40. Peru: home, 1978
Arguably one of the most iconic kit designs ever produced, with the red sash running diagonally across both the front and back of the shirt, this Peru kit has provided inspiration for plenty of kits since. The collared V-neck really stands out, too, while the humongous badge is delightfully simple.
39. Colombia: home, 1990
The symmetrical shoulder bars were worn by plenty and very nearly covered up by Carlos Valderrama's ridiculous barnet. But though Colombia struggled at Italia 90, they looked fresh as hell. Arguably the best yellow South American shirt not to have come out of Brazil.
38. Spain: home, 1996
Another fascinating take on the Three Stripes. Spain wore this top in England for Euro 96, which featured a navy sleeve and the Spanish Football Federation's logo in the background of the red. The touches of gold are a great touch – and after the diamond-lined '94 effort, this felt like a continuation of sorts. It wouldn’t look out of place on the back of a filly at the Grand National.
37. Argentina: home, 1986
Diego Maradona tore England apart wearing dark blue – but the Albiceleste actually wore this in the final. A gorgeous thick stripe with big logos, this one became an icon overnight. Argentina have won 100% of World Cup finals wearing home colours and lost 100% in away, by the way.
36. England: home, 1996
Sky blue has always been a secondary colour for England home shirts but this effort for when football came home was effortlessly cool. The American football numbers were marvellous and that collar still looks superb. You can just see Gazza on his back in this, can't you?
35. Brazil: home, 1994
Umbro's final Brazil shirt – and the last with three stars. The 90s brought in the fad of magnifying a badge and slapping it in the background of a shirt and perhaps there was no greater example than the Selecao doing it three whole times – one for each world title.
34. Manchester City: away, 1999
A shirt so nice that Raheem Sterling wore it on the cover of FourFourTwo. Manchester City have tried to recreate this one – not least this season – but the cover versions still don't top it.
Arguably City's most iconic retro shirt, the day-glo and black are complimented with sky blue lining and that classic eagle badge. It's a reference point in time for the club, despite where they were in the pyramid when this one got released.
33. Tottenham: home, 1985-87
On paper, sideways pinestripes and chevrons on the same shirt really shouldn't work, should it? And… purple? Really? Yet Hoddle and Waddle looked fantastic in this thing. Hummel have barely put a foot wrong in 40 years of kit manufacturing and this is one of their very best efforts.
Spurs have always been renowned for style on the pitch: they certainly lived up to that with this shirt.
32. England: home, 1982
Ah, the Admiral era. In 2018, Nike dared to remake this into a prematch shirt – and it happened to outsell the actual top. The original shirt though, with its memories of Keegan, Robson and co. is still one of the most original and revered Three Lions shirts ever.
31. Celtic: home, 1997-99
The kit manufacturer is the sponsor is the kit manufacturer. Bolton Wanderers tried it too with Reebok: they had Okocha but Celtic had peak dreadlocked Henrik Larsson. We admit, a lot of the reason we love this is for the giant Umbro logo – but we can't not include the Bhoys in a list of all-time kits.
