Liverpool’s 1995-96 Green and White Away Kit: Why the Quarters Still Sell

Some shirts age badly. Liverpool’s 1995-96 away kit did the opposite: three decades on, the green and white quarters are still one of the designs our own retro range gets asked about most, and adidas has now put the shirt back on sale.

What did the Liverpool 1995-96 away kit look like?

It was an adidas shirt built around four large quarters in green and white, with the Carlsberg sponsor across the chest and the club crest of the period on the left breast. The quartered layout was unusual for Liverpool, whose change shirts either side of it used block colour and graphic prints rather than a split field, and it is the reason the shirt is instantly identifiable in old highlight reels.

You can see how sharp the break was by putting it next to the club’s other kits from the same window — the 1995/96 home retro jersey is a conventional red, and the 1993/95 home shirt that preceded it is quieter again.

Which season was it worn in, and how did Liverpool do?

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The shirt belongs to Roy Evans’s 1995-96 side. Per the season record, Liverpool finished third in the Premier League on 71 points from 20 wins, 11 draws and seven defeats, scoring 70 and conceding 34 — at the time their best league finish since the 1990-91 runners-up campaign. They also reached the FA Cup final at Wembley on 11 May 1996 and lost 1-0 to Manchester United, Eric Cantona settling it late on.

Robbie Fowler scored 28 league goals and 36 in all competitions that season, second in the division only to Alan Shearer. Steve McManaman and Jamie Redknapp were the creative core, and Stan Collymore had arrived from Nottingham Forest for a British record fee of £8.5 million. It is a squad people remember vividly, which is a large part of why the shirt sells.

Why is this kit so collectable?

Three things stack up. The pattern is distinctive enough to read from across a room. The sponsor is Carlsberg, which narrows the shirt to the 1992-2010 sponsorship era at a glance. And the season sits at the centre of a well-documented mid-nineties Liverpool era that supporters and neutrals alike still argue about.

Has adidas remade the 1995-96 away shirt?

Yes. adidas released a Liverpool 1995-96 remake collection on 13 March 2026, as first detailed by Footy Headlines, built around the quartered away jersey and extended into off-pitch pieces — tracksuits, sweatshirts and training tops. The remake keeps the original Carlsberg sponsor and the crest of the period rather than the modern one, which is the detail collectors tend to check first. Name and number printing in the authentic 1995 nameset was offered through Classic Football Shirts, priced at £15 at launch according to Footy Headlines.

A blackout version of the same template has also been reported, replacing every colour on the shirt with black and carbon. Reports since suggest the remake is not a one-off: adidas is said to be committing to a Liverpool retro drop each year under the renewed partnership, with a 1995-96 home remake expected in early 2027. Treat that last part as reported rather than confirmed.

Where can you buy a Liverpool 1995-96 retro shirt?

Our retro range carries the Liverpool 1995/96 away retro jersey alongside the home shirt from the same season and the 1994/96 third. If you would rather browse the full era, the Liverpool category holds the modern range and the retro jersey category covers the wider nineties archive, including the 1996/97 away that followed it.

Retro reissues are cut to their own pattern rather than a modern match-kit block, so check the size chart on the product page before ordering rather than assuming your current shirt size carries over. Everything in the retro range ships worldwide.

Is the green and white quarters kit coming back on the pitch?

Nothing suggests it. The remake is a lifestyle release rather than a playing kit, and Liverpool’s current away shirts follow their own seasonal cycle. What the remake does is make a thirty-year-old design available again without paying vintage-market prices for an original.

How does it compare with Liverpool’s other nineties away shirts?

The nineties were a restless decade for Liverpool’s change kits, and the quarters sit in the middle of a run of very different ideas. The 1993/95 away had gone for a bolder graphic treatment, the quartered 1995-96 shirt broke the pattern entirely, and the 1996/97 away that replaced it moved to the ecru-toned look that supporters still associate with that squad. Alongside them sat the 1994/96 third and a black option, so a matchgoing fan of the period had a genuinely varied wardrobe.

That variety is why the era holds up as a collecting target rather than a single shirt. Buy the quarters and you tend to want the one either side of it, which is the same logic adidas is now applying with an annual remake.

What should you check before buying a retro Liverpool shirt?

Four things are worth a look on any nineties reissue:

1. Sponsor. It should match the season — Carlsberg for this one, not a modern partner.
2. Crest. The period badge, not the current club crest.
3. Fit. Reissue patterns differ from modern match kits, so read the size chart on the product page.
4. Sleeve length. Several Liverpool shirts from this era were made in both short and long-sleeve cuts, and our retro range lists them separately.

If you want the design without the vintage-market premium, a reissue is the sensible route. Original match-worn and player-issue shirts from 1995-96 trade well above retail, and condition varies wildly after thirty years of washing.