Premier League Kits: 90s shirts we’d love to see brought back

Kits were better back then, admit it

Premier League 90s kits

By / Football News / 3 months ago

Forget TikTok videos and Instagram stories, back in the 90s if you wanted an early glimpse of your side’s new kit, you needed to do one of three things.

You either had to trawl the back pages of every newspaper every single day for a pre-season match report and hope it had an accompanying photo.

You had to buy the summer edition of Match magazine where the likes of Gary Mabbutt, Robbie Earl and Dennis Wise pulled off their best model poses, or in the absolute worst-case scenario, go and visit the spoilt little sh*t down the street who always had the newest kit before the rest of us realised it had been released.

Modern day football just isn’t the same. Clubs releasing three new kits every summer with million-pound marketing campaigns? The game’s gone.

Ahead of the new season, Paddy Power News looks at some absolute belters from the 90s we’d love to see revamped for modern day Premier League football.

Arsenal away 1992

The bruised banana might honestly be the greatest top ever but at the time it got slated. It was wild and may have hurt your eyes, but it was glorious and has become a cult classic. Its popularity already saw it get a remake in 2019, but five years has passed since then, it’s time to revamp it again!

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 14: City player Gary Flitcroft celebrates after scoring in a 1-1 draw FA Premier League match with Leeds United as Leeds players David O’ Leary, Chris Fairclough (floor) and Gary Speed (r) react at Maine Road on August 14, 1993 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Steve Munday/Allsport/Getty Images/Hulton Archive)

Man City home 1993

BROTHER. Brother and City are synonymous. The Manchester based manufacturer of printers and labellers will forever be the sponsor some of us associate with the current champions, no matter how big or successful they become. Could you imagine 30 years on, Liam and Noel Gallagher in City kits with Brother plastered across the front. Perfect.

Leeds home 1995

I don’t know if it was the crisp whiteness, the minimalist look, or the fact Tony Yeboah scored several absolute worldies whilst wearing this kit, but it looked smart as hell. Brian Deane, Thomas Brolin, they all looked like a million dollars in this kit. If Leeds come straight back up to the Premier League, this is what they need to bring to the party.

Liverpool away 1995

Liverpool’s quartered away kit was incredibly stylish, it had a catchy pattern with a unique colour scheme and was revamped last season – so hopefully Liverpool will just keep it forever now. Sadly for scousers, it was overshadowed by their white 1996 FA Cup final suit.

To be honest, everything they achieved in the 90s was overshadowed by that suit.

Man United away 1993

There was something about Man United in the 90s wasn’t there? Apart from being miles from the club they are now. This almost entirely black kit with gold trims saw the likes of Lee Sharpe doing the Sharpie Shuffle and gets added iconic power from Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick at an abusive supporter at Selhurst Park.

April 1994: John Barnes of Liverpool takes on Jeremy Goss of Norwich City during the FA Carling Premiership match against Norwich City played at Anfield in Liverpool, England. Norwich City won the match 2-0. Mandatory Credit: Clive Brunskill/Allsport

Norwich home 1992

Yellow and green, lemon and lime, abstract patterns and a Jeremy Goss wonder volley vs Bayern Munich putting Norfolk firmly on the map and this kit firmly in our memory bank. was aptly nicknamed bird poo, but in an endearing way. There was an away kit in 2016 which paid homage to the original, but we want the yellow version.

Coventry away 1996

A surreal black and red chessboard looked fantastic in the 90s, so why wouldn’t it work in today’s football society? Make it happen Coventry. We guarantee if the Sky Blues were wearing this kit in the FA Cup semi-final against United last season, they would have gone on to win that match 4-3.

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – APRIL 24: Yakubu of Portsmouth celebrates scoring from the penalty spot with team-mates (L to R) Patrick Berger, Matthew Taylor and Gary O’Neil during the Barclays Premiership match between Portsmouth and Southampton at Fratton Park on April 24, 2005 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Portsmouth home 2003

Okay, this kit wasn’t from the 90s and Pompey are long gone from the topflight, but it was sponsored by the makers of Beanie Babies and the logo was a red heart which looked amazing on their blue kit. Very cute, aww.

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