1999/01 (A)With a blue and white home strip, there would obviously be some clashes with a white away kit, and so the inevitable 3rd strip came into effect at Wigan Athletic's JJB Stadium as early as September in 1999. Wigan were wearing blue in the game and so we could still have donned the white shirts, but we didn't care as the general reaction was one of 'oohs and aahs' and 'when can I get my hands on that?' as the lovely shade of dark yellow nestled perfectly with the thick navy trim. The management couldn't resist delaying its release and so subsequently there was no 'new' kit to unveil for the 2000/01 season and they were left with a shedload of excess stock as it became our away kit. Anyway, we drew at Everton in it and despite the dodgy league results it looked class. Company: Avec; CC's Rating: 9/10

1999/00 (A)After years of wearing yellow and various shades of green on our travels, Avec took us back to the Championship year of 1989/90 with this effort. Very smart and something they might even let Tim Henman wear at Wimbledon, this leisurely look also seemed to bring with it some title-winning away form. Even Dave Pritchard broke his long-standing duck wearing it at Chesterfield and despite its obvious redundancy as a 'change strip' playing at places like Preston, we do seem to enjoy wearing white as 7 wins were registered in its shelf-life. One for the purists if a little useless at times. Company: Avec; CC's Rating: 8/10

1998/99 (H)We had been promised that the classic quarters look would last two years, but with a change of sponsor from The Jelf Group to Cowlin Construction, the men upstairs made a few cosmetic changes and added a collar and a little 'Pirates' motif to the back, although many said it should have read 'Gas' instead. It won't last long in the memory, being just a 'Mr.Reliable' type of replica, plus the fact that the season was a bit of a patchy one, but David Lee managed to fit into it which must have been some feat at least. A sober shirt which only changed because it had to. Company: CICA; CC's Rating: 7/10

1998/99 (A) A shirt barely worth selling, and a step away from being a shameless re-release with a new sponsor. If you had already got yourself one of the previous campaign's bright yellow efforts, then this was definitely not worth another hard-earned £40. Other than the new 'Cowlin' logo, the only changes were a black collar and toned-down 'yolk' shade, which looked a tad 'pukey' in certain light conditions. Still, the numbers stood out boldly and on its own merits it was quite smart, but ultimately a bit of a rip-off.Company: CICA; CC's Rating: 6/10

1997/98 (H) What a kit. Having greeted us with the Snack Box monstrosity, it was as if CICA was making it all up to us with a no-frills quartered masterpiece - and it sold in bucketloads. A lovely floppy 'grandad' collar and an almost incognito sponsor appealed to the traditional values in us all, and tied in with plain-as-day shorts and socks, we had the complete classic look. The only downer was that the Jelf 'slab' kept sticking into you until you had thoroughly washed it a few hundred times, but the players looked brilliant. Company: CICA; CC's Rating: 9/10

1997/98 (A) This was so bright that on glorious Saturday afternoons it looked like you were watching a load of lemons. Together with simple black retro numbers it was a veritable peach of a kit, with even John Motson saying that Rovers had the clearest outfit in the League in the numbering department. The strange idea of the white collar worked well, especially as a contrast to the jet-black shorts and socks, and the shirt material was actually better than the home strip in that it didn't bobble easily up against the Division's terrace walls. As a home/away combo, this play-off season had arguably the best kits in living memory. Company: CICA; CC's Rating: 9/10

1996/97 (H) Vile is one of the few words that can describe it, and probably the most understated. CICA took over from Le Coq for the momentous return home to Bristol, and with the ultimate Gashead Ian Holloway taking over as manager, it was a ready-made platform for a huge dose of nostalgia and a legendary strip. What we got was a catastrophic slashing up of the quarters into half-stripes, and with the red sponsor it looked exactly like a supermarket carrier-bag. From the day of its release it has been confined to hell as the 'Tesco-bag' and only a deranged minority still venture out in public with this shirt on their backs. That is if the sponsor logo hasn't peeled off yet. Oh well, at least it was blue and white. Company: CICA; CC's Rating: 1/10

1996/97 (A)Compared to the home effort this kit was pretty good. With its sleek navy and emerald green halves and smart white numbers it was an original and chic alternative, almost gothic in its appearance. But this is where it fell down - it was too damn dark, especially under the murky floodlights of outposts such as York. Looks good with jeans, but then the players weren't meant to ponce about in denim at Bootham Crescent on a bitter Tuesday evening. Company: CICA; CC's Rating: 7/10

1995/96 (H)They say beauty is only skin deep, and it certainly was with Le Coq's sole outing. From a distance it looked nice and smart, aside from the slightly pale shade of blue, but it was a bit of a nightmare for the fans. For a start the manufacturers buggered up the order and fans had to wait until September for the new kit to go on sale; furthermore the material turned out to be very cheap and tacky and the off-colour collar didn't know how to behave itself. Not quite at the races, a bit like the team that season, but Marcus Stewart scored most of his 30 goals in it.Company: Le Coq Sportif; CC's Rating: 6/10

1995/96 (A)As with the home strip, the feel of it was not the most endearing, but the colour scheme was pleasing to the eye. The pale green pinstripes could have been darker, but really Rovers should have gone for the original Black Arabs kit of all black and the yellow sash while the Football League were still mucking around with multicolour refs. Now of course we are not allowed a predominantly black strip, so perhaps the moment has been lost. Not bad. Company: Le Coq Sportif; CC's Rating: 6/10