Greuther Fürth 2013/14 Home Shirt

Hummel arrived at the Ronhof in the aftermath of the club's greatest adventure: the only Bundesliga season in its history, 2012/13, finished without a single home win, a bitter record for the competition. For the return to the 2. Bundesliga, the Danish brand dressed the clover in fine hoops, its chevrons on the shoulders, heather grey trims and ERGO Direkt, the insurer from next door, on the chest. The secrets live in the collars: Spielvereinigung at the neck and, inside, a heart shaped clover with a single word, Heimat. On the back, a 24 with the club's name above it, replica printing the German way.

And the season was almost a lightning return: Frank Kramer's Fürth finished third and played the promotion playoff against giants Hamburg, 0-0 away and 1-1 at home, left at the Bundesliga's door by the away goals rule. No team has ever come so close to returning without returning.

Here at Hoopster this shirt matters for the wound it wears: the season when one goal, just one, kept the clover from blooming twice in a row.