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Match shirt of Mar del Plata's Banfield in sublimated polyester satin, with broad green and white hoops, black collar and cuffs and a dark green sleeve tape on which "C.A.B" runs from shoulder to wrist. There is no sponsor on the chest: there is the brand itself, A'S Atlantic Sport's, in college lettering, playing sponsor and supplier at once. The hem label carries the workshop's address, Independencia 3131, and two seven-digit phone numbers, which places it after the 1999 numbering plan.

This is the era when the club stopped being just a neighbourhood side: the 1999 Torneo Argentino B bankrolled by Pascual Baldino, the first Liga Marplatense title in 2001, the second in 2004 and the AFA tournament seasons between 2003 and 2005. The 14 on the back has no known owner, as is the rule in amateur leagues.

Here at Hoopster, this shirt is the Puerto of Mar del Plata entering the archive through the door of a neighbourhood workshop, made in the same city as the players who sweated in it.