Four years later Wales met Scotland and in 1879 the Welsh team played England for the first time. USA Football Kits. I have finally got round to reviewing Paul Brett's personal collection of Shrewsbury Town shirts, photographs of which he recently posted on his website, Shrewsbury Town Football Shirts 1974 to Present. Nick from the splendid upthemaggies website has been in touch to confirm that Notts County were still refered to as "the chocolate and light blues" in the local press during 1889-90. Championship: Bristol City, Blackburn Rovers, Brentford, Swansea City, Queen's Parek Rangers. Scottish Championship: Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Queen of the South. 2020-21 Update: Dumbarton and East Fife shirt sponsorship added. These included two sets of their familiar red shirts with white sleeves, two dozen red and white striped shirts (considered too narrow for their liking), two dozen borrowed from Sheffield United (with broader stripes) and two sets of shirts with broad red and white hoops. There was no reason for County to change their colours (Preston wore white by this time) so I can only speculate that the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway mislaid their kit hamper en route forcing the team to borrow a set of kit on arrival. Incidentally, the staunchly amateur FA insisted that players provide their own dark knickers and socks up until 1932. Next week I'll resume work on historical material. This commemorative certificate presented to John Devey to mark his benefit match in 1896 shows a Villa player wearing a quartered shirt but I had previously dismissed this, assuming the artist had misinterpreted the term which at the time usually described what we know as "halved" shirts. This did not improve their fortunes and 'Well went down at the end of the season. We have more today from Ian McConnel: Morton (1950-51 added), East Fife (1950-51 collar corrected, 1951-52 added), Raith Rovers (1950-Jan 1951 added, Feb-May 1951 socks corrected and four different strips worn in 1951-52 added - see right for March 1952 version) , Clyde (1950-52 added), St Mirren (1951-52), Heart of Midlothian (1950-51, Aug-Dec 1951 added), Third Lanark (1951-52 added), Elgin City (1949-54 detailing updated). Nik Yeomans has now provided me with a match programme that has a photograph of the Manchester United - Everton tie in question which shows the Toffees in an all-blue strip. Scottish Championship: Ayr United, Dundee. Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hamilton Academical. We can now confirm that the black shorts worn in the team photograph posted yesterday were therefore not part of their regular playing strip. Greger Lindberg found an interesting item in the Scottish Referee (24 March 1905). This includes contemporary press cuttings and photographs from the Aberdeen FC Official Website, including this one of the original Aberdeen club from 1885. Here we have Harry Kane expressing a degree of disappointment as his team lost 1-0 to Denmark and had two players sent off last month. (c) Football Focus (d) Football Cards (e) Aldershot Has It (f) Crewe Alexandra FC (Images of Sport) Harold Finch 2001 (g) Classic Kits (h) This is the North East Website (i) Premier Shirts (j) The Football Encyclopaedia (Associated Sporting Press 1934) Information provided by Arthur Fergus Visit the official website of the Premier League. The Barrow section has had a major update with with eight new graphics, stockings 1920-31 altered and missing detailing added to numerous graphics. The latest additions: Everton, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Newcastle United, Northampton Town. It looks like that white shirt was never worn in a competitive game. Port Vale(1926-27, 1928, 1944-45 added): Elgin City(1949-54, 1954-57,1957-58, 1958-61 warm weather kit added): Halifax Town(March-April 1973 added): Tony Sealeyspotted this on ITV recently. ), Week Ending 19 September - 2020-21 Update. Premier League: Southampton (new sponsor added), Tottenham Hotspur (socks updated), Fulham. View Premier League kits by club and season, from 1992/93 to 2019/20. We have more today from Ian McConnel: Morton (1950-51 added), East Fife (1950-51 collar corrected, 1951-52 added), Raith Rovers (1950-Jan 1951 added, Feb-May 1951 socks corrected and four different strips worn in 1951-52 added - see right for March 1952 version) , Clyde (1950-52 added), St Mirren (1951-52), Heart of Midlothian (1950-51, Aug-Dec 1951 added), Third Lanark (1951-52 added), Elgin City (1949-54 detailing updated). The photograph shows the Silkmen in happier times, 1969-70, when the team went on to win the FA Trophy. (Credits: claretandblue.blog, Penny Illustrated 18 March 1893, Aston