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Kit History

 

 

 

Newton Heath

 

1892

newton heath 1892-93 change kit

1892-1893 A o

1894-Jan 1899 o x v

newton heath 1899 change kit

Jan 1899-1902 c

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Manchester United

 

1902

manchester united change strip 1902-03

1902-1903 A c

manchester united 1902 change kit

1903-1905 A o

Dark knickers also worn

1905-1906 A

manchester united change kit 1906-07

1906-1907 A

manchester united 1907 change kit

1907-1910 A c o

Previous socks also worn
manchester united change strip 1909 v bristol city

12 April 1909 c

at Bristol City
manchester united 1909 fa cup final

1909 FA Cup Final v

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manchester united change strip 1909 v bristol city

October 1909 c

v Sheff Utd
manchester united change kit march 1910

March 1910 d

v Sheff Utd
manchester united 1910 change kit

1910-Oct 1913 A c o

Nov 1913-1921 A c o v

manchester united 1921 change kit

1921-1922 A o v

man united 1922-23 change kit

1922-1924 A v

manchester united 1925 change kit

1924-1926 A o v

1926-1927 A v

manchester united change kit 1927-28

1927-1930 c

manchester united 1930-31 change kit

1930-1931 A c

1932-March 34 A y

manchester united March 1934 away strip

March-May 1934 A y

1934-1936 A

manchester united 1936 change kit

1936-1938 A v

manchester united 1939 change kit

1938-1946 A c

Also v Barnsley Feb 1938 FA Cup
manchester united 1948-48 change kit

1946-1948 A

Various socks worn 1946-47
manchester united 1948 fa cup final

1948 FA Cup Final

manchester united circa 1950 change kit

1948-1949 A

1949-1956 A

manchester united 1956 change kit

1956-Apr 1957 A

manchester united 1957 change kit

April 1957-1959 A o

1957 FA Cup Final

1959-1960 A

Also worn with stripe on shorts

1960-1961 a

1961-1963 A o

V necks also worn
manchester united 1963 change kit

1963-1965 A c o

White socks also worn
manchester united 1964 change kit

1964-1968 3rd a c m

1965-1967 A a

Also worn with white V necks and/or red socks

1965-1966 Eur c o

Home v Benfica

1967-1968 A o

Also appeared in 1966-67

1967-1971 3rd c o

Also worn with white socks
manchester united 1902 eurpean cup final 1968 kit

EC Final 1968

manchester united 1968-69 change strip

1968-1971 A1 a c

Also worn with red socks

1968-1971 A2 a c

Also worn with red socks

1971-1972 A a c

Also worn with red or home socks
manchester united 1971 change kit

1971-1972 3rd o

manchester united 1972 third kit

1972-1975 A a c o

Also worn with red or home socks
manchester united 1972 change kit

1972-1974 3rd c o

manchester united 1974-75 third kit

1974-1975 A2 c

Also worn with white shorts/socks
manchester united 1974 change kit

1974-1975 3rd c v

Admiral
manchester united change strip 1975 august

Aug-Oct 1975 A c o

manchester united change strip 1975 october

Oct 1975-1976 c

Admiral
manchester united 1976-78 third kit

1976-1979 3rd

Admiral

1976-1977 Eur o

manchester united 1976-78 change strip

1976-1978 A o

Admiral
manchester united 1975 change kit

1977 Charity Sh'ld a o

Admiral
manchester united centenary change kit 1978-79

1978-1979 A

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manchester united 1976-78 change strip

1979-1980 A

Adidas
manchester united 1980 change kit

1980-1982 A

1980-1981 3rd a y

See note ii
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manchester united 1980 third kit

1981-1982 3rd y

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manchester united 1982 change kit

1982-1984 A

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manchester united 1982 away kit

1982-1983 3rd

Adidas
manchester united 1984 change kit

1984-1986 A

Adidas
manchester united 1984 third kit

1984-1986 3rd

Adidas

1986-1988 A

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1986-1988 3rd

Adidas

1988-1990 A

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1988-1990 3rd

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manchester united 1990 change kit

1990-1992 A

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man united ecwc final 1991

1991 ECWC Final

Umbro
manchester united 1992 change kit

1992-1993 A

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manchester united 1992 third kit

1992-1994 3rd

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manchester united 1993 change kit

1993-1995 A

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manchester united 1994 third kit

1994-1996 3rd

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manchester united 1995 change kit

1995-1996 A

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manchester united 1996 change kit

1996-1997 A

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manchester united 1996 third kit

1996-1997 3rd

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manchester united 1997 change kit

1997-1999 A

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manchester united 1999 third kit

1998-1999 3rd

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manchester united 1999 change kit

1999-2000 A

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1999-2000 3rd

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manchester united 2000 change kit

2000-2001 A

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2000-2001 3rd

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manchester united 2001 change kit

2001-2002 A

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manchester united 2001 3rd kit

2001-2002 3rd

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2002-2003 A

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2002-2003 3rd

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manchester united 2003 change kit

2003-2005 A

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2003-2005 3rd

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2004 FA Cup Final

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manchester united 2005 change kit

2005-2006 A

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2006-2007 A

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2006-2007 3rd

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manchester united 2007-08 away kit

2007-2008 A

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manchester united 2007-08 third kit

2007-2008 3rd

Nike

2008-2009 A

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manchester united champions league final 2009

CL Final 2009

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2008-2009 3rd

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manchester united 2009-10 away strip

2009-2010 A

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manchester united 2009-10 third strip

2009-2010 3rd

Nike
manchester united 2010-11 away kit

2010-2011 A

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manchester united 2010-11 third kit

