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| The Liverpool Shirts Museum 1997-1998 UEFA Cup Home Player Shirt (Small Carlsberg) |
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| Liverpool participated in UEFA competitions both in seasons 1996-1997 (European Cup Winners Cup) and 1997-1998 (UEFA Cup). Unlike the domestic competitions bearing big Carlsberg sponsor, Liverpool needs to adopt a smaller sized Carlsberg sponsor logo due to broadcasting size-limit restrictions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Featured Robbie Fowler wearing the 1996-1998 UEFA competition home shirt. | Liverpool 1997-1998 UEFA Cup Home Player Shirt - Number 17 shirt belongs to Paul Ince. From first sight you may think this shirt is identical to a replica (having small Carlsberg sponsor), however, this UEFA shirt is not avialble for public sale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| So what's the difference? Taking a zoomed view, the Reebok motif on the UEFA Cup shirt (right side) is simplied to a Reebok logo only. The Reebok words are dropped out. |
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| Despite having a seemingly same sized Carlsberg sponsor as the replica shirt, the UEFA Cup shirt's sponsor is in fact slimmer and having a pink trim around the letters. Please note that this is NOT an optical illusion resulted from paling or staining after washed. |
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| The "Official Licensed Product" tag is absent on the player shirt (right side). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| For the season 1997-1998 UEFA Cup campaign, Liverpool used the unified Lextra Premier League style names & numbers, but the lion-stamp logo is absent on the numbers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back to 1990s Player Shirts Episode II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||