Our best ever kit supplier?

[Canterbury Blade]

If only Hobbot (made in Sheffield) had been sponsored by Wards (made in..) what a home brewed in bred wonder kit that would be?..

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

Adidas overall for me.

But my all time favourite was the 1996/97 home kit by Avec. With the words 'Sheffield United' watermarked into the stripes. The only time they got the ratios and the proportions spot on.

 

[Webding]

Stripe ratios discussed conclusively on here.

 

[S64 Blade]

Minus the diamond shirt; the halcyon years of football shirts was without a doubt, the late 80s through to the Millennium.

We’ve probably had 4 nice home shirts since then.

 

[Sheffsteel]

I’m in my 50’s so remember the late 70’s well.
Football shirts weren’t popular...they were always quite plain, utilitarian and boring.

Then one manufacturer came along and played a big part in making football shirts a fashion statement.....Le Coq Sportive.
See below....they started using this new shiny material with the Supper Tele shirt sponsor being a thick velvet like material.

The St Etienne shirt became a real fashion item amongst school kids...you could even buy the white shorts which were also in a shiny material.

This shirt dates from 1978 to 1980 and that is probably the period when football shirts started being bought as a fashion statement.
The St Etienne shirt was freely available in Suggs along with the Nottingham Forest shirt...who also had the shiny material Le Coq sportive Supplier.

 

[FriethBlade]

Adidas overall for me.

But my all time favourite was the 1996/97 home kit by Avec. With the words 'Sheffield United' watermarked into the stripes. The only time they got the ratios and the proportions spot on.

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With a proper brewery as sponsor!

What with this and Sheffsteel's reference to Suggs I'm feeling proper nostalgic !

 

[diplomat]

Adidas overall for me.

But my all time favourite was the 1996/97 home kit by Avec. With the words 'Sheffield United' watermarked into the stripes. The only time they got the ratios and the proportions spot on.

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I can’t find my one of these. I’m gutted. I was 20 and living away for the whole of this season so don’t have any memories of the team in this kit but I owned it and really liked it. It was also over sized and baggy so I’d probably still be able to fit into it!

 

[1889]

Best ever kit supplier?

From a purely personal perspective, I’m going to say Suggs, no competition...literally

 

[CrookesBlade]

Assuming we move away from Adidas next season I’d like either Umbro, Hummel or Meyba (made the 80s Barca kits and have recently made a comeback).

Nike and Puma have also made some decent kits recently but no longer being a Premier League side we’d end up with the bog standard Sunday league templates.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

I can’t find my one of these. I’m gutted. I was 20 and living away for the whole of this season so don’t have any memories of the team in this kit but I owned it and really liked it. It was also over sized and baggy so I’d probably still be able to fit into it!

I'm after one myself.

The one I owned, I cut the crest out of it to make some shitty Blades mural on my wall when I was 12. I didn't appreciate the value of football shirts back then and thought they were expendable once the season was finished.
I was such a stupid twat

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I'm after one myself.

The one I owned, I cut the crest out of it to make some shitty Blades mural on my wall when I was 12. I didn't appreciate the value of football shirts back then and thought they were expendable once the season was finished.
I was such a stupid twat

Photos of mural or it didn’t happen...

 

[Benben]

I’m in my 50’s so remember the late 70’s well.
Football shirts weren’t popular...they were always quite plain, utilitarian and boring.

Then one manufacturer came along and played a big part in making football shirts a fashion statement.....Le Coq Sportive.
See below....they started using this new shiny material with the Supper Tele shirt sponsor being a thick velvet like material.

The St Etienne shirt became a real fashion item amongst school kids...you could even buy the white shorts which were also in a shiny material.

This shirt dates from 1978 to 1980 and that is probably the period when football shirts started being bought as a fashion statement.
The St Etienne shirt was freely available in Suggs along with the Nottingham Forest shirt...who also had the shiny material Le Coq sportive

Forest never had Le Coq Sportif as their kit manufacturer. It was U-Win in 1976-77 and Adidas from 1977/78-85/86.

 

[mattbianco1]

Adidas overall for me.

But my all time favourite was the 1996/97 home kit by Avec. With the words 'Sheffield United' watermarked into the stripes. The only time they got the ratios and the proportions spot on.

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I agree with every single word of your post

 

[mattbianco1]

Forest never had Le Coq Sportif as their kit manufacturer. It was U-Win in 1976-77 and Adidas from 1977/78-85/86.

Here's the shirt in question



Tell you what though, Forest can't be considered whores when it comes to switching manufacturers.

From 1973 to 2018 they had Umbro or Adidas with the exception of this U-Win kit.

2018 to date they've been with Macron.

In that same period, United have had:
Umbro (2x)
Admiral
Hobbit
Avec
Le Coq Sportif (2x)
Patrick
Macron
Adidas