my collection [updated 02/2012]

Hi fellas, I finally had the time to do this. These are just some of the shirts I have, quite a few are in storage unfortunately. And yes, 99% of them are nike kits. and since 2 of the 3 teams I support are kitted out by nike [Australia and Barcelona] I'll use that as my excuse. But other than that I'm not sure why I like nike's designs. Hopefully I'll be able to gradually collect shirts from different makers.

Sydney FC home shirt. Brosque NN.





Netherlands away 06-08. van der Vaart NN.







Netherlands home 08-10. Sneijder NN.





Yokohama F-Marinos home 09.









Atletico Madrid away 08-09 player issue.







Arsenal 2010 home player issue
I like this shirt, it has a very simple and timeless design. But I don't think I could ever wear a club shirt other than Sydney's or Barca's. Maybe I'll wear it when Fabregas returns to Barcelona







Arsenal 2010 away player issue
One of the most beautiful kits this season imo. I'll probably try and get the CL nameset as I have the starball and Respect for it.





New Zealand 10-12 home player issue
A nice, simple kit. Pretty happy to obtain this shirt actually, even though I wouldn't wear it. I might put Ryan Nelsen or Shane Smeltz's NN on it.







Barcelona 09-10 home.

I was very unhappy with the positioning of the TV3 patch on the sleeve. It's such a pity that Kitbag operates the official club shop online




Barcelona 08-09 away
This shirt was done by Subside and it was perfect. One of the best away kits for Barca in recent years imo.





Barcelona 10-11 home player issue
I'll compare this against the recently released authentic [P2R] shirts in a separate review. I've only noticed a couple of things that differentiate the PI from the P2R.









Australia 06-08 home.
Probably the best Australia shirt ever designed. Simple and classy. This shirt has served me well, it's been with me when i traveled and it's been to the World Cup.





All replica shirts have the football on top of the shield. It looks out of place to be honest.


Australia 10-12 home player issue, player size NN
A nice looking shirt even though a lot of people complained about the white panel on the chest. Very happy with this shirt personally. Does anyone know where I can find the official World Cup patch??




The Nike logo and the coat of arms are screen printed. Replica has embroidered Nike swoosh.


Coat of arms screen printed instead of the shield patch on the replica [which doesn't look good imo]







I'll try and add more as I go along. Cheers!

awesome mate!

omg....lots of PI shirt u have mate....

Wow where you find Australia and New Zealand PI shirts?

brilliant PI shirts mate!

The PIs are simply awesome!

Is the on the Sydney FC kit the standardise one? i mean is it standardize for all clubs in australian league? it looks cool.

btw nice collections!

awesome collection mate!!! a lot PI kit u have!!!

nice stuff there.
you have a good PI source?

great stuff as usual... especially the PI...

lots of PI kits...

treble_1999 wrote:

Wow where you find Australia and New Zealand PI shirts?

was wondering the same too, as well as the Barca one! Wouldnt mind getting the OZ one if i can find them!

nineteeneighty.seven wrote:

Is the on the Sydney FC kit the standardise one? i mean is it standardize for all clubs in australian league? it looks cool.

btw nice collections!

it's standardized for all A-League teams, and have been using the same font since forever

Very impressive collection of PI...

pyroboy1911 wrote:

it's standardized for all A-League teams, and have been using the same font since forever

ouh really? awesome. will try to get one of any Australian Football Clubs team then

one shirt costs AUD140, mind you but if that's not a big issue for you then go for it! Adelaide United should be sporting a new shirt next season

Thanks for the kind compliments guys Just a small update

Australia 08-10 away player issue



There's a line along the back of the shirt that's not on the replica IIRC, and as with most of Nike's 08-10 national team range, the shirt is more tight-fitting than most. The design is similar to a Netherlands PI shirt I've got.


No football on the shield.

I wasn't sure whether to include this shirt in my collection as I will be giving it away for a friend's birthday present. It doesn't fit me anymore

pyroboy1911 wrote:

treble_1999 wrote:

Wow where you find Australia and New Zealand PI shirts?

was wondering the same too, as well as the Barca one! Wouldnt mind getting the OZ one if i can find them!

I got the 2010 Australia [and other shirts] in South Africa of all places. It was during the world cup and I saw a Nike display in a Durban mall with all the teams they sponsored during the WC [Australia, Netherlands, Serbia, NZ, Portugal, Brazil, USA, Slovenia].





All the displays had PI shirts on the mannequins, and they were all size M which was a perfect fit, so naturally I was pretty interested. I asked the Nike store manager and she connected me with the Nike South Africa sales manager and in the end I was allowed to buy them after the teams have been knocked out from the tournament.

Anyway, they've been in storage since I returned. I've only printed the Australia shirt. Someday I'll stop being lazy and print them all.

u r so lucky man to have all the PI shirt...somemore all directly from nike store....envy u.....

that's awesome, ive been on eBay and only saw Holland Portugal Brazil for Nike PI shirts, so it's a bit cool to see NZ and even Australia PI kits would definitely get an OZ one if i have the chance.

wow.. that is quite a haul...

great haul of Australia PI..

very lucky of you to get those PI directly from nike

Yeah so lucky to be in the right place at the right time to get those PI shirts

Cheers everyone. Yeah I guess I was a bit fortunate, I nearly walked away without asking because I thought there was little chance of them allowing someone to buy display model shirts. But in the end I asked anyway, since the worst they could do was say no. The manager was very nice because in the end I only had to pay for the Australia and NZ shirts.

pyroboy1911 wrote:

that's awesome, ive been on eBay and only saw Holland Portugal Brazil for Nike PI shirts, so it's a bit cool to see NZ and even Australia PI kits would definitely get an OZ one if i have the chance.

I'll keep a lookout for them, and if a reasonably priced one pops up I'll let you know pyro

Hi all, thought I'd update this a bit. I haven't been able to add much as I've been swamped at work. Anyway here they are.

I added Aguero nameset and the Kyocera sponsor to this PI shirt. The LFP patch came with the shirt.


2004-2006 Netherlands home and away PI. The namesets were a bit tough to apply though. Any ideas on where to get the flags they use for Match Day Transfers?






2008-2010 Netherlands PI [non-boxed version]. Many thanks to acman for the nameset! This size M shirt is super duper tight and I've got a feeling I'll never fit into it


Barcelona 2009-2010 PI. Excess kitroom stock.




Shirts to be printed in 2011 [if I can find them from storage]:
USA 2010-12 PI, S Korea 2010-12 PI, Netherlands 2010-12 PI. I don't think I'll bother with Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and NZ.

Working to obtain in the next few months:
Barcelona 2010 away PI, Australia 10-12 away PI, Sydney FC champions league.

I think that's all the shirts for 2010. Here's to a great 2011 for everyone!

Nice work with the printing mate

Holland match flags are near impossible to get. I managed to get 2 back in 2004/2005 but it will be hard to find them now