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Reebok’s second season and a design full of detail: black trim on the collar and cuffs, and a tonal pattern repeating “Sporting” in script and the brand’s vector logo across the whole fabric. Telecel on the chest, embroidered SCP crest.

Some shirts carry more weight than others, and this one carried 18 years without a title. A poor start cost Giuseppe Materazzi his job, Augusto Inácio took over and led the team into the final round one point ahead of an FC Porto chasing a sixth title in a row. On 14 May 2000, at Vidal Pinheiro, Sporting beat Salgueiros 4-0, with two goals from André Cruz, Schmeichel in goal and Acosta up front.

Here at Hoopster, this is the shirt that ended an eighteen year drought, and some hoops are not remembered, they are celebrated.