Villa From the Archive.). In 1978 Motherwell organised a competition for younger supporters to design their strip for the 1978-79 season. Curiously there are 18 players in the picture and several of them are wearing reversed jerseys. Berwick Rangers (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-94 dates and detailing amended). Classic Football Shirts Co Ltd 67 Broadway Hyde SK14 4QY, UK. That was in the early days of HFK, before we had an army of research elves and when I could not afford to buy many books. League One: Peterborough United, Swindon Town, Shrewsbury Town, Rochdale. Previous Updates: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006, Shrewsbury Town Football Shirts 1974 to Present. The winning design, produced by Admiral, featured a large flappy collar with claret and white stripes. Prior to the game, in accordance with FA Cup rules, the clubs agreed their colours for the match. (Photograph FIFA. On 11 April the Liverpool Echo reported, "A real bolt from the blue has happened in regard to the FA Cup final....Now the FA has ruled that both clubs shall leave blue entirely out of the picture.". I've added England's new strips to the archive. In September 1982 Aberdeen travelled to Albania to play Dinamo Tirana in the European Cup-Winners Cup and wore this one-off strip, basically identical to their regular outfit but with contrasting V necks and cuffs. Week Ending 29 August - More on the New Boys. I'm grateful to Martin Johnston, General Manager of Peterhead FC, who has submitted a photograph of the team's 1946-47 strip which provides us with details about the design of the crest worn around this time. Early football teams played in kit that was not dissimilar to that of cricket, and generally considered of shirt, flannel trousers, strong boots and a cap. There was no reason for County to change their colours (Preston wore white by this time) so I can only speculate that the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway mislaid their kit hamper en route forcing the team to borrow a set of kit on arrival. What makes this even more appalling is that the EFL has been sitting on proposals to tighten up their Owners' and Directors' Test since July 2018. Background. City were back in the final the following season when, according to the match programme, they did wear maroon. Read the essential details about the history of football kits. The cutting on the right, submitted by Villa Elf, Lee Gauntlett, illustrates the Corinthians v Aston Villa game played in March 1893 and once again quarters are in evidence. Taken in April 1933 when Villa visited the Arsenal, this image shows the same jerseys that were worn in 1930-31. Premier League: Everton (socks corrected). Curiously there are 18 players in the picture and several of them are wearing reversed jerseys. Pictured here is the Sulphurites team from 1956-57, currently the only confirmed strip we have prior to 1985 but I hope to rectify this shortly. While we're on the subject of Aston Villa, Richard Henman recalls watching them in a League Cup match at Exeter City in August 1977 wearing a mash up of blue shirts with yellow trim, light blue shorts and socks. The photograph is of the Brentford team from 1914-15 and shows them wearing the yoked tops that were popular at the time. I've added England's new strips to the archive. Such was the furore unleashed that the decision was reversed within a year; the … Read Article Read More Championship: Luton Town, Preston North End, Cardiff City, Coventry City. The action is from a Scottish Victory Cup match against Rangers in April 1946 ('Gers won 8-2 on aggregate). Third Lanark (1952-53 added), Dundee (1952-54 strip added to shorts), Motherwell (1951-54, 1954-57 socks updated), Raith Rovers (three strips worn 1952-53 added or modified, two strips from 1953-54 added), Heart of Midlothian (1952-53 alternative added, 1953-54 three strips added), Clyde (1952-53 now known to be the same as previous season. Our very good chums Tony Sealey and Richard Essen have been burrowing in the British Newspaper Archives looking through pre-war copies of the Daily and Sunday Mirrors that were added to the archive over the summer. Rangers (1st, 2nd, 3rd), St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Hamilton Academical, St Johnstone, Hibernian, Motherwell. Dating from around 1880, it is thought to be one of the earliest examples of a collectible football … This appeared in a report on the FA Cup Final replay in the Blackburn Standard on April 10 1886 but since the match was played on that day, it cannot be of the team that appeared in the replay. This nicely fills a gap in the record for the early 20th century. Championship: Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Watford. Club