Love it or hate it, pop culture has made its way into the world of soccer, influencing kit designs, sponsorship opportunities and the overall match experience.
Now, as clubs release a home, away, third and even fourth kit, inspiration is being drawn from pretty much anywhere. If an artist climbs the charts for several weeks, chances are they’ll soon be called into a meeting room to discuss the design of their club’s next shirt.
But what do fans really think of this move? And make kits always Do you need to be inspired by something?
90 minutes they’ve scoured the clothes racks to bring you the answers. Here are five music-inspired football shirts, ranked.
Oasis reunite after a 15-year hiatus? Breaking news on the Internet. Manchester City fielding one of the worst teams we’ve ever seen? Absolute disappointment.
The potential here was astronomical: to create a shirt that could have been worn by everyone who won the lottery to see Oasis live next summer. Instead, it’s a sloppy design that seems to have very few links to the album.
Honestly, it looks like it’s been left on Grandma’s coffee table a little too long. Anyone want a cookie with these tea stains?
While Ed Sheeran’s sponsor runs through all of Ipswich Town’s latest designs, it is the club’s third kit to be created with the ‘Shape of You’ singer in mind.
Is it ‘perfect’ or do you prefer to look at it with your ‘eyes closed’? Either way, the Premier League’s new boys have arrived on the scene looking bright and flashy. It’s definitely hard to miss.
Although this is probably unlikely Ipswich they will have plenty of opportunities to wear their bold and pink design, it’s fun to have something different on the market.
We’re not sure if a Dulux color chart would agree, but this shade appears to be ‘Suffolk Pink’.
⬥ The Jimi Hendrix kit ⬥
Inspired by a game day tradition, honoring a Seattle icon. pic.twitter.com/DNJUGCWDIn
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) March 25, 2021
Major Soccer League’s Seattle Sounders didn’t miss a beat in their Jimi Hendrix-inspired kit. A design that pays tribute to the musical genius whose story began in his own city.
It’s vibrant, it’s electric, it screams rock and roll. Sounders literally took an iconic Hendrix album cover and put it on a T-shirt, while incorporating handwritten lyrics from his hit, “Straight Ahead.”
The Sounders stole the show in the US with this one, honoring the life of one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Ajax’s Bob Marley inspired kit is a huge story in itself. The club released a stunning design, paying tribute to the Jamaican icon with a red, gold and green jersey.
They wore it in their win against PEC Zwolle in August 2021, and by September the shirt had been banned for displaying illegal images, according to UEFA.
The Dutch club chose to remove the three little birds sewn onto the back of the shirt to comply with the regulations, but created a move unlike anything else in the Eredivisie.
In no time, these shirts were sold all over the world, offering something different for football fans who wanted to share their love for the reggae artist.
It was a huge hit and a lovely shirt.
Barcelona stopped at their Clasico clash with Real Madrid with the Rolling Stones logo on his shirt. iconic
Simple, elegant and stylish, Barça’s association with the 1960s rock band created a timeless design that’s hard not to love. The Catalan giants know what works and, with a brand as unmissable as The Rolling Stones, it’s hard to go wrong.
Barça’s association with Spotify has allowed them to stylize some classic designs, but this one takes the trophy.
Now, if only they’d won that Clasico…
