Kit and Community: Football's Shirts and the Stories they Tell - Hardcover

Riley, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 180150735X ISBN 13: 9781801507356

Publisher: Pitch Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Kit and Community digs beneath the surface of inspirational and meaningful designs to reveal the incredible causes that use football shirts to spread their message.

Starting with Stanno's Shirt, we meet Gig and Roger, the parents of Exeter City legend Adam Stansfield, who was cut down by cancer at the heartbreaking age of 31. Gig and Roger share how their son's shirts meant, and still mean, so much to them.

Then there's York City photographers Kieran Archer, Chris Payne and Tom Poole, who designed the club's stunning centenary shirt, celebrating the city's heritage of chocolate making, illustrated by outstanding images. The trio describe every step of the design process. Plus, in a joyously inspirational interview, Tania and Jayme from Football Shirts FC (for charity) discuss their mission to use shirts to support cancer charities close to their hearts.

As these and other accounts in this innovative book show us - every shirt has a unique story to tell.

About this title

About the Author

Matt Riley worked as a journalist in Thai football for many years, appearing regularly on the Fox Sports Central nightly show beamed across Asia, before returning to England as a lecturer in Business Management at the University of Exeter. This is his fourth book published through Pitch.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180150735X
• ISBN 13: 9781801507356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272