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From WSC

"Norwich City's 1993 team finished third in the Premier League and went on to knock Bayern Munich out of Europe, but the defining memory of all this was a strip so bad that it must be the worst in the history of football. Scrambled eggs? Asbestos? A Magic Eye poster with a huge "Norwich and Peterborough Building Society" logo in the middle? Upon its launch chairman Robert Chase chirpily described it as a "beach shirt" but I'm still not sure whether he or anyone else knew what that actually was.

Given their other crimes against football fashion it is hardly surprising that the manufacturer, Ribero, seemed to disappear soon after. Coventry had to endure the same scrambled egg design but this time it even spread to the shorts. Brighton were decked out in a matching striped shirt and shorts romper suit and one of our two away kits was white and purple with mosaic patterned sleeves. Although we wore the shirt again the following season the Ribero deal collapsed and Mitre patches had to be sewn over their logos.

Although they failed spectacularly, in hindsight Ribero could be forgiven for following Adidas and Umbro at a time when these brands were producing rave-generation-inspired away kits for the likes of Arsenal in 1991 and Manchester United in 1992. In the midst of the current 1980s fashion revival many of the new shirts we fork out for are inspired by the ones we bought and subsequently binned 20 years ago. It may only be a matter of time before all the 1990s shirts we love to hate become cult classics ? all except this one. Dan Thompson."

Posted By: shoddy, Dec 12, 10:36:18