{"id":3750,"date":"2017-07-17T17:01:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blnebeuk.serveur04.com\/blog\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2017-07-17T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T17:01:08","slug":"barcelonas-classic-shirts-will-make-you-think-back-to-some-of-their-great-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netbet.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/07\/17\/barcelonas-classic-shirts-will-make-you-think-back-to-some-of-their-great-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s classic shirts will make you think back to some of their great teams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The red and blue vertical stripes of Barcelona\u2019s home strip are known worldwide and date back over a century. The colours first featured on the shirt in a match against Hispania in 1900, but the origins of the red and blue have been a heavily debated topic over the years.<\/p>\n

The son of the first president of the club claimed that it was his father\u2019s desire for the colours to be the same as those of the Merchant Taylor\u2019s School team. However the more popular theory is that Joan Gamper, the founder of the club who hailed from Basel, copied the colours from his local side and used them for Barcelona.<\/p>\n

The first kit worn by the club was the classic red and blue shirt with white shorts and black socks. However, the now-seen blue shorts didn\u2019t become a feature at the Camp Nou until the 1920s. When they became part of the kit, the blue socks followed and the home kit has sported the same features ever since.<\/p>\n

The home shirt has traditionally featured vertical stripes, with some kits featuring wider stripes, while there have been others that are narrower. There have also been strips which have been split in half, with one side red and the other blue. The 2015\/16 season saw the team wear horizontal stripes on their home kit for the only time in their history.<\/p>\n

The club have never shied away from wearing some bold colours away from home, with yellow, orange, red, blue and even mint green featuring on shirts over the years, but the home colours are so traditional that they are almost always featured in some way on the change strips.<\/p>\n

Up until 2006, Barcelona had avoided putting corporate sponsorship on their shirts; however the club announced a five-year deal with UNICEF that summer which saw the global charity logo imprinted on their shirts. This lasted until 2011 when they signed a five-year, \u20ac150 million deal with Qatar Sports Investments, meaning that the Qatar Foundation logo was on their shirt for two seasons, before being replaced by Qatar Airways in 2013. The upcoming season will see Barcelona team up with Rakuten as their main shirt sponsor, with the current deal lasting until 2020.<\/p>\n

Having covered the history of the kit and the colours, we\u2019ve picked out a selection from over the years that are vintage Barcelona shirts.<\/p>\n

1973\/74 Home Kit<\/h2>\n

Manufacturer:<\/strong>\u00a0 N\/A<\/p>\n

Trophies won:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 La Liga<\/p>\n

This shirt is synonymous with Johan Cruyff. It was the legendary Dutchman\u2019s first kit at the club that he would eventually go on to revolutionise. This was also the same top that he scored the \u201cimpossible goal\u201d in.<\/p>\n

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Johann Cruyff | Imposibble Goal<\/a><\/h4>\n

Imposibble Goal…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n