Chelsea

Well, after two months, I've finally found the time to get another football shirt made. Only one this time however. This time, it's the club I support, Chelsea. Chelsea Football Club was founded in 1905, and ever since then have played all their home games at Stamford Bridge. They are also the current Premier League Champions and FA Cup, having won 4 and 6 titles in all respectively. Nicknamed 'the Blues', due to that being the primary club colour, they were also formerly nicknamed 'the Pensioners' in honour of Chelsea War Veterans.

AWAY

My idea for this one came from the 2003-4 Away. I found that it was also very popular among members of a Chelsea forum I'm on, so it seem liked the perfect idea to do. This white kit features the two bars down the middle, one navy and the other royal blue. The trim, including Adidas' 'three stripes' on the sleeves, are mainly blue. It's very unlikely that this kit will ever be used in reality in the near future, or at least while Adidas are sponsors due to the fact it was based on Umbro, and couldn't even be classed as 'retro' as it is relatively recent.

Northern Ireland

So here's the first collection of international football shirts. I've decided to begin with Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland play their home games at Linfield FC's ground, Windsor Park. They are nicknamed 'Norn Iron' and are currently ranked 42nd in the FIFA rankings.

HOME

Here we have the traditional Northern Ireland green home jersey, along with added navy and white trim, quite commonly used before on 'Norn Iron' shirts. Since this is an older template, it doesn't go along with the 'retro' look that Umbro do at the moment.

 

AWAY

I picked red as the colour for the away shirt. It is a colour featured on Northern Ireland flags in the past, but also the banner of the province of Ulster. Along with this, there is navy and white trim like the home kit. On the sleeves I've included the satirical Green and White Army fan saying ''We're not Brazil, We're Northern Ireland'' in watermark form, the former on the left sleeve and the latter on the right.

Salthill Devon

Salthill Devon are an Irish team currently in the League of Ireland First Division, who won direct promotion from the A Championship in November 2009 with the demise of Kildare County. The club itself was founded in 1977 with a merger of Salthill Athletic and Devon Celtic, and play at Drom in Salthill, Co. Galway

HOME 

Quite the traditional Salthill Devon shirt here since the club home has always been light blue and white stripes. Other than this, the shirt has a navy trim and the sponsors also carry this colour.

 

AWAY

The away kit colours once again are a random choice of blue and yellow. It features white trim, this colour also being used for the sponsorship.  

Celtic FC

 From one side of the the Old Firm to the other, my next collection is that of Celtic. Celtic were founded as a charitable organization in 1888 by Brother Walfrid, to help help Irish immigrants in Glasgow. They have won the second most amount of league titles in Scotland, 42, and were the first British team to win the European Cup. Celtic play their home games at Celtic Park, and are nicknamed The Bhoys, among others.

HOME

 There's very little that you can do with the Hoops, so this pretty much has to be traditional. I'd say it's somewhat similar to the 08/09 shirt with a few minor different minor details. For example, the obvious being that Tennents are the sponsors now, and not Carling. However, along with this I've add watermarks to both of the sleeves. On the left, I've used the year Celtic were founded, 1888 and on the right, 1967, another very important year for Celtic fans as this was when they won the European Cup. 

            

AWAY

Similar to Russia's 08/09 Home shirt, and like the Rangers' jersey I previously designed, this is white mainly, with the other club colours added, in this case green and gold. The three bars across the middle bare a resemblance to the Irish colours, which to represent Celtic's background and foundation. Other than this, there is mainly green trim featured, with a small amount of gold on the colour.

 

THIRD

This could be said that it is almost like the 'Black Magic' Umbro shirt Celtic had in the early 2000s, but with a lot less gold trim featuring. The Celtic crest retains it's usual Green, white and black colour and the sponsors remain in white (with Tennants having black surrounds). Another one of the more basic shirts I've created.

Rangers FC

Well, here we have some fantasy shirts for the worlds most successful club, Rangers of Glasgow. Rangers were founded in 1873, and play their home games at Ibrox. They are one half of one of the most bitter, intense rivalries in the world, the Old Firm, along with Celtic, which was actually played earlier on today, with Rangers losing 0-2 at Ibrox. They are usually referred to as the Gers, but among other names are the Teddy Bears and Sky Blues.

HOME

This home shirt could be compared to the current, but in fact the template is that of Ireland's from a few years back. On the left sleeve, I used an '1873' watermark to show the year Rangers was found. There is white trim on bottom front of the shirt, and beside the left one, I've used the famous Bill Struth quote ''Let the others come after us. We welcome the chase.'', also in watermark form.

 

AWAY

 I used Ranger's tradition colours, Blue, white and red in this shirt, with black also being used. The three bars on the front represent the colours, with a red trim being used on the sleeves and collar. White was used on the Umbro and Rangers logos, with a black surround.

 

THIRD

The design for this shirt is quite basic, but the colour was actually not easily thought of. I decided in the end to use the colour gold, as next season will be the 40th anniversary of Rangers UEFA Cup Winners Cups title. However, I did not include any mention of this on the shirt, as the colour was also a random choice, since I wanted to use something Rangers have not used before. The shirt has a white collar, with an image of the Scotland flag on the left side.

Bohemian FC

Bohemians are an Irish football club, who have won eleven League of Ireland titles. Based in Dalymount Park in Dublin, the club mainly draws their support from the Northside, and have a bitter rivalry with Shamrock Rovers. They were founded in 1890 and are nicknamed either 'Bohs' or 'The Gypsies'.

HOME

I've used Hummel as the designer this time. This has the typical Bohs stripes and colours, with black sleeves and red hummel arrows on them. The trim on the shirt is mainly white.

 

AWAY

This is probably one of my most unlikely designs yet, a blue Bohemians shirt. It does however feature one of their colours, red, but also like the home features some white trim.

 

THIRD

This shirt would be more suited to a Bohemian's away shirt, but I decided to use it as a third. It features a white shirt, with quite a lot of red trim.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

My first designs are for the German side, Borussia Mönchengladbach. The North-Rhine Westphalia club have 5 Bundesliga titles to their name, and during the late 1960s and 1970s were one of Europe's top sides. The team are nicknamed 'Die Fohlen', meaning 'The Foals' and are based in Borussia-Park.

HOME

Unlike other clubs I have done home shirts for, it was easier to be creative with Gladbach's. Bearing resemblance to the Netherlands' Away for 08/09, it instead has the clubs colours of green, white and black. I have featured a motto the club has on their website for this year, which is ''110 Jahre Borussia, 110 Prozent Fussball'' which means ''110 Years of Borussia, 110 Percent Football''. Apart from the green collar, the shirt has mainly black trim.  

  

AWAY

Based on an Atletico Madrid shirt but in Mönchengladbach's colours, this is also quite a simple shirt. It bares mainly white trim.

 

THIRD

Another unusal shirt, using the colour blue which has absolutely no relevance to Borussia. Other than this it has white trim and has a watermark on the bottom right, and like the home says ''110 Jahre Borussia, 110 Prozent Fussball'' .