United's Kits Through History

[William Henry Foulkes]

From a great link that came up in another thread:

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Sheffield_United/Sheffield_United.htm

Not sure if this has been posted before but I thought it might be interesting anyway.

 

[sheffielder]

I am bit confused. Why are we not wearing Blue shorts next season?

 

[Cyprus Blade]

I am bit confused. Why are we not wearing Blue shorts next season?

Derby County play in black shorts silly - JP has already said we will use the black shorts as well as red for home matches. Apparently our Nigel likes things just the same so,as well as buying all of his former players and hiring all his former staff, we will even look like derby from the dugout, white shirts and black shorts with the occasional red shorts as a historical nod to Walsall (white shirts/red shorts) and to remind him of the transfer disasters with them. Best practice over the summer -"Come on you whites" , though I would counsel against "Come on you White Wizards" in case this sparks a thread on NC's alleged involvement with the Klu Klux Klan

 

[Cyprus Blade]

Note the listing on that site has changed - previously it showed that the narrow stripes were used for 1890-91 season. If you try to copy and save the gif for that shirt it is still called "sheffield_united_1890-1891.gif" - not 1890-94. Not sure what's going on there.

 

[Silent Blade]

From a great link that came up in another thread:

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Sheffield_United/Sheffield_United.htm

Not sure if this has been posted before but I thought it might be interesting anyway.

Were our stripes really broader from Dec 1972 until May 1973? Dont remember that

 

[wizadry]

I had this done for my lad and framed it.

might not be able to see it that well but i thought i'd still post it.

 

[Cyprus Blade]

Were our stripes really broader from Dec 1972 until May 1973? Dont remember that

Speight photographed 17/2/73 Jim Bone 21/4/73 John Flynn 30/9/72 Steve Goulding 30/9/72

 

[Silent Blade]

Speight photographed 17/2/73 Jim Bone 21/4/73 John Flynn 30/9/72 Steve Goulding 30/9/72

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No difference between the stripes on Jim Bone's and others

 

[Silent Blade]

For accuracy, we wore white shorts from Sept 1966 to Dec 1966, before going back to black shorts, then back to white shorts from Aug 1967 to April 1968, then black shorts at home to Chelsea in May 1968

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

68-72 still by the far the best, but anything between 55 and 72 would be nice to see again.

 

[blade too long]

its more a mistake the bright blue colour option in our shorts up to 1904 , we wore what were effectively army shorts which were surge blue , , which is so dark its nearly black , if you look at the team photo on the posted page the shorts look black but are the surge blue as they say in father ted only preists socks are really black , uniteds shorts were very very very very dark blue



1900-01 team in very very very dark blue shorts

 

[blade too long]

Note the listing on that site has changed - previously it showed that the narrow stripes were used for 1890-91 season. If you try to copy and save the gif for that shirt it is still called "sheffield_united_1890-1891.gif" - not 1890-94. Not sure what's going on there.

the team that played in first season in the league 1891, again in very very very dark blue shorts

 

[Silent Blade]

its more a mistake the bright blue colour option in our shorts up to 1904 , we wore what were effectively army shorts which were surge blue , , which is so dark its nearly black , if you look at the team photo on the posted page the shorts look black but are the surge blue as they say in father ted only preists socks are really black , uniteds shorts were very very very very dark blue

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1900-01 team in very very very dark blue shorts

How could you tell from a B & W photo?

 

[Darren]

How could you tell from a B & W photo?

Indeed. The shorts could be black from the photo. I have asked this before, but is there any contemporary evidence that we wore blue shorts?

 

[blade too long]

How could you tell from a B & W photo?

didnt used to have army supply surge blue shorts ,when in the army in 1971 which I thought were black



surge blue modern army shorts a bit lighter than mine were
nothing like piggy blue

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Looked up Atletico's kit on Wikipedia (red and white striped shirts, blue shorts) to see if there was a connection (like Notts County and Juventus, or is that an urban myth? - I'll have to Google that now) and found this:

Atlético began playing in blue and white, similar to Athletic Bilbao, but soon changed to their traditional red and white stripes by 1911. Many believe the change was influenced because red and white striped tops were the cheapest stripes to make, because the same combination was used to make bed mattresses, and the unused cloth was easily converted into football shirts.

