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Football kits: With 1860 Munich’s bizarre lederhosen kit, here’s 12 of the craziest designs worn by top clubs
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THERE are bad football kits — then there are terrible football kits.
German side 1860 Munich have got into the Oktoberfest spirit by unveiling a special kit with leather-look lederhosen shorts.
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The wacky kit, which has become a tradition, go on show when the third-tier club play Wehen Wiesbaden on September 22.
But it is far from the most bizarre uniform in football history.
From bow-ties to Burger King and Spider-Man to muscle man, take a look at these monstrosities:
Zamora CF (2018)
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Spanish fourth division side Zamora CF’s new third kit is certainly something we haven’t seen before – but there’s probably a reason for that.
The strip, produced by Kappa, is imprinted with a real circulatory system (we know) – with the team’s logo used in place of the human heart.
One of the most important details is stitched on the back of the shirt – a very clear message for not just Zamora fans to understand.
The phrase reads: “The blood, that reddish fluid that transports life through our body, which is born and flows from the heart to nourish our emotions and feelings.”
Worst kit ever? It's definitely up there.
Caribous of Colorado (1978)
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IS it any surprise that the team wearing this bizarre number racked up the worst record in the old NASL?
We're not sure what is worse, the collar, club crest (on the wrong side).
No, no, surely the leather-look tassley stuff across the chest is what sets it all off.
This ain't no Western cowboy-highwayman hold-up...it's merely a stitch-up.
La Hoya Lorca (2013)
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WELL at least if you were frozen out at La Hoya Lorca, you would be bang on trend.
That is because their third kit inthe 2013-14 season provided a backdrop of a set of peas.
Yes, peas. Like the ones you used to leave on your plate after a Sunday roast.
Word is they only did it to ap-peas the sponsors.
1860 Munich (2010)
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FOR their 150th anniversary, 1860 decided to produce a reversible kit.
The problem was, both sides were absoultely rubbish.
Atletico Madrid (2004)
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NO wonder Fernando Torres decided to leave Atletico Madrid back in the noughties.
El Nino just could not put up with kits like this from Nike - with a spiders web design - obviously designed to promote the Spider Man 2 movie. Remember Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire's upside-down kiss? Well this was the movie after that one (no, me neither).
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The problem with this is, much like Atletico Madrid in the last five years, the movies needed a complete re-vamp and were re-made a decade later.
And much like the old DVDs of this Spider Man franchise, there's only one place you'll be able to find this forgotten Atletico Madrid kit: on the web.
Getafe (2009-10)
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BACK in the noughties (again), the Burger King - i.e. a bloke in a rubber mask and a crown - , intercept footballs and score famous NFL touchdowns.
It really was quite hilarious.
The problem was, that was a campaign almost exclusively aired in America - and not Europe - and we play proper 'football.'
So, when Burger King decided to print their King's face on to the reverse of a Getafe shirt so that you could do a 'Ravanelli' and see the rubber royal himself, we Europeans were a little perplexed.
Even more bizarre was that they had their best season ever in La Liga and reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey - the 'Cup of Kings.'
CD Palencia (2016)
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WHO would have thought football could be fun AND educational?
Well just ask Spanish (yes, them again) club Palencia, who have muscled in on the odd uniforms market.
It should make pre-season training a doddle, just eat what you want and you'll always have a six pack.
Pulled hamstring though? The club physio might have a few problems.
Cultural Leonesa (2014)
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HAVE the Spaniards really NOT heard of the Spanish waiter jokes?
Obviously not, as they sported these tuxedo-inspired jerseys for the 2014-15 season.
Not sure what they were supposed to wear for the annual club awards bash, mind.
Cameroon (2002/2004)
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CAMEROON have committed two corture crimes aganist football.
One was in 2002, when they decided to get their biceps out and wear sleveless shirts - as they did in a friendly against England, but the vest design was banned for the 2002 World Cup by Sepp Blatter.
So, they simply had to wear a tight-fitting under-layer underneath the Puma jerseys.
Then, two years later, Puma came up with an all-in-one uniform - which was just as baffling and was, again, banned.
Hull City (1992)
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'TIGER, tiger, burning bright' as the saying once went.
This one might make good kindling alright. What the Hull were they thinking?
Athletic Bilbao (2004)
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THIS monstrosity been designed by Basque artist Dario Urzay to mark the club's centenary - and they only wore it in the Uefa Cup.
It was supposed to resemble a splatter of blood.
Well, Urzay sure as heck murdered it all right.
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