Monday, 29 August 2011

Lesotho

Lesotho - Home - ?



I have yet to find a photo of this shirt in use so I don't know the exac date for it. However, there are a number of clues. Firstly the shirt can be narrowed down to between 1987 and 2006 due to the flag used.
1966-1987
1987-2006

2006-


Secondly I've done a bit of research of Lesotho shirts whilst searching for a photo, indeed the 2000 shirt is very similar to this Bukta shirt in terms of simplicity, and the badge used. I would estimate that it roughly 1997.

This shirt came from Replay Football Shirts, they've got a decent selection of rare football shirt so they're worth checking out. 

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Puerto Rico

 Puerto Rico vs Cuba in 2010


Puerto Rico - Home - 2010





Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The WANTED list

Can you help?
 I started this project in March 2010, just 17 months ago. Since then I have managed to tick off 173 countries, just 35 of them remain.


I have a few leads on a couple of the shirts but I'm really struggling to track down the final 45. I've produced a list of the 35 shirts which are absent from my collection. If you think you know any way that I can get hold of these, then please do get in touch.


I've had visits to the blog from over 150 countries and territories, including many of the countires whose shirts I am still looking for.

Thanks for looking.


63 - Libya (CAF)
Libya in their new green Puma shirt.

89 - Central African Republic (CAF)
These Adidas shirts are beautiful. The latest shirts are slightly different with the white and the yellow the other way round.

104 - Syria (AFC)
Syrua have been supplied by Diadora for a while now, but their distributors are ignoring my e-mails.


132 - Dominican Republic (CONCACAF)
The Dominican Republic playing against the British Virgin Islands in what appears to be a striped Umbro shirt.

138 - Turkmenistan (AFC)
Turkmenistan's home colours are a dark green. recently they've been supplied by Adidas, but they've also worn Jako in the past.

151 - Guinea-Bissau (CAF)
I almost got a few of these, it's a very long story, and one day I'll go into it in more detail. But it involved sending a little boy into a Portuguese ghetto.

168 - Aruba (CONCACAF)
Aruba playing (and probably losing) in orange Umbro against St Lucia in a World Cup Qualifier.

175 - Comoros (CAF)
This design is from 2010, at present I can't find any photos of the shirts worn at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games.

187 - Mauritania (CAF)
Mauritania have also played in Umbro and Baliston shirts.

188 - Eritrea (CAF)
Eritrea (blue) vs Rwanda (yellow)

191 - Somalia (CAF)
Either of these two adidas shirts will do.

194 - Djibouti (CAF)
Djibouti (blue) vs Ethiopia (green). It's a bit plain, but I still want one.


South Sudan

Monday, 8 August 2011

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan lose 4-1 to Syria in the 2007 Nehru Cup

Kyrgyzstan - Away - 2007



Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Martinique

Martinique U15s in 2010

Martinique - Away - 2010






I'll be honest here, at first I wasn't convinced that this was official Hummel. I didn't even know if Martinique even plaedy in official Hummel. The Guadeloupe shirts that I bought from the same store are authentic so it was a tough one to call.

I'll let you make you own mind up: Maillot Antilles Foot

EDIT: Okay, interesting development. Maillot Antilles Foot have got in contact with me and shown me the certificate from the Martinique based suppliers saying that they are official Hummel. The Suppliers website looks very professional and claims to have "acquired the license for distribution and manufacturing of exclusive Danish brand Hummel.".

Furthermore, and most importantly Hummel International today posted on their twitter account: "Tuesday Trivia: did you know that hummel sponsors 'Les Matinino' - the national football team of Martinique? http://fb.me/A3JM9BWP".

So there you go, Official Martinique shirts! Thanks Curtis for taking the time to help clear things up.

Martinique

Martinique vs Grenada in a 2010 Gold Cup match

Martinique - Home - 2010






I'll be honest here, I'm not convinced that this is official Hummel. However, I don't know if Martinique even play in official Hummel. The Guadeloupe shirts that I bought from the same store are authentic so it's a tough one to call.

I'll let you make you own mind up: Maillot Antilles Foot

EDIT: Okay, interesting development. Maillot Antilles Foot have got in contact with me and shown me the certificate from the Martinique based suppliers saying that they are official Hummel. The Suppliers website looks very professional and claims to have "acquired the license for distribution and manufacturing of exclusive Danish brand Hummel.".

Furthermore, and most importantly Hummel International today posted on their twitter account: "Tuesday Trivia: did you know that hummel sponsors 'Les Matinino' - the national football team of Martinique? http://fb.me/A3JM9BWP".

So there you go, Official Martinique shirts! Thanks Curtis for taking the time to help clear things up.