There’s a reason pieces like this keep turning up on hangers in hallways up and down the country rather than folded on a shop shelf. This is an Adidas Originals long-sleeve polo built on the Beckenbauer silhouette — the cut named after Franz Beckenbauer, the West German legend who lifted the World Cup as both captain (1974) and manager (1990). Adidas built a whole tracksuit and leisurewear line around him in the ‘70s, and it’s never really gone away. It just keeps getting reissued, recut, and rediscovered.

What to look for:

• Raglan sleeves, 3-Stripes running shoulder to cuff
• Contrast collar and cuffs
• Snap-button placket, small chest branding — no crest, no club badge
• That slightly boxy, slightly too-good-for-training fit that makes it work as well on a Saturday as it does at the game

This one’s in a sharp yellow and royal blue — not a direct lift of a famous kit as far as we can tell, more one of Adidas’s own heritage colourways from the archive rather than a match-worn reproduction. And that’s fine. Not everything needs a crest to earn its place on the rail. Sometimes the stripes and the story behind them are enough.

If you’ve got one of these with a legible tag — those old Adidas codes on the wash label can date a piece properly, factory and season. Worth checking before you let it go.

Worn at Selhurst, or wherever the hanger happens to be hanging. Got one in the wardrobe? Send it in.