London: the temple of t-shirts

The lovers of the soccer jerseys they have a place of worship in london, specifically in a former brewery located in the Tower Hamlets district. Is named Classic Football Shirts and does not leave indifferent. It is common to see it crowded on its two floors. The establishment has a collection of hundreds of t-shirts, some more recent and some less, but all of them out of circulation already. They are almost a collector's item.

You can buy, for example, Tshirts who has been using the Spanish selection in each of the big tournaments disputed in recent decades, from the mythical one that ended up bloody for Luis Enrique in the 94 World Cup to the first of Fàbregas that already included the world champion star after the World Cup 2010. Prices range from 80 to 175 euros.

“We opened the physical store in 2018, although the company has existed since 2006. We have been in business for 15 years“, says Ciaran Gold, the owner, who these days is being interviewed by more media than ever on the occasion of the European Championship. He wears a T-shirt of Alan Shearer from Euro 96, almost a tribute to that generation that could not achieve what England is now also pursuing 25 years later.

“We started from modest way, then we began to see that people and the clubs supported us. We grew massively and we have managed to open two stores, one in London and one in Manchester. We sell t-shirts all over the world, also in Spain. Spaniards are great customers, “he explains. Perhaps for this reason, among the hanging shirts are the main one from Tenerife, the second from Elche or up to Palencia.

Buyers. “You can't imagine the demand we have, that's why we decided have kits of the Second division and of the Spanish Third Division. You don't always buy shirts based on the team, but because you were on vacation there or you simply like the design, “Ciaran acknowledges.

Of course, also those of big clubs. There is the Madrid from the end of the Seventh in Amsterdam or the Milan by Sacchi with Mediolánum advertising. “We find jerseys all over the world. We have individuals and clubs as a source of supply. true treasures within reach for us “.

During the visit, all kinds of people enter looking for something they never imagined they would find. From the elastic from denmark on the Euro 92 to those of Arsenal with the names of Vieira and Henry corresponding to the team of the Invincible. Such a t-shirt museum which at the same time gives the option of buying shirts that one evokes of mythical matches or teams. It is the greatness of this store. It allows you to dream of the football that you have engraved in your memory.