2010-2011 3rd

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manchester united fc 2011-12 away kit

2011-2012 A

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manchester united fc 2012-13 away kit

2012-2013 A

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manchester united 2013-14 away kit

2013-2014 A

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manchester united 2014-15 change kit

2014-2015 A

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manchester united 2014-15 3rd kit

2014-2015 3rd

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manchester united 2015-16 change kit

2015-2016 A

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manchester united 2015-16 3rd kit

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manchester united 2016-17 2nd kit

2016-2017 A

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manchester united 2016-17 3rd kit

2016-2017 3rd

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manchester united 2017-18 change kit

2017-2018 A

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manchester united third kit 2017-18

2017-2018 3rd

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manchester united 2018-19 change kit

2018-2019 A

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manchester united 2018-19 3rd kit

2018-2019 3rd

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manchester united 2019-20 2nd kit

2019-2020 A

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manchester united 2019-20 3rd kit

2019-2020 3rd

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Background

manchester united 2001-02 reversible topUntil 1892 Newton Heath was the works team of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway but a row over the use of their North Road ground led to a split. The team bought a new set of red and white shirts sometime around 1888 and it is believed they used their old green and gold shirts, the colours of the railway company, as a change strip.

A match report of a game against Walsall (January 21 1899) mentions that for part of the game the Heathens wore "a black and red combination, the which was shortly exchanged for the rightful colours." It is unclear if these tops were borrowed because of an anticipated colour clash or were their regular alternative.

In 1902 Newton Heath became Manchester United, wearing the simple red and white strip that would become world famous. According to the Western Daily Press (22 Sept 1902 researched by Danial Gellatly) they wore green and white when they visited Bristol City at the start of the season. Further research by Paul Nagel and Tim Ashmore has established that green and white striped shirts were United's regular alternative between 1903 and 1908. In the FA Cup final of 1909 an all-white strip with a red V was worn because of a clash with Bristol City (who wore blue). This strip was also used a few weeks earlier in a league game against Bristol City but without the Lancashire rose crest.

In 1922 United adopted the white shirts with red V worn in the 1909 final as their first choice colours in an effort to change their waning fortunes. Plain red shirts were worn when a change was needed.

In 1932 the team adopted maroon and white hooped shirts as their change kit. After several away wins this became United's lucky strip and in March 1934 were adopted as first choice. When, in 1935-36 the familiar red shirts were restored, the hoops were again used as change shirts. Later plain blue shirts with white collars were adopted and were used well into the 1950s.

In the mid-1950s the Busby Babes emerged wearing a new and modern lightweight kit which was produced in all-white with red trimmings when a colour clash required a change. White now became the alternative of choice until 1970 although blue shirts did reappear once or twice, most notably on a remarkable night at Wembley in May 1968 when United became the first English team to win the European Cup in an all-blue kit.

In the 1970s United followed the trend for yellow and blue change kits, which lasted until Admiral arrived in 1975. Their novel change kit design featured three narrow vertical stripes on the left hand side of the shirt and black shorts, which were frequently paired with their red shirts away from home. After Adidas raised objections, four vertical stripes were introduced on the shirts in October 1975 but the original design was reinstated the following season.

In 1980 Adidas replaced Admiral in what would prove to be a long association with the Old Trafford club. Over the next 11 years United wore variations on two basic alternative strips, white shirts with black shorts or all-blue. Adidas' last effort combined both styles with an unusual white and blue patterned shirt.

For the next decade Umbro were reinstated and they introduced all manner of innovative designs. Their reinterpretation of United's all-blue strip featured a large club badge embossed into the fabric while their third kit revived Newton Heath's green and gold halved tops, part of a wave of retro designs that swept through the game. The all-black away strip introduced in 1993-94 was the first of its kind and marked the relaxation of rules that banned black shirts with the launch of the Premier League. The blue and white third kit adopted 1994-96 may have been inspired by United's original striped change shirts and were famously used in the second half of the game at Southampton on April 13 1996. United were trailing 0-3 at half-time and Alex Ferguson famously blamed the grey kit for his players inability to pass to each other. The grey kit was never worn again after this. The blue and white outfit, incidentally, had the badge worn in the 1968 European Cup win embossed into the fabric.

In 1997, United introduced a special kit for European matches featuring a collar slightly different to their normal home kit and white stockings in place of black. In the late '90s an all-black kit with fluorescent green trim appeared, followed by variations on navy and white themes. United were one of the leading clubs that attracted considerable criticism for exploiting the replica kit market and in 2001, Umbro came up with a novel response, creating the first reversible shirt. These were white on one side and metallic gold when turned inside out, so supporters had both away and third shirts in one purchase. The players had separate white and gold sets which were not reversible.

The following season, 2002-03, Nike became United's kit partner in a world record 13-year sponsorship deal worth £303m. Their designs for the club's away and third kits used a restricted and traditional pallette of white, black or blue with typically minimalist trim.

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Sources

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  • With acknowledgements to John Devlin's True Colours Vol 1
  • a Tim Ashmore
  • b Alexander Howells
  • c unitedkits.com has details of all the variant change strips worn by United.
  • d Sheffield Evening Telegraph (9 March 1910) submitted by Tony Sealey
  • m Pete's Picture Palace
  • o Paul Nagel
  • x Alan Brennan
  • y John Bailey
    • A = Away (change) kit
    • 3rd = Third choice kit
    • EC = European Cup
    • EUR = European kit
    • Eur = European change kit
    • ECWC = European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Note ii: The blue shirts were worn only once, at The Dell against Southampton. The management realised that both their red home shirts and white change tops would clash with Southampton's kit and a set of blue shirts from the 1974-75 season were pressed into service.