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FC Sauvian home shirt from the club’s early years, after its founding in 2013, with broad green and white hoops, three white stripes over the shoulders and curved panels framing the chest. The template is an adidas teamwear model from the previous decade, with a Climalite tag at the hem, the kind of stock shops keep on the shelf and that suits a newborn club perfectly.

Across the chest sits Happy Baby, from the neighbouring town of Sérignan, with its full phone number printed underneath, the way only grassroots football does it. On the back, the dotted 15 carries the signature of Intersport, which printed the squad numbers. The wear marks on the fabric say the rest: this shirt was played in, not kept in a drawer.

Here at Hoopster, it stands as the first chapter of a club that chose green and white hoops from the day it was born.