| The classic football shirt is usually short sleeved in the | | | | Management Committee introduced numbering on |
| spring and summer months, and in the fall and winter | | | | player's shirts. Since it is difficult to associate a number |
| players prefer a long sleeve football shirt. These shirts | | | | with a position in the game, only the goalkeeper wears |
| were originally made from cotton and quite heavy, but | | | | number 1. In 1965 substitutes for the outfield started to |
| today football shirts are made from polyester and | | | | wear the numbers 12 and 14, and the reserve |
| nylon as both fabrics are lighter in weight. | | | | goalkeeper always wears the number 13. |
| The classic football shirt is usually short sleeved in the | | | | Replica Kits |
| spring and summer months, and in the fall and winter | | | | In 1954 the FIFA World Cup required teams to wear a |
| players prefer a long sleeve football shirt. | | | | squad numbering system, so the players on a nation's |
| These shirts were originally made from cotton and | | | | squad all used the same shirt numbers for all the |
| quite heavy, but today football shirts are made from | | | | tournaments. Sales of these replica kits grew although |
| polyester and nylon as both fabrics are lighter in | | | | now that there was squad numbering on the back of |
| weight. | | | | the player's shirts, the numbers were not as meaningful |
| Previously the shirts even had buttoned collars, but | | | | as before. |
| nowadays the shirts are button-less and sometimes | | | | Players Names on the Shirts |
| even collarless. | | | | On April18th 1993, The League Cup saw the names of |
| In Europe football shirts are worn for soccer matches | | | | each player now being printed on the back of their |
| and a soccer shirt is known as a football shirt! | | | | shirts, and from 1993-1994 Premiership squad numbers |
| A Number on the Back | | | | and names were also printed on the shirts. The names |
| On August 28th 1938 numbers on the back of football | | | | of the players and the numbers of the players on the |
| shirts also known to some as "football kits" became | | | | football shirts were first introduced at the U.S.A. World |
| fashionable. Arsenal and Chelsea both used numbered | | | | Cup Final Tournament in 1994. |
| shirts in their league games. In 1939 the Football League | | | | |