u/KitClubOfficial

Sup everyone,

Founder of KitClub here ( kitclub.app , web app, native apps launching this week).

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I'm giving away this Argentina 2026 World Cup away shirt on June 11, the opening day of the WC.

How it works: top 20 most active KitClub users by June 11 enter a random draw. Not winner-takes-all, anyone in the top 20 has the same shot at winning.

XP is earned by:

- Scanning a shirt: +20 XP

- Getting your shirt verified by the community via Legit Check: +100 XP

- Submitting a Legit Check: +50 XP

- Voting on a Legit Check: +20 XP

- Winning a duel: +50 XP

- Following collectors: +10 XP (max 10 per day)

Anti-cheat: max 3 Legit Check submissions per day, no duplicate shirts, all server-side enforced.

KitClub does AI-powered kit identification, valuation, and community authentication. Submit any shirt, get a verdict on a spectrum from Authenticated to Fake with a shareable certificate. Solves the "is this shirt real?" problem currently lived on Reddit threads.

First 250 members get permanent Starting XI founding status + lifetime Pro access. 69 spots filled, 181 remaining. Automatic when you sign up.

Winner announced June 11 (WC kickoff). Real shirt, real shipping.

I'm also running a parallel 28-day series on Instagram (@kitclub.app) ranking each WC2026 nation's GOAT XI by kit value. 7 days in, 21 to go. The series and the giveaway run alongside each other.

P.S. Google Play production access is being reviewed. If you're on Android and want early access, DM me. Helps push the production approval through.

Hey,

Founder of KitClub here (kitclub.app). I've posted here a couple times before about kit valuations and you've been generous with feedback. Now I need to ask for something more direct.

We're launching the iOS app this week and our biggest gap is database coverage on rare and edge-case kits. The scanner does well on mainstream kits but struggles on:

- Pre-1990 vintage shirts with limited photo references

- Special editions, charity matches, and one-off ceremonial kits

- Regional/youth team variants

- Authentic vs replica differentiation on certain manufacturers (Adidas '80s-'90s especially)

- Match-issued vs match-worn distinctions

I'm looking for 20 collectors who:

- Have 20+ kit collections (ideally with some vintage or rare pieces)

- Are willing to scan their collection through KitClub

- Can flag misidentifications and tell me what they SHOULD have been

- Are open to a 30-min call once during the next 6 weeks to walk through patterns we're missing

In exchange:

- Free Pro Lifetime account (includes unlimited scans, advanced valuation history, reseller directory access)

- Direct line to me for kit data corrections (your submissions get prioritized)

- Credit (if you want it) when we publish database expansion updates

No content creation required. No social posts. Just honest feedback from people who actually know vintage kits.

If interested, comment below or DM me with:

- Roughly how many kits in your collection

- One specific rare/vintage kit you own (just to get a sense of your range)

- Whether you're cool with the 30-min call later

I'll respond to the first 20 that fit. No timeline pressure, happy to

have these conversations over weeks.

— Norman

So I've been deep-diving into the Argentina 1986 home for the database I'm building (kitclub.app, football shirt scanner I'm working on, more on that at the end). The price spread on this shirt is wild and I figured collectors

here would appreciate the full breakdown.

Quick context for the kit itself:

- Manufacturer: Le Coq Sportif (1985-1989 era, before Argentina switched to

Adidas)

- Light blue and white vertical stripes, V-neck, AFA crest left chest, Le Coq rooster right chest

- Worn during the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Hand of God + Goal of the Century vs England, then 3-2 final win over West Germany

- The actual fabric was changed mid-tournament because the original was too hot under Mexico City sun. Some collectors specifically chase the heavier early-tournament version

The value tiers I've been able to verify:

Modern retro replica (Le Coq Sportif reissue or Adidas Originals): €60-120

Vintage retail original from 1986: €400-1,200 depending on condition

Authentic / player issue from 1986: €2,000-8,000+

Signed by Maradona (vintage): €5,000-25,000+ (prices spiked after his death)

Match-worn from any 1986 tournament match: €100,000+

The actual Hand of God shirt: £7.14M at Sotheby's, May 2022 (record for sports memorabilia at the time)

Few things that surprised me while researching:

1. The signed prices have roughly tripled since Maradona's death in 2020. A signed shirt that was €4-5K in 2019 is now consistently selling €12-15K+.
2. There's a real difference between "match-issued" (made for the tournament but unworn) and "match-worn" (actually played in). Most listings conflate them. Match-issued goes for €2-4K typically, match-worn is €30K+.
3. Le Coq Sportif Argentina shirts from 1985-89 specifically are appreciating faster than Adidas-era equivalents because the Le Coq window was so short (only 4 years). Scarcity drives value.
4. The "Hand of God shirt" that sold at Sotheby's was actually the one Steve Hodge (England midfielder) swapped with Maradona post-match. It hung in the National Football Museum in Manchester for 20 years before the auction.

About the project: I'm building KitClub (kitclub.app), an app that scans football shirts and gives identification + valuation. Database is still calibrating, there's a lot of weird edge cases with vintage shirts specifically, like the Argentina 86 fabric variants. If anyone here owns or has handled rare versions of this kit and the scanner gets it wrong, hit me with the photos and I'll add the variant to the database.

Anyway, anyone here own one? What tier?

Edit / correction from @[Legends_worldwide]: I missed something important.

The light-fabric Hand of God shirts weren't from Le Coq Sportif, they were sourced last-minute from a market in Mexico City the night before the England match. Argentina's kit man Rubén Moschella went out and bought lighter shirts (essentially counterfeits), then the staff sewed AFA badges and numbers on overnight. Maradona reportedly picked his from this batch. This means the actual Hand of God shirt that sold for £7.14M is technically a counterfeit base, which is one of the strangest provenance stories in sports memorabilia. Thanks to the commenter for the catch.

Hey all, Norman here. I'm a football fan, not a serious collector, but a few of my friends have shirts sitting in their closets and never really know what they're worth. The info is scattered across eBay, Vinted, Instagram, forums, you name it.

So I spent the last few months building KitClub. It's an app that scans any football shirt and tells you the club, season, manufacturer, value range, and a rarity tier (Common, Hot, or Grail).

Tested it on a friend's 2006 Italy Del Piero #7. Came back as "Hot" tier, authentic versions valued at €250+.

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I'm not a collector myself, so I genuinely want feedback from people who are. Web version is live at kitclub.app, open it on your phone, scan a shirt, see what it returns. iOS and Android coming soon.

If anything's off, missing, or just wrong, I'd rather hear it now than later.