| Introduction Germany 1996 Willem II 2002 Real Madrid 2003 AC Milan 2004 Chelsea 2004 Roda JC 2004 FC Utrecht 2004 Ajax 2004 Cameroon 2004 Italy 2004 Sporting 2004 Bayern München 2005 Schalke 04 Real Madrid 2005 FC Twente 2005 NAC/Vitesse 2005 Italy 2006 Netherlands 2006 Sevilla 2006 | | The team of Sporting (Lisbon, Portugal) has green and white horizontal stripes on its shirts. In the UEFA Cup games the back of this characteristic shirt has a broad white vertical field on which the numbers and names are printed. As a result the stripes on the back are extremely short. It looks like a zebra that's painted white on one side. The choice for the figures is also conspicuous: Franklin Gothic; big and black with a very small white and black contour. Franklin Gothic is a very legible typeface, designed in the beginning of the 20th century. Together with the plain white field on which the numbers are displayed, it's a perfect design for a long-sighted football fan. As a contrast the names are printed in a very small point size. All together this shirt is really unique but in my opinion the nice original striped design is spoiled by an inexplicable numbering style. It shows that legibility shouldn't be the only thing that counts. | | | |