I feel this needs no further introduction, so let's proceed with the hideous. The dishonorable mention: Borussia Dortmund.
#5 - Everton
I'm sorry... are we going to a blind country club to portray Sack Lodge or are we going to play some football? Egads.
#4 - 1860 Munich
There were several other garish green and black numbers I could have tabbed (F-word, Racing Santander, etc), but this one's neon shade and striping takes "gak" to a whole new level. And it looks worse in motion; you just want to swing a swatter at it.
Kenny... may all your road games be against teams that don't wear blue.
#3 - Palermo
Congratulations. An incredible, groundbreaking design. Somehow, they've managed to make sporting bright pink even ghastlier AND shill for a gambling sponsor. Should clubs really be accepting money from gambling outlets?
#2 (tie) - Málaga/FC Utrecht
I can't decide which of these most looks like an extra's set costume for Galaxy Quest 2... so I just grabbed both at once.
#1 - Espanyol
No. Just no. Go back and change. For crying out loud, you have a lawnfront realty sign for... anyone, anyone... a gambling website on your shirt!!
- Greg Seltzer
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Sorry Greg. I agree with you that shirts 5 through Malaga are hideous, and that Espanyol misses the mark. But the Utrecht seems perfectly reasonable.
Love the blog and anxiously awaiting updates (especially as to Heath Pearce, as he is clearly good enough to play in a mid-level league).
Wow, the Newcastle banana shirt didn't make it? I think it's way worse than all of these.
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/09/10-kits/newcastle-united-2009-2010-away-adidas-kit.html
On the flipside, the new Man City aways are fantastic.
Wow, I hate all the rest of the shirts but Everton's is probably my favorite kit this season. To each his own.
Freddy's going somewhere but staying in Lisbon?
Great top 5 list, Greg.
I was watching the Everton game this weekend and--sorry Chris--I thought even the Everton home shirts look like crap. Which is too bad, because last season's were great-looking shirts. It takes a special designer to decide to put a white pattern on a team's shirt to make it *appear* as a v-neck, even though it's not. I don't get it, personally.
Sorry, gotta disagree; the Everton kit is great. Their home kit, on the other hand...
Greg, I know you're not listing home shirts, but Everton's is one of the worst I have ever seen. It's a women's shirt. The away one isn't terrible.
The one you clearly missed is Getafe, with the Burger King(!) emblem on it, and the King's face on the inside of the shirt!!!! What?? Top ten worst ever!!
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/09/10-kits/getafe-cf-2009-2010-joma-kits.html
The Newcastle banana shirt is pretty bad too.
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