The best and worst Euros kits of all time: From Dutch perfection to poor old David Seaman
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The best and worst Euros kits of all time: From Dutch perfection to poor old David Seaman

New York Times  

Since the Euros half-heartedly birthed itself into the football world in 1960 with just four teams in the finals in France, there have been 194 instances of nations playing in the tournament. Photo: Getty Images Getty Images 4 France Getty Images This screams 1980s, it also screams magnifique and is probably the greatest kit France have ever produced, narrowly beating their 1998 World Cup-winning version. Photo: Getty Images Getty Images Worst 5 Soviet Union Hipsters will rage at this decision but, honestly, for all your talk of its pure design and its exalted central lettering, let’s get right down to brass tacks here; some back-office lackey in the Kremlin’s propaganda department said they should make the Soviet letters as big as possible so the world would know how good they are at football. Photo: Getty Images Getty Images 2 Spain Getty Images Adidas kit designer 1: ”Right, what we thinking for Spain’s away kit this year?” Adidas kit designer 2: ”A messy conglomerate of nonsensical random triangles splurged over a white background?” Adidas kit designer 1: ”I love it! Damn, we’re good.” Photo: Getty Images Getty Images 1 England Getty Images Like Schmeichel, David Seaman only had to wear this once during the Euros.

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