There is a reason collectors pay three-figure sums for 1990s away shirts. The decade that gave us Britpop and dial-up internet also handed kit designers a brief window of genuine creative freedom, and they ran with it further than anyone expected. The result was ten years of shirts that had no right to be as good as they were.

10. Arsenal Away 1991-93 (Adidas)

The yellow and navy combination had been done before, but the Adidas shadow stripe running through this one gives it a quality that holds up over thirty years later. Ian Wright wore it through some of the most electric performances Highbury had ever seen. A foundation piece for any serious 90s collection.

9. Nottingham Forest Away 1994-95 (Umbro)

Forest produced a remarkable run of shirts in this era and this is the pick of them. White base, abstract geometric pattern across the chest, and a quiet dignity that makes it all the more poignant given the club's slide out of the top flight shortly after. Beautiful shirt, bittersweet history.

8. Ajax Away 1994-95 (Umbro)

Worn in a Champions League winning season. All black with subtle red and white shoulder detail, this is one of the definitive European away strips of the decade. If you find one in good condition today, do not think about it. Just buy it.

7. Nigeria Home 1994 (Adidas)

Technically not an away shirt, but no list of 90s design can ignore it. The green with the eagle-feather print across the shoulders announced Nigeria at their first World Cup and set a template for African shirt design that designers are still drawing on today. One of the few genuinely iconic moments in kit history.

6. Coventry City Away 1995-97 (Hummel)

Hummel's collaboration with Coventry produced what can only be described as a brown chocolate-box pattern. It should not work. It absolutely works. It is among the most sought-after Hummel shirts anywhere on the secondary market, and if you own one you already know exactly why.

5. Manchester United Away 1995-96 (Umbro)

Grey. Just grey. United infamously abandoned this shirt at half-time of a match at Southampton, claiming the players could not pick each other out against the crowd. Whatever the real reason, the story has only added to the shirt's legend. There is a version of football history where this shirt barely registers. Instead it is one of the most talked-about garments the game has produced.

4. Barcelona Away 1992-93 (Kappa)

The dream team era contained in a fluorescent orange shirt. Kappa's geometric work from this period has aged better than almost any contemporary, and this one, worn when Barcelona were the best team in Europe, is the pinnacle. Forty years from now people will still be hunting this shirt.

3. Celtic Away 1994-96 (Umbro)

Green and white taken completely abstract: a marble-effect print that looked like nothing else in football at the time. The away ends of grounds across Scotland must have looked like a living painting. It remains one of the boldest decisions any kit manufacturer made in the decade.

2. Newcastle United Away 1995-97 (Adidas)

Banana yellow. Worn by Shearer, Ginola, and Beardsley through the most swashbuckling Premier League campaign never to end in a title. The shirt carries the entire emotional weight of that season, which is why its value as a collectible is matched only by its value as a piece of cultural memory.

1. Hull City Away 1992-93 (Matchwinner)

A tiger-stripe print that has become one of the most recognisable shirts in English football, produced by a manufacturer that no longer exists. Matchwinner created something so completely committed to the concept that it transcended novelty and became genuinely iconic. If you own one in good condition, you own something that cannot be replaced. Never let it go.