Arsenal, like many other clubs in the Premier League, introduces a new jersey design every season. According to Alan Smith, one of the most iconic Arsenal jerseys is from the 1988/1989 season. During that season, the Gunners sported a yellow and blue away shirt and achieved a historic feat by winning the league with a memorable victory against Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.
This particular moment is etched in the club’s history as one of the most iconic. While Arsenal has had many memorable moments while wearing various shirts, Smith believes that the other designs are essentially imitations of the Adidas away shirt from that 1988/1989 season, which brought the league title back to North London.
He writes in the Daily Mail:
“This is an easy one — the Arsenal shirt we wore when we won the league at Anfield in 1989. It’s that yellow top with the blue sleeves. It’s a beautiful kit.
“My favourite memories? The final whistle, scoring and setting up Mickey Thomas in that match. That kit will forever be associated with that night.
“They have copied it in the years since but that was the original shirt, made by Adidas, and the memories that are attached to it are priceless.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
One of the hardest things to do is to pick Arsenal’s best-ever jersey because we have had so many good shirts over the years.
The shirt designers work very hard every year to bring out a unique design; they are often very special in their own way.
Some of us have bought most of the shirts and Smith may just be attached to that shirt because of the success they achieved with it.
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The year 1989 maybe that’s year I became an Arsenal fan, the same year of the Hillsborough disaster, think Arsenal had to win by two clear goals, deep in
enemy territory, was a young lad then but we all stuck up by an old transistor radio, what happened in the dying minutes we never know until days after, that was the most memorable thing for me that year, Arsenal must have won with the whistle in the referee mouth.
My favorite shirt is the bruised banana, but rumors has it that this year vivid yellow away shirt sport the most visible football kit that has been created by eyesight experts, who claims it will make players unmissable on the pitch,
Yes the 1989 league-winning away shirt is my favourite too, not only because of its iconic standing but also just a fabulous looking design. The bruised banana shirt is my second favourite.