Kit (association football)

A kit for football players is a set:
A shirt, some shorts, two socks, a shinpad, shoes,
And other gear that does not pose a threat,
Are all the clothes that are approved to use.

In eighteen sixty, England's football teams,
Designed a shirt with stripes to note each side.
Adopted local schools' known color schemes,
As football clubs became the workers' pride.

The knickerbocker pants gave way to shorts.
Adidas shoes with screwthreads on the cleat.
A sponsor's logo financed modern sports,
As one team may against the world compete.

While millions play the sport around the Earth,
The kit endures, from humble Blackburn birth.