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The shirt of Yeovil Town’s first ever season in the Football League. After winning the 2003 Conference by 17 points, the club swapped plain green for green and white hoops, signed by Paulas Benara, the Derbyshire firm that won the supplier tender. The debut came on 9 August at Spotland, a 3-1 win at Rochdale with two goals from Kevin Gall, and in January Huish Park packed in 9,348 to face Liverpool in the FA Cup (0-2).

Gary Johnson’s side finished 8th on 74 points, out of the play-offs only on goal difference, with Gavin Williams the top scorer. The same model returned in 2004/05 and in that second season lifted League Two, the club’s first title as a league side.

Here at Hoopster, the Essegi sample that lost the tender finally has beside it the shirt that won it.