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Matchworn Tyrese Shade 15.11.2024 SKN 🇰🇳 : CUB 🇨🇺 2-1
Manufacturer: Capelli Sport
Source: Collector
THE TEAM
It’s not every day that you see Saint Kitts & Nevis’ national squad play against teams like Armenia, Estonia or Andorra, yet, in 2015 (and 2017), the Kittitian (and/or Nevisian) team embarked on a journey to conquer European football. While this endeavor wasn’t particularly successful (a 1-0 win against Andorra and a 3-0 and 5-0 loss against Estonia and Armenia, respectively), Saint Kitts (and their smaller brother “Nevis”) surely made some friends and were visited by the Estonian side a year later.
As you might imagine, a country of 50,000 probably isn’t a contender for the next World Cup, yet, the tiny islands have managed to reach a respectable 73rd place in the FIFA rankings in 2017. Premier League fans might also remember Ces Podd, who made a whopping 565 appearances for Bradford City and who probably is the reason, why a bunch of Premier League players suddenly found themselves in the middle of the Caribbean playing an obscure football tournament.
In 2023, the small island nation achieved its greatest footballing success to date: they qualified for the Gold Cup for the first time, where they were eliminated in the group stage without scoring any points or goals.
THE SHIRT
After Capelli's last jersey for Saint Kitts was kept rather simple, this time they have put a lot more effort into it.
Most prominent are certainly the different patterns that adorn both the front and the back: Leaves, palm trees, ferns, hibiscus and even pineapples - Capelli has put a full bouquet of plants on the shirt here. There are also three golden stripes diagonally across the shirt - almost like a sash - which are apparently intended to represent the flight curve of the stork on the association's coat of arms. Speaking of which, unlike the hard plastic crest on the last Saint Kitts (and Nevis) shirt, this time the Italian manufacturer has opted for an embroidered crest.
The shirt was worn by striker Tyrese Shade when Saint Kitts and Nevis beat Cuba 2-1 at home.
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