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It wasn't until the mid-1970s, more than a century after the FA Cup's inauguration as the first major football competition, that fans could buy the same kit as their sporting idols. Admiral pioneered the newfangled idea in 1973, manufacturing Leeds United's iconic white strip in their title-winning campaign after a Travel ling sales man had a chance encounter with manager Don Revie at the club's training ground. Five decades on, shirt sales and the flood of accompanying merchandise are a staple of each club's financial portfolio. Leeds may have been the pioneers but just miss out on the continent's list of the ten highest earners (they sit 16th). Here are the sides that have out-sold the rest of Europe. All data via UEFA 's European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report for the 2023 financial year. 10. Tottenham (Nike) - £63m Summer arrival Micky van de Ven sporting Tottenham's 2023/24 kit / Visionhaus/GettyImages Daniel Levy thinks in the long...

In the superstitious sphere of professional Football , squad number s are an easy gateway to omens good and bad. At the start of the 2022/23 season, Thomas Tuchel revealed that "nobody wants to touch" the number nine shirt for fear of inheriting the goal drought that its previous owners have suffered. Other numbers on Chelsea's roster have been avoided out of respect rather than reticence. Here are some of the most iconic digits in the club's history for all the right reasons. Chelsea's number 26 John Terry tried to honour his shirt number in his appearance for Chelsea / Matthew Ashton - AMA/GettyImages Player Years in the shirt John Terry 1998 - 2017 Kalidou Koulibaly 2022 - 2023 There had been a compromise with Antonio Conte and David Moyes had been convinced. In his final Chelsea appearance, on the last day of the 2016/17 Premier League season against Sunderland, John Terry would be subbed off in the 26th minute as a nod to the shirt number which he had wor...