crests and sponsors' logos While the shirts look plain white, this is an illusion caused by our old nemesis, orthographic film stock. As the senior club, Everton thought they were entitled to retain a blue motif but they reckoned without the disdainful approach of the FA to the professional game. What makes this even more appalling is that the EFL has been sitting on proposals to tighten up their Owners' and Directors' Test since July 2018. Edinburgh City (1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1999-2000 added): Research by Peter Stevenson has allowed me to update Northampton Town's kit … Welcome to FootballHistory.org, a website about football history including competitions, teams and players. The cutting on the right, submitted by Villa Elf, Lee Gauntlett, illustrates the Corinthians v Aston Villa game played in March 1893 and once again quarters are in evidence. Apparently Villa had brought their white and blue away strip not realising that the Grecians had changed to all white that season. At the time strips were remarkably unifom and plain so teams that adopted more unconventional styles like this one really stood out. It is a scandal that the EFL and the FA continue allow incompetant, greedy and predatory owners to drive clubs into the ground. After Bury were expelled from the EFL in August 2019 I wrote "it is only a matter of time before history repeats itself.". Harrogate Town (1964-65, 1998-99 added, 1977-78 socks corrected). This did not improve their fortunes and 'Well went down at the end of the season. The royal blue shorts worn at Preston North End (reported in the Athletic News 3 March 1890) are therefore an anomoly. This section provides an archive of the publications that HFK has made contributions to. In 1935 Charlton were promoted to Division Two once again and began a march that would take them to the pinnacle of English football. Premier League: Aston Villa, Crystal Palace. Some time ago Gordon Hulmes sent me this photograph of Swansea Town taken in 1931-32 when his grandfather played for the team. I have just one thing to say to the people at Nike and the FA who decided to introduce a blue change strip - Belo Horizonte 29 June 1950. Every team from the English and Scottish Leagues, including new 2011-12 season. The latter were selected for the game as can be seen in the poor quality image above and were subsequently worn at Anfield. We have known for some time that Hearts wore maroon shirts with white sleeves in floodlit matches in the late 50s but we now have evidence that these smart tops appeared in 1952-53 on at least four occasions and again the following season. Championship: Huddersfield Town, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Millwall (shorts detailing corrected), Sheffield Wednesday. We can now confirm that the black shorts worn in the team photograph posted yesterday were therefore not part of their regular playing strip. Championship: Luton Town, Preston North End, Cardiff City, Coventry City. Because the quality of both images is poor, it is very hard to make out the light blue bands but after enhancing both pictures with my graphics software I was just able to make them out. Port Vale (1909-10, 1912-14 trim altered, 1929-30, 1934-36, December 1979 added, 1965-66 shirt trim added, 1981-82, 1982-83 sponsor altered). The photograph, the earliest to have emerged of the team, is captioned on Wikipedia as dating from 1887 but the trophy on display appears to be the Durham Senior Cup, which they won in 1884-85. Vintage and retro Serie A football shirts and training kit, featuring home, away and original match worn player editions from all the clubs from the 1970s to present day. On a trip to HMP Reading, for example, I was able to track down a copy of the Official History of Reading FC 1871-2003 in WH Smith. Clyde (Aug-Sept 1946, October 1946 added), Greenock Morton (1948-49 added - see left), Heart of Midlothian (March 1949-1950 added), Stirling Albion (1949-50 added), Queen of the South (1947-52 socks modified), Raith Rovers (1949-50 socks modified). (j) Classic Kits (l) Old Football Shirts (m) SNSpix (n) Alick Milne (o) St Johnstone FC - Images of Sport (Alastair Blair 2003) (p) Ralph Pomeroy (q) Scottish Football History (r) Sean Bangs (s) Donald Gellatly (t) The Vision Book of Football Records by Clive Batty … Armed with this material I have been able to update a lot od detailing on shirts between 1982 and 1999. Lee Gauntlett has sent me a cutting that describes Aston Villa wearing jerseys that were "white with blue hoops" against West Ham United on 6 February 1932. Dundee (2019-20 shorts corrected): Stockport County (1991-92, 1992-93, 1998-99 detailing