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Cameroon sleeveless kit

 



In 2002, they handed into the Africa Cup of Nations as the hot favourites - boasting a side that just oozed talent - Samuel Eto’o, Rigobert Song, Geremi, Lauren and Patrick M'Boma.

And the Indomitable Lions made their mark in an incredible way by shaving the sleeves off their green kit and going on to win the tournament.

FIFA, though, were not impressed and demanded that the basketball-like shirt be binned and Cameroon went into the World Cup later that year with black sleeves while the federation’s spokesperson Keith Cooper candidly said: “They’re not shirts, they’re vests.”

Yes, well done.

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