Speaking of the significance of the football shirt, Rob MacDonald and Adam Bushby, authors of Admiral: 50 Years of the Replica Shirt say:“Players and managers come and go, owners are temporary custodians, stadiums can be rebuilt or even moved. So all that is left, really, is the abstract concept of a football club or national team, made tangible by the shirt.”
A club with a rich history played out over the years in any number of kits, Liverpool was the first football club to feature a sponsor on the front of its shirts - although their players never actually wore the shirts by legendary kit-makers, Admiral. However, this was nearly not the case, according to Bushby, co-founder of Halcyon Publishing and a Liverpool fan, himself.
