The best football shirts ever

1986 FIFA World Cup, Mexico: Denmark line up for the national anthem. (l-r) Jan Molby, Preben Elkjaer-Larsen, Henrik Andersen, Frank Arnesen, John Sivebaek, Jesper Olsen, Soren Lerby, Michael Laudrup, Soren Busk, Hogh, Morten Olsen
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Settling on the best football shirts of all time was never going to be an easy task (although it did prove to be a lot of fun).

To make things a little less arduous, we decided to keep it within the parameters of outfield jerseys only (goalkeeper tops can come later).

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Tom Hancock

Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...