Kicking Off

Why do football shirts even exist? Kimberley Cumberbatch steps into ex-footballer Jack Fowler’s world for the first time. Together, they talk to journalist and filmmaker Xaymaca Awoyungbo about the chaos of playing football before there were kits. They check out the itchy and impractical shirt worn in the first-ever international football match, and see how today’s designs avoid the flaws of the past while still nodding to history. 

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Glossary 

Sublimation: A design technique where you transfer an image onto material using heat. 

Image credit 

[06:06 and 06:27]: Harry Langton's shirt from the first-ever international football game, courtesy of the National Football Museum. This shirt is on display at the National Football Museum in Manchester.