Dorling

No, definitely not! Great shirt to have though.

Even better than that, I now have the current shirt in my possession after my wife brought it back from Rapa Nui, where she spent Christmas! Not sure there are many of these floating about! A worthy addition to the collection.

Did you know that Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island), the remote island in the South Pacific, home of the Moai (giant heads), has a football team? They play their games at the Hanga Roa Stadium and their first official match was in the Chilean cup v Colo Colo in 2009.

Really enjoyed doing this and also listening to the other great collector interviews too.

🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧

🎄12 DAYS OF KITMAS🎄

Day 9 - @dorling83.bsky.social

Chris joined us to answer the impossible and tell us which is his favourite shirt, and to tell us a little more about his varied collection.

Listen here - ttkaopod.com

My press is very similar to yours, the cushion 100% made it easier, also avoided any unsightly creases or pulls from the angular edge of the base plate.

Teflon cushions of varying sizes are a good shout if you haven't got them. The main ones I use are 40x40cm for name/number and two narrow ones for sleeve patches, one slightly longer than the other.

Get some cheap namesets and practice on some cheap fakes, it's what I did. You pick it up pretty quickly.

A lovely little Christmas haul. Merry Christmas everyone, hope you're all having a lovely day.

It's a horrible thing that happened to that poor woman. Watch Republicans twist it to pretend it only happened because of Daniel Perry or Kyle Rittenhouse though, that 'good people' are now scared of intervening, destroying our way of life, blah blah it's the fault of the left etc.

Some absolutely crackers in there. Top tier stuff.

Yep, this is right up my street!

Thanks dude!

They really do look very nice together! If I can get a black away shirt of his it will be a cool little set to have in the collection.

My final shirt addition of 2024 is this match worn Filippo Bandinelli Spezia away shirt, worn in the 2-0 loss to Palermo on 01/12/24. Another great Kappa shirt for Spezia, and my second match worn shirt for Mr Bandinelli. Will hopefully complete the set in the new year.

Kitscene issue 3 is here and it will make for great Christmas reading. Not only because it is full of pages of kit goodness but also because I got to contribute to it!

Absolutely. This one is very nice. I've never had the budget or the timing for a limited edition one but I think I prefer having a match worn one!

Love it when you complete a set. And what a set.

The final of my 3 new match worn arrivals is this Slovenia away shirt worn by Erik Janža in the 1-0 Nations League away win v Kazakhstan on 13/10/24. Janža provided the assist for the winning goal from Jan Mlakar. The detailing in the fabric is once again lovely.

The second new match worn shirt arrival is this Villarreal home shirt, worn by Santi Comesaña in the 2-1 away win against Valladolid in La Liga on 26th October 2024. Santi has been one of my favourite players over several versions of Football Manager, delighted to grab one of his shirts.

First of 3 new match worn shirts. This one was worn by Nina Jakobsson in the Damallsvenskan match v Norrköping on 4th May 2024. AIK won 3-2. First Nike player issue shirt in my collection, really nice material. The yellow details on the black really pop, it's a fantastic shirt.

Some new arrivals!

- CSD Municipal (Guatemala) 22/23 Home shirt
- Venezia 19/20 Match Issued Primavera 2 Home shirt
- 24/25 Versailles Home shirt
- 23/24 Bari Kappa x LC23 special limited edition Home shirt

That's me home from my last ship for a while. Will be starting a new role in January, still in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, but in the recruitment team.

Also: 4 matchworn, 1 squad signed and 4 other shirts have arrived while I've been away 🤣🤣

Photos to follow.

The scabbiest of scabs. Obviously we have our own problems with UK police, the Met in particular, however American police are another breed. Bought and paid for.

Everton 23/24 Away shirt, patched up with the nameset of Belgian international midfielder Justine Vanhaevermaet. A really nice retro style to this Hummel effort.

That's lovely mate.

Stay humbled.

It's easy to laugh off stuff like this as American Republicans being loopy, or say stuff like 'they voted for it, they deserve it' but have no doubt, once poor Americans are riddled with diseases that were once eradicated, the world will be.

Stay humble.

Bukayo Saka is really good at football you know.