Peru Marathon Sports Away Shirt 2019-2020

 

This was another likely rejected bid picked up for a few dollars from a supplier on good old taobao. I now have reasons to believe this is unlikely to be fake fake. As the material is quite real.  I picked up the away shirt. In a way I prefer the away Peru shirts as its not quite as iconic and more discreet to wear but equally nice. 

 

On this sample the crest seems to be fine and no fall out. 

The vent holes on the side seems OK. It is the decorated transfer that may be an issue with longevity. After several washes they will likely to come off.  The sleeves are a decent length and wide is not too huge. 

All the labels seems fine. 

Collar is quite smart. 

The Marathon logo is well transferred on. 

No spelling mistake. 

Overall, I felt this was a good catch and does not feel like a fake shirt at all. I wonder whether there were any shirts that were really taken on by Marathon that were made in China, anyone with a genuine shirt of Peru away 2019 were they all labeled made in Peru / Ecuador? 

Peru Marathon Sports Shirt 2019-2020 (Fake But May be Not)

 

This was an interesting catch.  It is probably a fake but was advertised as a rejected sample and sold for a few Euros.  I wanted to pick it and see what its like and I heard about the collar bleeding red colour when one sweated.

I know why it looks red and bleeded around the collar when someone sweat.  It is because of some red stitching that is used.  It does give an impression that it is the collar's red bit bleeding but it is not really the colour from the collar rather a stitching for some reason looking more transmissible to the white material above.

You can see the minor fault on the badge on the right side.  It has peeled off slightly.

The shirt is well sized and the side has some ventilation holes and Peru flag.  But here is may be the fault and shows its a fake.  The shirt in the official pictures has 2 Red accented lines coming down the side whereas this has not.  But as it turns out there is a fan and player version of the replica and this "fan" version does not have 2 red accented lines down the side as seen here.

The tag looks ok here.

This also seemed OK

Another reason for rejection may be due to the stitching, it may be a bit rough but very borderline.

Overall, the material is not bad if this is a fake, it had to be ironed as it came very creased.  It may really had been a rejected run for Marathon and was thrown out and the design updated.  If anyone sees this and has a real replica of this shirt from the Marathon Sports shop, please drop a comment.

But now looking at this, it does seemed like that this is similar to the fan version of the shirt on the left rather than the player's version which has 2 lines down the side seen on the right. 

Bolivia Marathon Copa America 15 shirt (Fake)

A shirt that I had always been interested to get but became unavailable.  It would also complete my collection of all the countries in the Conmebol Federation minus Brazil which surprising I don't own any replica football shirt of, probably because I just love the 82 / 78 shirts so much that I just won't get any other.

Anyway I got this from eBay from a seller Forgottenfootballshirts.co.uk 

I received the shirt and after some close inspection, I realised the shirt is not the genuine replica made by Marathon but it is a very decent fake.  I actually don't think the seller realises the item is not 100% genuine as it is pretty good.  Firstly, The Collar's shape is a bit different to the genuine 2015 shirt. 

Secondly, The embroidery is not of Marathon standard.  It's decent but doesn't feel like it's done by a well established manufacturer. 

While OK, Marathon label not usually embroidered like this and its not perfect enough.  The inner labels are not the usual Marathon labels, I got a genuine Ecuador 12/14 shirt bought from them and they have slightly different types of label.

Patch seems a bit not real.

Thirdly, The outer labels at the bottom left / right while very nicely done are not in their supposed area.

Finally, the "Bolivia" transfer print at the back, kind of gives it away.  The genuine one probably won't have it.  But this kind of add-on is popular in places like Bolivia.

Basically, it’s a decent shirt otherwise, the material is not bad and they gone into great lengths giving it its contours and even put in a silhouette of the crest near the bottom.  From my experience, this is more likely to have been bought from Bolivia where these shirts are seen as the good "fakes" that everyone buys for say 15-20 USD when they can't afford the genuine item that is at 60+USD.  I have seen these having had the chance to travel to La Paz myself over 10 years ago.  Back then I also ended up just having to settle for a good "Fake" since I did not have enough time to find a place where the genuine one was sold.  It's more likely than being a GoGoalshop thing as those guys won't go into that much great lengths on faking a not so popular team.  They are only good when it comes to the "Big" teams.

Ecuador Marathon shirt WC 14

Time for another Ecuador Marathon Sports classic.  This was a shirt used in the 14 WC.  It's a very bright shirt.  The sun shine so bright that let it be the force.

I must admit I like everything Marathon from Ecuador has done an highly recommend trying their shirts. https://www.marathon-sports.com/

The shirt has a johnny collar design.  Especially nice use of Ecuador colours.  Fabulous.

The crest is well planted to the shirt.  The Soleil detail radiating around it is great.

Great length sleeves for that athletic look.

The trim around the sides look great.

The material is fantastic.  Very light and good to wear in hot weather.  HidroTec.

Shirt from the back looks simple and crisp.  Really is a fantastic shirt.  Looks great to wear.  The only minor gripe I have is that I would have preferred it not to use the Johnny collar shaped.  It somewhat gets into a bit of no man's land between a v neck and a crew neck.  But that's just me.

Ecuador Marathon Sports shirt

One of my favourites.  This Ecuador shirt made by Ecuadorian manufacturer Marathon Sports.  Fantastic bright design.  

Well placed crest no allergy fears.  Nice colours.  Collar is a great shape and the red makes its statement.

The shape of the shirt is fabulous.  The shoulders fit really well giving it an athletic feel when wearing.  It's around 19.5 inch pit to pit for a small.  It's snug but yet loose at the same time with its shape.  The material is light and not bad to wear.  A classic, good to see these non global manufacturers taking a lead on design and look.  Made in Ecuador as well.

Ecuador Marathon Sports away shirt

An older shirt from almost ages ago maybe 04.  But I had got to know Marathon Sports from Ecuador back then.  Always liked their shirts.

Something original about their designs.  Like to be different with this Johnny collar.

Crest a bit retro by today's standards.  Made of plastic layered onto the fabric.  Shirt was originally loose fit.  Sleeves were long.

Always liked their material.  Great to wear.  Simple and effective design from South America.  Support local manufacturers there.