Goal Keeper Kits

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

I’ve just been watching the highlights of the 1974 match with Everton and and it brought back to me how good the goalkeepers kits looked back in the day. Proper club colours apart from the obvious change of shirt but how good did they look.
Can anyone remember why and when we changed to the garish kits of today? I’d love to see a return to proper team kits for goalies.
I can remember there being a choice of green, blue and sometimes just occasionally, red shirts and yellow for international duties. Our keepers always seemed to wear green shirts but I think Sprake at leeds wore a blue one regularly but they were always with the proper team shorts and socks.
I‘m guessing it’s a commercial thing to flog more socks and shorts to the kids.

 

[bongleblade]

I’ve just been watching the highlights of the 1974 match with Everton and and it brought back to me how good the goalkeepers kits looked back in the day. Proper club colours apart from the obvious change of shirt but how good did they look.
Can anyone remember why and when we changed to the garish kits of today? I’d love to see a return to proper team kits for goalies.
I can remember there being a choice of green, blue and sometimes just occasionally, red shirts and yellow for international duties. Our keepers always seemed to wear green shirts but I think Sprake at leeds wore a blue one regularly but they were always with the proper team shorts and socks.
I‘m guessing it’s a commercial thing to flog more socks and shorts to the kids.

I would imagine its so they dont clash with either the ref, their team, the other team or the linesmans kit, when you take away that many colours, you arent left with too many that clearly standout except for garish ones like green and orange

 

[S64 Blade]

The Avec ones in the 90s were without a doubt, the best.

 

[mattbianco1]

The Avec ones in the 90s were without a doubt, the best.

Not a chance. The purple and pink version of this was best

 

[S64 Blade]

Not a chance. The purple and pink version of this was best

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Yes but how psychedelic are these?

 

[mattbianco1]

Yes but how psychedelic are these?
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Got the top one of you wanna buy it

 

[More Bladier than thou]

No, you are all wrong, THIS was the greatest keeper kit.

 

[mattbianco1]

No, you are all wrong, THIS was the greatest keeper kit.View attachment 74121

I've got that too. Unfortunately, it's not for sale, nor would it fit anybody over the age of 10

 

[JimmyMuir94]

Posted this on the old photos thread, a couple of people remember it... We had a full squad photo including all reserves and Kelly/Tracer/Mercer all wearing a pale yellow and black version of this -



Anyone remember it or have photos? I'm assuming it was a 3rd choice that we never used... Maybe 95 or 96. Possibly Kendell... Maybe late Bassett era, can't remember but it definitely had Nilssen in the squad.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I’ve just been watching the highlights of the 1974 match with Everton and and it brought back to me how good the goalkeepers kits looked back in the day. Proper club colours apart from the obvious change of shirt but how good did they look.
Can anyone remember why and when we changed to the garish kits of today? I’d love to see a return to proper team kits for goalies.
I can remember there being a choice of green, blue and sometimes just occasionally, red shirts and yellow for international duties. Our keepers always seemed to wear green shirts but I think Sprake at leeds wore a blue one regularly but they were always with the proper team shorts and socks.
I‘m guessing it’s a commercial thing to flog more socks and shorts to the kids.

I remember green being the usual colour for a goalkeepers shirt (and it always had number 1 on it).

There was one team with a noticeable exception to the green goalkeeper shirt, Grimsby Town. They didn’t wear green because of some old mariner’s superstition about green being unlucky.

 

[mattbianco1]

Posted this on the old photos thread, a couple of people remember it... We had a full squad photo including all reserves and Kelly/Tracer/Mercer all wearing a pale yellow and black version of this -

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Anyone remember it or have photos? I'm assuming it was a 3rd choice that we never used... Maybe 95 or 96. Possibly Kendell... Maybe late Bassett era, can't remember but it definitely had Nilssen in the squad.

Think that was the away GK top for the shirt in your avatar.

Sure Tracey wore it at Wembley v Palace.

Edit - he did

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

I remember green being the usual colour for a goalkeepers shirt (and it always had number 1 on it).

There was one team with a noticeable exception to the green goalkeeper shirt, Grimsby Town. They didn’t wear green because of some old mariner’s superstition about green being unlucky.

Not heard that before, but very intersting.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

No, you are all wrong, THIS was the greatest keeper kit.View attachment 74121

It looks like battleship camaflage.

 

[Bert]

I remember green being the usual colour for a goalkeepers shirt (and it always had number 1 on it).

There was one team with a noticeable exception to the green goalkeeper shirt, Grimsby Town. They didn’t wear green because of some old mariner’s superstition about green being unlucky.

Goalkeepers never had a number on the back, it started with continental goalkeepers, Bert seems to think Yashin was one of the first.

 

[BigBed]

Not a chance. The purple and pink version of this was best

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I had that shirt, and the one with the diamonds/triangles across the chest, as worn by Tracey.sure mine was green though, was a few years back now.

 

[JimmyMuir94]

Think that was the away GK top for the shirt in your avatar.

Sure Tracey wore it at Wembley v Palace.

Edit - he did

Indeed it was the 3rd shirt... No wonder I couldn't find it... Almost erased from history

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Goalkeepers never had a number on the back, it started with continental goalkeepers, Bert seems to think Yashin was one of the first.

Bert may be right. But I’m sure we had a number 1 on the goalie’s shirt at some point in the past? Who would have been the first United goalie to wear the number 1 then?

 

[XM657]

I remember green being the usual colour for a goalkeepers shirt (and it always had number 1 on it).

There was one team with a noticeable exception to the green goalkeeper shirt, Grimsby Town. They didn’t wear green because of some old mariner’s superstition about green being unlucky.

Learnt something new there, matlos and green. Believe Grimrsby's 'keeper wore red.
In days of 'yor' 5 colours for G'keepers, Black-White-Red-Blue and Green. Green was used predominately in England as only Plymouth Argyle wear green.

 

[Bert]

Bert may be right. But I’m sure we had a number 1 on the goalie’s shirt at some point in the past? Who would have been the first United goalie to wear the number 1 then?

Bert can't remember Hodgy wearing no. 1, but no doubt Silent Blade will confirm.

 

[Silent Blade]

Bert can't remember Hodgy wearing no. 1, but no doubt Silent Blade will confirm.

Dont know!

 

[stringjunior]

Dont know!

WHAT? If we already wondered if the world is ending, this just confirms it

 

[Bert]

Dont know!

Well Bert's memory has just confirmed that Hodgy never had a number on his shirt.

 

[Silent Blade]

Well Bert's memory has just confirmed that Hodgy never had a number on his shirt.

Will check to see if Hope, McAlister or Connaughton wore the number before Brown.

 

[Silent Blade]

Bert can't remember Hodgy wearing no. 1, but no doubt Silent Blade will confirm.

John Hope

 

[Bert]

John Hope

Excellent work Silent.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

 

[BigBed]

The late and great Mel Rees in the shirt I wore as a lad