Ja Salford Blue said:
mancitymick said:
Ja Salford Blue said:
mancitymick said:
Why was Johan Cruyf shirt different from the rest of his team mates during the world cup final (It has nothing to do with name, numbers and sleeve length)?
Is it because he was sponsored by adadis, so he had 3 stripes and everyone else had 2 stripes
Other way round. It is because the dutch team were sponsored by adidas they all had three stripes. Puma sponsored Cruyf. With there being no love loss between adidas and puma the dutch FA gave permission to only having two stripes. Basically what cruyf said went
What sad bastards we really are ha!
So true mate read another take on it. It shows what player power he had
CRUYFF TEARS A STRIP(E) OFF ADIDAS
"I recently saw a re-run of the 1974 World Cup final between Holland and West Germany and it brought back to me a question I had then but was never answered. Both teams were kitted out by Adidas (they of the three stripes) but Johan Cruyff's shirt had only two stripes on the sleeve. Any idea how come? And is this trivia or wot?!?" asks Hugh McGinley
Hugh, your question is concerned with trivia of the highest order. Which is exactly the reason we've chosen to answer it.
The Dutch FA had a deal with Adidas to supply their kit, and your Johnny Reps and Rob Rensenbrinks of this world were only too happy to wear the stripy orange shirts during the 1974 World Cup in Germany.
Cruyff, of course, had other ideas. He had an exclusive personal deal with Adidas's rivals Puma, who supplied him with their classic Puma King boots. Because of this, he was unwilling to sport the three trademark stripes of Adidas and insisted on a two-striped version instead. As you would expect, he got exactly what he wanted.
Although Cruyff wasn't around to cause the German kit giants bother when Holland embarked on their 1978 World Cup campaign, his rebellious spirit lived on. The van de Kerkhof twins, Rene and Willy, insisted on being issued with Cruyff-style two-striped shirts else they were off. But did the Dutch FA give in to this blatant show of player power?
Of course they did.
