Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson is the co-founder of football nostalgia blog, The Football Attic. He has been obsessed with football shirts for nearly 35 years, is a regular guest on kit podcasts and has appeared on the radio to talk about football shirts numerous times. He has written for the Coventry City matchday programme and Backpass magazine, and has contributed football shirts from his own 700-strong collection to several exhibitions.

What the media are saying about The A-Z of Weird & Wonderful Football Shirts:

"An absolute cracker - You just disappear down a rabbit hole [of football shirts] - a great football toilet read" - Hawksbee & Jacobs - Talksport

"Brash, lurid, kitschy and often very funny, this has to be a contender for lavatory book of the year." - Sport Book of the Month

“With people turning nostalgically to their football memorabilia for any fix they can get, the release of The A to Z… could not have been better timed. The colourful, crazy, creative shirts contained within the book will undoubtedly make you smile. Some of the designs are iconic, others are just simply bonkers. It’s a book you simply can’t put down as you turn another page in anticipation of what comes next.” FootballBookReviews.com (click to read whole review)

“Superb! A must buy for any football kit fan. Congratulations to Rich Johnson for this magnificent achievement.” John Devlin, author of True Colours Kits

“Features many of the strangest – and worst – designs you’ll ever see. Reveals some of the more bizarre recent offerings. Gruesome. Outlandish. Fractal mash-up. Imagine a full-scale counter-attack with giant strawberries running at you! With the right blend, you can beat them and make the perfect smoothie, too.” Sunday Mirror

“Sumptuously illustrated with something close to 300 shirt images, shines a light on some of the most original and unconventional designs as well as those that have come to be regarded as classics. CD Lugo would take to the field looking like 11 foaming pints, but these are by no means the weirdest.” Backpass

Ranges from the beautiful to the bizarre to the baffling. This book is a love-letter to color, design and diversity in soccer and its unique branch of fashion – and a magnificent way to spend a couple of hours not watching the news. All this and Che Guevara, the Spanish Civil War, strawberries, blueberries, Minnie Mouse, broccoli, Oktoberfest and Carnival, goalkeeper shirts aimed at distracting strikers, plus zebras, butter beans, backbones and The Libertines.” Ian Plenderleith, Soccer America

“Looks great and is one of those things you could just sit and talk about all night… a brilliant book.” BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire

Jersey collector are there many. The Special about Richard Johnson is that he’s bizarre Camisole loves. Quote: ‘As La Hoya Lorca you Brought out broccoli leotard, it was done for me.’ Said shirt from a Spanish club with a vegetable look is just one of many derailments in Johnson’s A-Z of Weird & Wonderful Football Shirts.” 11Freunde

“Get this book in your life. ‘The A-Z of Weird & Wonderful Football Shirts’ is a glorious trip down memory lane featuring many of my favourite kits from the past and some real obscurities!” When Football Was Better @FootballInT80s

“Absolute banger.” AfterExtraTime Shirts @AETshirts

“Excellent stuff.” kitgeek.wordpress.com @kit_geek

“At this tough time it’s essential to keep spirits high. I’ve found a book which I believe could do just that. Quality book.” The Kitsman @The_Kitsman