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Here it is, a nice Bohemians 1905 shirt. Not to be confused with FK Bohemians Praha. Prague was definitly too big to have only one team called Bohemians, that's why they have two. And if you think about it, they look pretty much the same.

Hum, yeah. So, we have two Bohemians, both white and green, and both with a kangaroo as mascot. What a coincidence. Confused? A little bit of history now, then.

In 2005, historic Bohemians Praha was facing troubled times, and were demoted to the Czech 3rd Division because of financial problems. Back then, it seemed the club had no solution. That's when FK Bohemians appeared! TJ Bohemians Praha, apparently some kind of sports franchise that used to own the original Bohemians, somehow sold the club crest to FC Strizkov Praha 9, a small club that used to play in 3rd Division. Along with the club logo, TJ Bohemians invested in this "new" club and took it to the 1st Division again. But wait, things get even more confusing.

The fans kept loyal to the original Bohemians, and actually managed to save the club. That meant Bohemians could compete again (the old one, the new one was playing in the 2nd League). So, in 2007, Bohemians 1905 (the old one) went all the way up back to the 1st Division. Actually faster than the new FK Bohemians, that only managed to reach the Gambrinus Liga in 2008. So, both teams actually played against each other in 2009/2010. The old Bohemians 1905 did better: they finished 12nd and FK Bohemians finished last in the table.

Bohemians 1905, the good old ones (I own their shirt) are still playing top-league football, and FK Bohemians plays in Czech 2. Liga, after being deducted 20 points after refusing to play against... Bohemians 1905. Crazy czech football.

In case you didn't understand any bit of it, nope, you're not dumb, the story itself is quite complicated.

I bought this shirt in Prague, while I was looking desperatly for a Slavia shirt. I managed to find this cool shop with plenty of smaller czech clubs shirts (Teplice and Brno, for example), and they had this Bohemians one. I wasn't really sure about it: I didn't know much about them, and I was really hoping to find a Slavia one. A few minutes after getting ouf of the store, I realized I had to buy it, so I went back. I'm glad I did.

There's no way you don't fall in love with a club that had an evil twin and has Antonin Panenka as president.

Yeah, that Panenka. That's one of the most brilliant moments in football, pure class and pure craziness. He was ahead of his time.

Now look at this:

Here's Panenka, many years later! The nice guy in the shop said he was "the best". It came with it, I guess someone asked for name and number and then gave it up. Good for me.

The shirt itself isn't brilliant. Even though it's Umbro, the quality is far from great, and the design is also quite basic. Still, I love the shirt.

There's so many stories around Bohemians. For example, according to Wikipedia, in 1927, the club toured Australia, and as they were leaving, they were awarded two real kangaroos. They then donated the animals to Prague's Zoo.

Nice mascot, lads. But I guess this is their handball team.

Panenka was a brilliant footballer, and now he's a brilliant president. A few years ago, he hired some hot chicks and did this to promote the club:

Party animal.

Oh god, this looks like a cheap czech porn.

I love you, Panenka. I really do.

And by the way, don't forget to take a look at Panenka, a brilliant spanish football magazine. If you can understand spanish, great. If you can't, have a look anyway, the design is good and the pictures look nice.

I'm still thinking about those chicks. Got to love Bohemians 1905.

Slavia's home shirt is definitly one of my favourites. I simply love the half-red-half-white design, with a golden neck and some golden details on the red sleeve. The big red star looks pretty awesome too.

This one was surprisingly hard to get. I first saw a Slavia shirt for sale on Subside Sports for a reasonable price, but as I was going to visit Prague in a few months, I though "eh, the hell with it, maybe in Prague I'll find loads of Slavia stuff". Big mistake.

I started walking around Prague looking for the shirt, but they were nowhere in sight. It was specially annoying because I really had that in mind: I wanted to bring a Slavia shirt to Porto. Buying a Sparta (Slavia's biggest rival) shirt wasn't much of a problem, as they were basicly everywhere. I'll post that one later.

A local salesman then told me it'd be pretty hard to get a Slavia shirt that week, as they had recently changed sponsors (from Adidas or something to Umbro), and they were out of stock everywhere. Besides, Slavia had crucial Champions League match against Ajax, so there was some excitement around the team after some poor seasons. Unlucky with Slavia, but at least I managed to purchase a magnificent Bohemians 1905 shirt, a really rare item. I'll post it later too.


This was the shirt I saw online and wanted to buy in Prague. I lost.

But actually, 2 years later, I found again a great Slavia shirt for sale on Classic Football Shirts, also for an awesome price (16£ I think). That time I didn't give it a second thought: called a few friends, made them buy some shirts so we could divide the shipping costs, and a few weeks later, I finally added the shirt to my collection.

This one is actually the Euro Shirt, it was used during Slavia's 2008/2009 Uefa Cup run. The good thing about the shirt design for european competitions is that usually the main sponsor logo is smaller than usual, which is definitly a good thing.