Colourised photos of Blades wearing kits that they didnt often play in

[Silent Blade]

23/4/1966



21/8/1974

Newcastle 2 (Burns, MacDonald) Blades 2 (Eddy pen, Speight)

 

[Chimpan-A]

None more rare than this …

 

[Blade In Flame]

Didn't they play in a silly shirt at Colchester on MOTD, when we got walloped 5-2? And also at Palace I think, early 70's, also on MOTD and lost 5-0, I think.

I'm sure I've also seen pics of them in a blue strip at Liverpool in the 70's?

 

[Varkanoid]

Didn't they play in a silly shirt at Colchester on MOTD, when we got walloped 5-2? And also at Palace I think, early 70's, also on MOTD and lost 5-0, I think.

I'm sure I've also seen pics of them in a blue strip at Liverpool in the 70's?

We've had blue a couple of times more modern too. I've still got another blue one in my wardrobe as well as this.

 

[Varkanoid]

None more rare than this …

 

[Silent Blade]

Didn't they play in a silly shirt at Colchester on MOTD, when we got walloped 5-2? And also at Palace I think, early 70's, also on MOTD and lost 5-0, I think.

I'm sure I've also seen pics of them in a blue strip at Liverpool in the 70's?

We wore Colchester's change kit in 1982



Away to Palace in December 1971

 

[BazWainwright]

We wore Colchester's change kit in 1982

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Away to Palace in December 1971

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Thumped 5-1 in the second one. not long after the 7-0 home drubbing of Ipswich I believe

 

[Silent Blade]

Thumped 5-1 in the second one. not long after the 7-0 home drubbing of Ipswich I believe

Correct

 

[Silent Blade]

At Arsenal in March 1975

 

[DifferentClass]

At Arsenal in March 1975

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Imagine if we brought out a bl*e away kit in this day and age!

 

[Silent Blade]

Imagine if we brought out a bl*e away kit in this day and age!

We wore that kit in the away match at Newcastle, Stoke, Liverpool, Arsenal and probably Boro during the 1974-75 season

 

[Bell4]

Correct

Next game I think

 

[Geordie Blade]

Sunderland away in 1991? I think we pretty much wore plain white t shirts (with ‘Laver’ ironed on) because of a clash. Won 1-0 with an Ian Bryson winner.

 

[BazWainwright]

Correct

Night match as I recall and televised? Palace scored that 30 yard, top-bins worldie with John Hope in mid air at full stretch.

The Ipswich game was on Sunday Soccer (with Keith Macklin) Woody got four and Badger scored as well.

Never let it be said United are anything near consistent in form

 

[Silent Blade]

Night match as I recall and televised? Palace scored that 30 yard, top-bins worldie with John Hope in mid air at full stretch.

The Ipswich game was on Sunday Soccer (with Keith Macklin) Woody got four and Badger scored as well.

Never let it be said United are anything near consistent in form

Palace match was a Saturday afternoon match and highlights was on MOTD

 

[Bladesince61]

We wore Colchester's change kit in 1982

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Away to Palace in December 1971

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Not sure the top picture was Colchesters away kit. We played in the same kit at Bury that same season. Keith Edwards equalized in the last minute.

 

[Bell4]

Palace match was a Saturday afternoon match and highlights was on MOTD

I remember watching the half time report on Tv - we were 3-0 down

 

[Silent Blade]

Not sure the top picture was Colchesters away kit. We played in the same kit at Bury that same season. Keith Edwards equalized in the last minute.

It was because the shirts we brought had the name of our sponsors on and at the time it was against the rules for a match to be televised if either team had sponsors names on their shirts so we had to "borrow" Colchester's change kit

 

[Sithblade]

Sunderland away in 1991? I think we pretty much wore plain white t shirts (with ‘Laver’ ironed on) because of a clash. Won 1-0 with an Ian Bryson winner.

 

[BazWainwright]

Palace match was a Saturday afternoon match and highlights was on MOTD

Christ, so it was. It just looks like the whole of that second half was played about 10pm.

We played that day like we did last night. Harris's team had that in them as much as WIlder's does. Stuffed full of potential and talent, but occasionally fails to turn up. Their second one, RFB skinned and Hughes just runs on to score at the near post. No support. No cover.

And then 'Big John Hughes ... moving forward ... breathing the chance and giving it the hammer!"

Great illustration what a quality centre forward and header of the ball Billy Dearden was. Would Cannon do that?

 

[radio]

It was because the shirts we brought had the name of our sponsors on and at the time it was against the rules for a match to be televised if either team had sponsors names on their shirts so we had to "borrow" Colchester's change kit

Crystal Palace once had to play in Wednesday kit at BDTBL ,The game was not scheduled for television but because of postponed game elsewhere the cameras came to our match , but Palace had brought their shirts with a sponsors name on the front so borrowed a kit from the owls

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

We wore Colchester's change kit in 1982

First time we ever wore adidas!

 

[Blade1959]

Crystal Palace once had to play in Wednesday kit at BDTBL ,The game was not scheduled for television but because of postponed game elsewhere the cameras came to our match , but Palace had brought their shirts with a sponsors name on the front so borrowed a kit from the owls

They played in our yellow away shirts with the black chevrons in the televised match in 1977/78 at the lane.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

They played in our yellow away shirts with the black chevrons in the televised match in 1977/78 at the lane.

Brief highlights

 

[BazWainwright]

Crystal Palace once had to play in Wednesday kit at BDTBL ,The game was not scheduled for television but because of postponed game elsewhere the cameras came to our match , but Palace had brought their shirts with a sponsors name on the front so borrowed a kit from the owls

Oh my god. Can you imagine?

I hope they went through a lice-dip trough afterwards and showered in Domestos just to get the stench out of their pores

 

[radio]

They played in our yellow away shirts with the black chevrons in the televised match in 1977/78 at the lane

They played in our yellow away shirts with the black chevrons in the televised match in 1977/78 at the lane.

They played in our yellow away shirts with the black chevrons in the televised match in 1977/78 at the lan

They played in our yellow away shirts with the black chevrons in the televised match in 1977/78 at the lane.

Thanks "Blade1959" ,,, my error ,,, it was Charlton Athletic who wore Wednesday shirts , on 14th March 1981 ,
( Highlights of Blades v Charlton are on YouTube)

 

[borg elite]

Crystal Palace once had to play in Wednesday kit at BDTBL ,The game was not scheduled for television but because of postponed game elsewhere the cameras came to our match , but Palace had brought their shirts with a sponsors name on the front so borrowed a kit from the owls

 

[Terry Poole]

Not sure the top picture was Colchesters away kit. We played in the same kit at Bury that same season. Keith Edwards equalized in the last minute.

Different kit (red shirt with big collars) against Bury in 1982. Definitely not the Colchester away shirt.