The Cultras

Stories

Shirt stories, collector profiles, kit reviews and the culture around the game. Every Galleria shirt has one.

Adidas are coming home to Milan. Here's what they owe us

I've watched Milan win two Champions Leagues in adidas, and if the three stripes are coming back, I know what I want...

My first Zidane shirt, from the summer France won the World Cup at home, with no star above the cockerel.

This was the shirt I wanted from the moment I started collecting old ones: Liverpool's Umbro V-neck, with Hitachi on the chest...

The Italy shirt from Euro 2000 changed how football shirts fit. Mine has Totti's 20 on it, and I have to stay...

I've been collecting since the late 1980s, but have always had some strict rules. The first one: nothing from any English team...

A pink goalkeeper shirt from Japan's second division, with most of my childhood on the front.

The first tournament my brother and I watched all the way through, and the shirt Ruud Gullit wore to win it.