Both shirt sponsor McEwan’s Lager and kit manufacturer Nike had long-term overlapping contracts with Rangers in the 1990s and 2000s.
Only from 1997 to 1999, however, did the two wear the same jersey.
At the start of the 1997–98 season, Nike replaced Adidas as Ibrox’s kit provider, and before the 1999–2000 season, McEwan’s was replaced by the now-defunct cable television corporation NTL.
Rangers deal story with Adidas kits A quarter of a century later, the Rangers’ uniforms are made by Castore, of course, and the betting company Unibet’s emblem is displayed below.
A Rangers/Adidas reunion was recently envisioned by the creative geniuses at FIFA Kit Creator, but this hypothetical Nike-and-McEwan reunion may be even better.
Thanks to amateur designer evanhudson99, the Rangers’ home, away, and third kits have been redesigned to look like they were made by Nike, with the famous Scottish beer sponsor in the forefront.