 

[blade too long]

I believe Athletic copied southamptons , being a port that was used to go to bilbao , well according to Athletics history

 

[Maidenhead]

Looked up Atletico's kit on Wikipedia (red and white striped shirts, blue shorts) to see if there was a connection (like Notts County and Juventus, or is that an urban myth? - I'll have to Google that now) and found this:

Atlético began playing in blue and white, similar to Athletic Bilbao, but soon changed to their traditional red and white stripes by 1911. Many believe the change was influenced because red and white striped tops were the cheapest stripes to make, because the same combination was used to make bed mattresses, and the unused cloth was easily converted into football shirts.

typical bloody United, doing everything on the cheap ;-)

 

[blade too long]

typical bloody United, doing everything on the cheap ;-)

apparently man utds (newton heath) first kit was one of our cast offs so wasnt just us being tight

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Looks like there is a Notts County-Juventus connection:

Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie, which only occurred due to the wrong shirts being sent to them, the father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them. Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin.

 

[blade too long]

notts county were invited to play juventus for their centennial celebrations, they take it seriously



when I visited the del Alpi was in a bar and asked if I lived near nottingham , yes I said and they bought my beer

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

surge blue

Fwiw it's serge. Here's a pair from a retro retailers:

http://www.factsurplus.co.uk/product/720

 

[blade too long]

yes its definitely not the fluorescent blue shown in the kits page is it

put serge and my spell check changed it

 

[Missing Spark]

Were our stripes really broader from Dec 1972 until May 1973? Dont remember that

You are right. For some reason, we changed mid season 1971-72 (early 1972) from a central red stripe to a central white stripe (see the 3-3 draw with Man City on YouTube as an example. For 1972-73 we were back to the central red stripe. The classic Blades kit. None of this white shirts and red shorts nonsense.

 

[Cyprus Blade]

1891-92 Sheffield United F.C. first team. Pictured (left to right) – Rear: Fred Davies, Harry Stones (assistant secretary), John Scott, Will Lilley
Middle: W. Patterson, Rab Howell, Bob Cain, Charlie Howlett, Billy Hendry, Harry Lilley, W. Nesbitt, Fred Housley (trainer)
Front: Charles Stokes (football committee chairman), Sandy Wallace, Samuel Dobson, Harry Hammond, Arthur Watson,John Drummond, Michael Whitham

 

[LoughboroBlade]

I am bit confused. Why are we not wearing Blue shorts next season?

We'll be wearing blue shorts in 2029 for one season, as a timely way of celebrating our first kit that had black shorts.

 

[Silent Blade]

1891-92 Sheffield United F.C. first team. Pictured (left to right) – Rear: Fred Davies, Harry Stones (assistant secretary), John Scott, Will Lilley
Middle: W. Patterson, Rab Howell, Bob Cain, Charlie Howlett, Billy Hendry, Harry Lilley, W. Nesbitt, Fred Housley (trainer)
Front: Charles Stokes (football committee chairman), Sandy Wallace, Samuel Dobson, Harry Hammond, Arthur Watson,John Drummond, Michael Whitham

Interestingly all the players have a Wiki page! Clicking on Bob Cain leads you to a Baseball player so you have to click on to "Robert Cain disambiguation" before linking to the right Bob Cain that played for SUFC

 

[sitwell]

1891-92 Sheffield United F.C. first team. Pictured (left to right) – Rear: Fred Davies, Harry Stones (assistant secretary), John Scott, Will Lilley
Middle: W. Patterson, Rab Howell, Bob Cain, Charlie Howlett, Billy Hendry, Harry Lilley, W. Nesbitt, Fred Housley (trainer)
Front: Charles Stokes (football committee chairman), Sandy Wallace, Samuel Dobson, Harry Hammond, Arthur Watson,John Drummond, Michael Whitham

I reckon Arthur Watson was the Jose Baxter of the team.

 

[sportinguista]

Looked up Atletico's kit on Wikipedia (red and white striped shirts, blue shorts) to see if there was a connection (like Notts County and Juventus, or is that an urban myth? - I'll have to Google that now) and found this:

Atlético began playing in blue and white, similar to Athletic Bilbao, but soon changed to their traditional red and white stripes by 1911. Many believe the change was influenced because red and white striped tops were the cheapest stripes to make, because the same combination was used to make bed mattresses, and the unused cloth was easily converted into football shirts.

Atlético Madrid are known as "Los colchoneros" a direct reference to those mattresses to which you refer.

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

I believe Athletic copied southamptons , being a port that was used to go to bilbao , well according to Athletics history

Derry City are the club that took their stripes from us, courtesy of Billy Gillespie - in recognition of his career at BDTBL they adopted our kit when they appointed him their manager.