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AL-NASSR FC AWAY 2009-10

The name of Saudi Arabian team Al-Nassr FC means “the victory,” which feels a bit presumptuous. Fortunately for Al-Nassr they’re one of the country’s more successful teams and have presumably avoided their name becoming a target of ironic mockery. They certainly felt confident enough to wear a silver away shirt during the 2009-10 season, which is what I believe is called a “power move.” I do mean silver , too. This shirt isn’t simply grey, and although it’s difficult to get across in photographs it’s very shiny and metallic-looking. Anyone wearing this shirt looks like they’re all wrapped up and ready to go in the oven for an hour at 200ºC, and I absolutely love it. A few teams have gone down the painfully ostentatious route of having a metallic gold shirt, most famously with an Arsenal away shirt in the early 2000s and a couple of seasons ago AC Milan had a gold keeper kit, but there aren’t many silver shirts out there. Sheffield Wednesday had a frankly astonishing silve...