QUOTE(kepet @ Jun 7 2007, 03:24 PM)
iyeah u are right..
for arsenal (nike)..each season they will change the factory which produce the jersey..
That's not true mate. Normally nike always produces football jerseys from Portugal or Morocco. Shorts are always made in Thailand. Trust me...
Previously my brother in ebay bought a Man United 2002/2004 Home Jersey. It's a long sleeve and it is a player version jersey (Nike Code 7). He bought via auction online, around GBP20 something final price.
Hari ni sudah sampai! Yippeeee...
Here is the jersey:

Anyway.. to see the difference between the player version and replica, I will compare it with an already owned replica jersey that my brother has:

By the way, this player version jersey is the 2nd year batch production, which is single layer inside. 1st year batch (worn when becks and veron was last playing for united) has dual layers. Inside layer is black in colour. If any united fan remembered, diego forlan scoring and then opened his shirt and had hard time to wear it back again. If u notice, u can see the inner layers of his jersey which was black in colour...
At first, 2002 new nike jerseys for player versions were dual layered ones. Even adidas did it like that. Reason why was because World Cup 2002 was played in a high humid place. So for sweating reasons, the 2nd inner layer will absorb it. But many players hated the 2nd layer, for example beckham hated it. His jersey will always have the inner layer (black coloured) removed or cut out. So that's why afterwards nike stopped making dual layer jerseys.
So the 2nd year player version jersey is single layer only:

As you can see from above, there is no black nike security tag and no duration of year usage tag also. The information tag is different.
While here's the replica one:

If u compare both, you can see:

Player version also have larger holes on the sides of the jersey (for ventilation purposes):

Compare this with the replica, you guys can see the difference:

Even near the collars too:

Player version sizing info near the collars too are different:

And being a Code 7 player version jersey, the code starts with '7' at the price tag:
This post has been edited by schmeichel7: Jun 7 2007, 06:07 PM