added/altered): Crawley Town (1996-97 added): Bury (1956-58 crest added): Nottingham Forest (1947-48 added): New Brighton (1924-28 corrected, 1927-38 socks amended): Bolton Wanderers (2002 anniversary kit stripes amended): Millwall (1975-77 warm & cold weather shirts now presented, authentic 1994 crest added): Cheltenham Town (1993-95 added): Gillingham (1980-81 collar corrected): Crawley Town (1998-99 shorts/socks confirmed): Salford City (1997-98 added): Burnley (2000-01, 2001-02 drop-sleeve detail added): Week Ending 26 September - 2020-21 Update. Online home for football shirts, kit design and equipment freaks Week Ending 12 September - 2020-21 Update. I am, as always, happy to set the record straight and have reinstated the Quakers' section in line with my policy for former members of the Football League. Sunday League Football Kits from Toga Sports. The home of original rare football shirts sourced from all over the world. Premier League: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton. Week Ending 29 August - More on the New Boys. A good mix of kits this year with new arrivals to Division 1 Luton, Norwich and Watford all bringing with them some fine looking outfits. The latest additions: Everton, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Newcastle United, Northampton Town. (Photograph Aberdeen FC Official Website.). Nick from the splendid upthemaggies website has been in touch to confirm that Notts County were still refered to as "the chocolate and light blues" in the local press during 1889-90. The action is from a Scottish Victory Cup match against Rangers in April 1946 ('Gers won 8-2 on aggregate). The photograph shows the match against England. The Barrow section has had a major update with with eight new graphics, stockings 1920-31 altered and missing detailing added to numerous graphics. It is a scandal that the EFL and the FA continue allow incompetant, greedy and predatory owners to drive clubs into the ground. City would play in red shirts and white knickers while Everton would wear white shirts, black shorts and socks, all with blue trimmings. It appears likely that they were finally stung by press criticism of the scruffy appearance of the English national team into providing uniform kits in 1932. In my post about the mystery white Everton shirt on 23 November I mentioned the possibility that it may have been worn in the 1988 Mercantile Trophy. It's my opinion that these jerseys were worn throughout 1930-33 and that the journalist quoted above just missed out (or his sub-editor removed) a reference to the claret band. Should have checked their Rothman's. Sound familiar? These included two sets of their familiar red shirts with white sleeves, two dozen red and white striped shirts (considered too narrow for their liking), two dozen borrowed from Sheffield United (with broader stripes) and two sets of shirts with broad red and white hoops. Step 2 Copy those folders to: \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics\kits\ Create folders "graphics" and "kits" if they don't exist already.Step 3 Run Football Manager 2018 and go to: Preferences > Interface Make sure that you tick the check box on the page called 'Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences' and un-tick then box saying 'Use … Senior Scottish Elf, Alick Milne has submitted new evidence about the colours of the four clubs that amalgamated to form the modern Aberdeen FC in 1903. HFK receives a commission on these sales. Great old photos of kits can be found here : And here! Playing Squad; Contact Us; The Wee Rovers Lotto! 29 October - Scottish Post-War Kits. (Credits: claretandblue.blog, Penny Illustrated 18 March 1893, Aston Villa From the Archive.). League One: Hull City, Fleetwood Town, AFC Wimbledon (socks confirmed), Lincoln City, Bristol Rovers (socks updated), Charlton Athletic, Doncaster Rovers (socks confirmed), Gillingham*, Wigan Athletic. St Mirren (1945-46 collar and stripes corrected), Dundee (Feb-April 1946 added), Alloa Athletic (1945-46 added). Premier League: Aston Villa, Crystal Palace. Historical Football Kits in Print. The material on this site is copyright © Historical Football Kits, all rights reserved. Alkadi had been given "ample time" to pay off the club's creditors, he said. From the simplicity of the earliest kits of the late 19th/early 20th Century to the slick, sponsor laden, brand name kits of today, each club’s page on this website gives you an instant visceral history of your team. My conclusion is that quarters were worn for at least part of the 1892-93 season and a couple of these resurfaced when the team was assembled a year later, kitted out in mismatched tops. Presumably they did not have enough blue/yellow tops