Oct1920093:34 p.m.
Getting shirty
At the weekend when sport's biggest talking point was an inflatable red balloon at the Stadium of Light, there was the small matter of the shirt, which could so easily have slipped under the radar - but not mine.
Anyone who witnessed Stade Francais' late late win against Bath co would surely never have seen anything in living memory as bad at the shirt worn by the Parisiens - unless you happen to have seen Stade Francais before. The French outfit have a penchant for the some of the most garish kits ever, as these images and their shopping Boutique will attest:
It's clear that Stade are not the only sporting side that the fashion police should swoop upon, so here's nine of the worst in living memory, and that's without even mentioning some of Everton's dalliances with pink in the past. So how many of these shockers from both football and rugby can you identify?
If those kits are enough to make Liverpool's Pepe Reina feel sicker than he already does, perhaps he should console himself about the latest Balloongate incident, and remember that balloons have played their part before as Michael Ball's balloon balls-up demonstrates.
Or Reina could even console himself with the fact that he doesn't have to wear this kit worn by Spanish side Getafe, sponsored by Burger King, which comes complete with a picture of the Burger King himself inside, so you can celebrate by turning your shirt inside out and literally crowning your moment of glory.
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jamieB 'I'm just upset that there is a picture of the forest (little f) scum up there. All their shirts offend me. Stade Francais' shirts are real works of art especially on 16 stone of muscle chasing you down... The Mexican (I think) goalie reminds me of the early to mid 90's and I am very surprised that the Cov brown of the 70's and Chelsea orange/brown is not there... I suppose these shirts give us a bit of imagination which is lacking in many a shorts shirts these days....' added 19th Oct 2009
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Johnf 'I worked at the Club with that yellow and green shirt at that point in history, which was the 93/95 seasons I believe. I remember as a time for some pretty garish shirts.' added 20th Oct 2009
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Simon_Doyle 'John, There were all manner of dusgusting shirts that could have been used, and a fair proportion of them could have belonged to Norwich City. Jamie, I offer no apologies for the Forest shirt -that kit looks like someone has shit on it, whereas the Coventry one was just brown. I happen to think Admiral kits were class in their day. ' added 20th Oct 2009
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flanker2 'Shit on it....LOL Simon you potty mouth!......The Stade Francais thing was a Debcle wasn't it? You have to feel for Bath losing it like that!....I personally don't mind the pinkness of the strip, I'm very well in touch with my feminine side so it's fine by me!...I would have drawn the line at beige and frilly though!.....Puke......' added 20th Oct 2009
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flanker2 'Can't edit, obviously meant to type DEBACLE' added 20th Oct 2009
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Simon_Doyle 'That delightful beige and frilly number belonged to the Colorado Caribous who played for just one season in the North American League in 1978. No wonder - they were beaten before they'd started, wearing that lame excuse of a shirt.' added 20th Oct 2009
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