Tottenham’s 10 Best Away Kits of All Time - Ranked

'Tottenham Hotspur' and 'Away Fixtures' have not exactly formed a winning combination of late, or, outside of a brief purple patch on the road under Mauricio Pochettino, at any point.

And yet, as Spurs endured a 17-year winless run away at Arsenal, a 23-year dry spell at Old Trafford, and an incredible 28 years without winning at Stamford Bridge, you can't deny that they didn't let whatever depressing barren period they were involved in stop them from looking damn stylish throughout.

Whether in yellow, light blue or even purple, Spurs have always pushed the boat out with their away kits, and it's certainly not easy to narrow down their best ever efforts. That being said, 90min have done the impossible anyway, and whittled Spurs' away kits down to a top ten...

10. Navy Blue and White Hummel (1987/88)

The fact that this incredibly smart effort is tenth is a testament to the serious levels of quality on display when it comes to designing a Spurs away kit.

The striped collar and diagonal pattern on the main shirt are a marked improvement on Hummel's light blue effort of the season before, which, it's reasonable to say, just had a little too much going on.

Nonetheless, navy blue has always felt a little bit of a cop out at Spurs, a rather dignified, understated colour for a club which is much more about invention and spontaneity. Sounds harsh, but these are the margins we're dealing with here.

9. Navy Blue adidas (2000/01)

There's one major problem I have with every Spurs shirt from this period, and that's that the Lilywhites had a tendency to ruin the hard work of the kit designer by being absolutely rubbish.

They finished 12th in this pleasantly striped effort from adidas - twelfth! And yet despite the likes of Sergei Rebrov and Ben Thatcher doing their best to sully any pleasant memories of this kit, it remains pretty decent clobber, yet again only outside of that top tier of kits because of the sin of a navy blue colour scheme.

8. Light Blue adidas (2001/02)

Ahhh, the 2001/02 season... Sol Campbell had just left for Arsenal on a free, Spurs had ascended to the giddy heights of ninth place, and they even managed to fit in a chastening League Cup final loss to Blackburn.

Yet again, it's an adidas kit which is unfortunately spoiled by association with the football, but that doesn't stop it from having some more-than-redeeming qualities.

Spurs should always be looking to make a light blue away kit every other season, but it's admittedly a challenge - it's a bit muted when left alone but can be drowned out by too much secondary colour. Here, I'd say everything is beautifully proportioned, making it the ideal kit to win 13 Premier League games in.

7. Purple Puma (2011/12)

Yeah it does look a bit Real Madrid, but Spurs were basically Real Madrid's feeder club at this point in time anyway.

My question is, why shouldn't a Spurs kit be purple? Tottenham have certainly flirted with the idea over the years, but have been reluctant to place it in their permanent rotation of away kits - which is a crying shame if you ask me.

The kit gets extra marks for the aesthetically pleasing sponsor Aurasma, HP's mysterious augmented-reality platform which has been described as 'staggeringly useless' by experts, but looks pretty neat on a football shirt.

6. Umbro (1991-94)

From 1975-77 Umbro were the first kit designer to ever feature as sponsor on a Tottenham away shirt, and it has to be said that they did a pretty good job on this one, making a fantastic case for yellow as Spurs' main colour away from home.

Like a lot of Umbro kits, there's none of your bells and whistles, a very simple colour pairing of yellow and navy blue is key, with the blue unostentatiously featuring on the collars and shorts.

But lads, it's Tottenham! We're all about entertainment and a little bit of unnecessary flamboyance here (even if everyone else laughs at us)! This is why it is ultimately trumped by a quite frankly bizarre effort from the same designer, which combines wacky patterns both animalistic and chequered to create something more quintessentially Tottenham.

5. Yellow and Black adidas (1999/2000)

Another middling Spurs season, another rather nice kit to go with it, and this is the best of the bunch when it comes to the adidas x Tottenham Hotspur Wilderness Years collab.

The plain yellow torso of the kit is nicely matched by the thick black sleeves and the flappy white collar - it almost doesn't look like a football shirt in some ways, but that's what makes it quite slick and stylish.

Perfect for David Ginola to lounge around in.

4. Yellow and Navy Blue Admiral (1977-1980)

Now this is more like it, Admiral!

Very simple formula here, and one that every Spurs kit maker should memorise by heart - start with the simple stuff (yellow shirt nicely offset by a navy blue collar), and then once you've got that down chuck in something cool, in this case the funky navy blue shapes draped over the shoulder of the shirt.

These shapes almost look like they're shining a spotlight on the Spurs badge, and in much the same way that any great Tottenham side melds together order and improvisation, Admiral have thought both within and outside of the constraints of your average Spurs away kit.

3. Light Blue Under Armour (2013/14)

Despite Spurs' Under Armour kit sponsorship coinciding with a happy period of free-flowing football for the club, they rarely hit the right notes with the away kit, often seeming to overthink in terms of pattern.

So in many ways, the 2013/14 kit, which came slightly before said free-flowing football, was a testament to what happens when you just sit back, relax, and chill.

Unlike their other efforts, which featured jarring splodges of navy blue, or colour combinations which just didn't make sense for Spurs, there is a real simplistic depth of colour to this design, and it's probably the best light blue effort the club has ever made.

Now, if only you got a trophy for that!

2. Yellow and Navy Blue Hummel (1988-91)

Hummel, we hardly knew ye! Spurs' alignment with the Danish kit sponsors burned briefly but brightly, producing some rather tasty kits in the process.

Here, we have one of the tastiest, which takes 'To Dare is to Do' to new levels by daring to throw chevrons into the mix.

A bold strategy, and one that absolutely paid off, manifesting in a dynamic effort which nicely captures Tottenham's dedication to attacking flair.

1. Yellow and Navy Blue Pony (1996/97)

There's not exactly a lot to tell about this season from a glory, glory perspective... it was Gerry Francis' last full campaign at White Hart Lane, and the Lilywhites were never really a contender in any of the three competitions that they played in.

But Spurs have never looked better playing away from home than in this season, where a subtle modification to the yellow / navy blue design involving placing an extra stripe on the collar, which itself had an extra sharpness, made Spurs look neat and professional away from home (an impression which would've dissolved pretty quickly).

The importance that the sponsor plays in completing the look simply reaffirms my belief that Spurs should forget about slapping a soulless insurance company on the front of their shirt and simply stick with either Hewlett Packard or Holsten forever - you know you want to Mr Levy!