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Sporting home shirt for 2005/06, the last one by Reebok and the one that led the way to the centenary on 1 July 2006. The white polo collar gives it an old-time feel, and beneath the crest runs a row of four historic club emblems, the lion changing shape across a century. PT on the chest and sleeves, Banco Espírito Santo at the nape.

The season began to crumble in August, with Udinese in the Champions League qualifier, on the night Nani made his debut, and Halmstad in the UEFA Cup. Peseiro left in October, Paulo Bento stepped up from the juniors and, with the academy gaining ground, a run of ten straight wins carried Sporting to second place behind Porto.

Here at Hoopster, it is the shirt in which the lion looks back before turning one hundred.