Since I have started this blog I have tried to expand the geographical range of my shirts, especially since beginning the mapping my shirts page on here.
As a kid the range of shirts that I had access to was entirely dependent on what my local sports shops had and how much pocket money I had saved up. As a result my kit choices definitely kept to a UK theme and in particular Liverpool FC but I always liked to look at other teams' kit designs.
So far on this blog I have featured teams from Europe, North and South America and Asia and finally now I get to Australasia with this home shirt from Nike for Australia for 2010-2012.
When I first started following football in the early 1990s I associated the Socceroos with narrow failures to qualify for successive World Cups, with even El Tel unable to achieve qualification for France 98.
Australia broke their qualification hoodoo to take a place at both World Cup 2006 in Germany and 2010 in South Africa where they sported this home shirt from Nike. I love the colours in the shirt and in particular the shade of green used. I like two large blocks of green and gold separated by the simple white stripe across the front of the shirt. However, I do think the little badge with Australia on the back of the shirt is unnecessary and does not really add anything.
The shirt features Dri-Fit technology which Nike claims is:
Unfortunately for the Socceroos they were eliminated at the group stage following defeat to hosts Germany, a draw with Ghana and their victory over Serbia which I have included video of below.
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