalkeepers or lunatic hardmen.
Teletext
Before every match was available to watch legally or otherwise, Teletext page 303 was the place to go to find out what was happening in the Premier League at 3pm on a Saturday. What started off as a two page list of latest scores and fixtures could grow into 3 or even 4 pages depending on how many goals were scored, prolonging the wait for your team’s fixture to come back around.
Nets
We should have a full retro weekend where every ground should have to re-install their 90s nets. Who wouldn’t want to see the multi-layered blue nets at Ipswich’s Portman Road or the nets pulled so tight at Filbert Street that the ball would rebound with dangerous velocity.
Massive Kits
Things were different in the 90s. Players didn’t wear really tight jerseys which showed just how hard they’d been working the gym. They wore massive baggy shirts to hide just how long they’d spent in the pub.
Big Bald Heads
Remember when some football players looked like they were so old they looked like they fought in World War II? Before Wayne Rooney kick started the hairplug trend and began betraying his fellow bald men, Premier League players could wear their bald heads with pride. A shiny dome wasn’t just for Goalkeepers or lunatic hardmen.
