In 1992, Liverpool changed their shirt sponsor from “Candy” to “Carlsberg”. As a result, the green away shirt was slightly altered to compensate for this. The main difference in the two shirts, apart from the sponsor change, is that the badge has changed to the Liverpool club colours rather than the shirt colour and the Adidas logo is more central. Basically, these are the same changes that were also made to the home shirt. Liverpool wore this shirt for the following season before it was subject to a redesign.
The third away kit of the 90’s for Liverpool saw a fairly radical change from the previous kit. Adidas kept the Adidas template series style (although it was moved and in black) and kept the sleeves green like the previous shirt. However, the main body of the shirt was plain white with faint silver vertical stripes. The typeface had changed to green although the Adidas logo stayed black and central like before. All in all, this kit was relatively nice for its day and was worn for two full seasons.
In 1995, Adidas produced their final away kit for Liverpool and in doing so kept with the theme of previous kits. The Adidas template was gone but the trademark green and white remained yet this time in a 4 windowed pattern. Like the home kit, this one contained 3 black Adidas stripes running down the shoulders. However, Liverpool only wore this kit for a year until Reebok took over as the manufacturer.
1996 was the first year Reebok took over manufacturing Liverpool kits and as a result they completely reinvented the Liverpool away strip. The green and white colours that had been ever present for the previous five years had gone and been replaced with a predominately beige colour. The Reebok logo was in the top left corner and coloured red whilst the badge was surrounded by a red oval. Even so, Liverpool only wore this kit for a year before Reebok decided on a remake.
Following the relatively unsuccessful beige kit, Reebok brought out a new bright yellow away strip for Liverpool in 1997. Perhaps taking inspirational from the previous 3rd kit, the design took a very similar approach to the previous and apart from the colour not much changed. One difference was that the collar had been made a brighter red and had also turned into a V neck. However, the typeface, logo and badge remained the same. Nevertheless, once again the shirt only survived for a year before a new one was created.
Seemingly discontented with their previous efforts, Reebok went back to basics with the Liverpool 1998 away kit. The large majority of the kit was just plain white with only a segment of the sleeves coloured red. However, these two colours, although simple, blended fairly well. Nevertheless, the rest of the kit (typeface, logo, badge) all remained the same as Reebok seemed to be struggling for inspiration. Once again, the kit was only worn for a year.
After several disappointing efforts, Reebok brought the tried and tested green back for Liverpool’s final away kit of the 20th century. This kit is fully green apart from a blue and white diagonal strip that runs through the shirt. The collar has also been changed to a polo neck and coloured in the same blue tone as in the diagonal strip. The badge has also been moved central just above the sponsor whilst the Reebok logo is now positioned just above the badge. Although this kit also lasted for just a year, it’s definitely one of the better away shirts to grace the 90’s.
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