Adidas - Scotland 2016 Home Football Shirt 'ROBERTSON'

This Scotland 2016 home shirt was made by adidas and features Andrew Robertson’s #3 nameset together with 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and UEFA Respect sleeve patches. The shirt was worn during Scotland’s qualification campaign for the World Cup in Russia and comes from an important early period in Robertson’s international career.

The design gives Scotland’s traditional navy blue a distinctly national identity through a tonal tartan-inspired pattern running across the body. Contrasting white sleeves, adidas’ Three Stripes across the shoulders and the Scotland crest complete the look, while a Saltire detail sits beneath the back collar. The tartan pattern makes this one of the most unmistakably Scottish designs of the modern adidas era.

Scotland began their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign in 2016 in a group featuring England, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta. Robertson was already establishing himself as Scotland’s first-choice left-back and featured throughout the campaign, including against England at Wembley. He would later score in the important 3–0 victory away to Lithuania as Scotland mounted a late push for qualification, ultimately narrowly missing out on a play-off place.

The shirt captures Robertson before his rise to the very top of European football. At the time he was playing for Hull City, having previously emerged with Queen’s Park and Dundee United, before joining Liverpool in 2017. He would subsequently win the Premier League and Champions League with Liverpool and become captain of the Scotland national team, making this #3 shirt a great representation of the earlier stages of his international career.

For collectors, the Robertson #3 printing, full World Cup qualifying sleeve configuration and distinctive tartan-inspired design make this a particularly appealing Scotland shirt from the adidas era.

Shirt condition: 8.5/10