to go round the squad so some players had to wear their change tops. Although the photographic evidence is ambiguous, it appears that a clover-leaf crest was adopted for 1935-36 to celebrate their achievement in … League One: Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, AFC Wimbledon, Oxford United. Best Selling Products. The database of the National Football Archive includes match-by-match line-ups and goal scorers for English Football League and Premier League clubs from the 1888-89 season to the present day. (Photograph FIFA. The extraordinary rise and fall of Wimbledon has few parallels in the history of football. Here's a nice snippet that Tony Sealey turned up while researching the British Newspaper Archives. League Two: Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe United, Walsall. Included in the material Tony and Rich sent me was this cutting of Norwich City v Southend United from September 1925. (Photographs and background provided by Willie Kay.). While we're on the subject of Aston Villa, Richard Henman recalls watching them in a League Cup match at Exeter City in August 1977 wearing a mash up of blue shirts with yellow trim, light blue shorts and socks. Clyde (Aug-Sept 1946, October 1946 added), Greenock Morton (1948-49 added - see left), Heart of Midlothian (March 1949-1950 added), Stirling Albion (1949-50 added), Queen of the South (1947-52 socks modified), Raith Rovers (1949-50 socks modified). We've been buying them for years, now it's time to record them for everyone to see. City were back in the final the following season when, according to the match programme, they did wear maroon. Elgin City (1933-1914 knickers corrected, hooped 1909-10 kit removed - this was a change kit in yellow and black - gaps in the record 1969-76 now filled): Gillingham (2013-14 correct manufacturer's logo applied): Bradford City (1962-63): Accrington Stanley (1990-91, 1991-92 shorts & socks now confirmed). They changed to navy and white stripes shortly afterwards. The photograph is of the Brentford team from 1914-15 and shows them wearing the yoked tops that were popular at the time. Lee Gauntlett has sent me a cutting that describes Aston Villa wearing jerseys that were "white with blue hoops" against West Ham United on 6 February 1932. Historical Material. Included in the material Tony and Rich sent me was this cutting of Norwich City v Southend United from September 1925. My congratulations go to Harrogate Town who recently won promotion to League Two via the play-offs and whose recent kit record is now available on HFK. From these I've been able to make the following updates: Bradford City (socks corrected on graphics 1909-1920), Derby County (1912-13 collar added), Huddersfield Town (1914-15 added), Leeds United (1920-21 added), Leicester Fosse (1914-15 added), Middlesbrough (epaulettes enlarged on 1913-1936 graphics), Newcastle United (1914-15 added). Football kits come and go with rapid frequency. Historical Football Kits; Commercial. The 2020-21 Premier League/EFL gallery is now open. You're sure to find something amongst the thousands of shirts on offer. In September 2008 David France and Steve Flanagan confirmed that this was the team's official third shirt between 1986 and 1989 but it was never worn in a competitive match. The world's largest database of English football. Former Members: Berwick Rangers, East Stirlingshire. League Two: Morecambe, Harrogate Town, Forest Green Rovers*, Crawley Town (socks confirmed), Exeter City, Leyton Orient, Newport County, Stevenage (shorts & socks confirmed). League Two: Grimsby Town, Cheltenham Town (shorts/socks confirmed), Tranmere Rovers. This nicely fills a gap in the record for the early 20th century. A photographic history of over 150 different Roma shirts from 1946 right up to 2021. Sound familiar? Each season hundreds of new kits are launched but woe betide a club that gets it wrong, as was proved by Cardiff’s radical shift to red from the traditional blue back in 2012. Our very good chums Tony Sealey and Richard Essen have been burrowing in the British Newspaper Archives looking through pre-war copies of the Daily and Sunday Mirrors that were added to the archive over the summer. Deep links are provided throughout the site to help visitors purchase replica shirts from leading online retailers. HFK is delighted to provide graphics for a variety of publications ranging from unofficial fanzines to official club histories. Earlier this month Macclesfield Town were wound up in the Insolvency & Companies Court. Former SPFL Members: Berwick Rangers (sponsorship added). On a trip to HMP Reading, for example, I was able to track down a copy of the Official History of Reading FC 1871-2003 in WH Smith.