America de Cali, red L (21"p2p, 25.5"s2h, 31"c2c) Second

The first time Colombian football ever really registered with me was in the build up to the 1990 World Cup. Colombia hadn’t qualified for the ‘82 or ‘86 tournaments so I was really interested to watch them play. I fell in love with their style it was a Sunday morning practice match knocking the ball around with such freedom. That was it. I was a fan. I bought a fantastic book called The Beautiful Game by Chris Taylor. It’s a journey through South American football and includes a chapter on Colombian football. It was a real education on the evolution of football in Colombia and how in the 1980’s each leading drug cartel in each major city pretty much took control of the bigger football clubs. In Cali one of the leaders of the local cartel openly controlled America de Cali. I started looking at the old shirts of America de Cali and it was the club badge that I loved. The devil character was introduced in 1940 because it was said the team played like devils. The devil was removed from the club badge because of pressure from the church but but thankfully it’s now back where it belongs as the club badge. I bloody love it how simple the graphic is.

Hand screen printed on a red preloved vintage sweat with gold eco ink.

Each sweat is a one off (just like you) and a different size, so please check the measurements below before ordering.

Approx size L
Pit to pit - 21"
Shoulder to bottom of hem - 25.5"
Edge of collar to end of cuff - 31"

Because our sweats are vintage and preloved they may show signs of wear e.g bobbles/small marks. We have tried our best to highlight anything obvious in the photos. This top has a stain on the back of a sleeve (see pic) because it's had such a fun previous life so it's a bit cheaper.

Nice one.