Unlucky shirts

[Balham Blade]

Watching us lose, again, in the green third shirt got me thinking: is it our worst ever in terms of results? This season is going to be one of the worst United seasons on record and by my count the shirts' records are all pretty bad but at least we've won in two of them. Our away record in 2007 wasn't pretty (W3 D2 L14) and as the three wins (Newcastle, Watford & Wigan) and one draw (City) came in the home shirt we only picked up one point in the Warnock choice black and white kit away at Charlton. The 2010/11 away shirt was almost as bad with one point (at Forest) gained in its six outings - back in those days we wore the away shirt at teams in red and sometimes claret.

	W	D	L	Win %	PPG
2020/21 Home (white/red)	3​	1​	12​	18.8%​	0.625​
2020/21 Away (pink)	1​	1​	7​	11.1%​	0.444​
2010/11 Away (black/red)	0​	1​	5​	0.0%​	0.167​
2006/07 Away (black/white)	0​	1​	6​	0.0%​	0.143​
2020/21 Third (green)	0​	0​	5​	0.0%​	0.000​

Have we had any other shirts with a record as bad as these?

EDIT: "unlucky" might not be accurate as the common theme is that the team playing in them was shit, either for attitude or application reasons.

 

[Large Mendonca]

My "Next" t-shirt, that I wore under my coat to Walsall away in 2017. Only wore it once and we fucking lost 4-1 !

 

[Revolution]

We scored only one goal in the black and white kit - Stead at Charlton.

All 3 kits this season are horrible and that is another reason that I cannot wait for this season to end.

 

[The Crab]

My "Next" t-shirt, that I wore under my coat to Walsall away in 2017. Only wore it once and we fucking lost 4-1 !

Sounds like someone I met during my online dating era.

It might as well have said "next" on her top, and I don't mean the shop.........

 

[TJB.]

We scored only one goal in the black and white kit - Stead at Charlton.

All 3 kits this season are horrible and that is another reason that I cannot wait for this season to end.

The home shirt and the pink shirt are fucking awful and I can't wait to see the back of them.

The green kit is hands down the nicest non-home kit we've ever had, in my humble opinion. It's sad that it'll be associated with this season, but it won't stop me wearing it.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

Unlucky or not, I never want to see another fucking luminous yellow Chernobyl looking away kit ever again.

 

[Tool McGool]

did we ever win in the purple teletext holidays kit in 17/18? that just reminds me of that grim day at Oakwell watching McBurnie tear us to shreds. wonder where he's at now, looked some player

 

[Bladesince59]

Perhaps the dicks should play in their birthday suits?

 

[TJB.]

Perhaps the dicks should play in their birthday suits?

Not the sort of tackles I hope to see when I attend a football match.

 

[Balham Blade]

did we ever win in the purple teletext holidays kit in 17/18? that just reminds me of that grim day at Oakwell watching McBurnie tear us to shreds. wonder where he's at now, looked some player

Sunderland away (2-1, their goal from none other than Jack Rodwell). That might be it; don't think we wore it very often (5 in total: Sunderland plus Middlesbrough (L), Preston (L), Brentford (D), Barnsley (L)). We wore the white third shirt almost as often (Forest (L), Villa (D), Hull (L), Bristol C (W))

 

[Geordie Blade]

We scored only one goal in the black and white kit - Stead at Charlton.

Jagielka scored a penalty in that kit at Middlesbrough on New Year's Day, I think.

 

[Revolution]

Jagielka scored a penalty in that kit at Middlesbrough on New Year's Day, I think.

Yes, you’re right. That’s 2 in that shirt!

 

[bongleblade]

We scored only one goal in the black and white kit - Stead at Charlton.

All 3 kits this season are horrible and that is another reason that I cannot wait for this season to end.

the home one is up their with some
of the L1 dross as the worst... that shoulder line is bloody awful and i have no idea how that passed quality control

 

[Houston_Blade]

The fact that if you stuck a mannequin on the pitch with the green kit on it would do more good than John Lundstram doesn't help.

 

[Tool McGool]

Sunderland away (2-1, their goal from none other than Jack Rodwell). That might be it; don't think we wore it very often (5 in total: Sunderland plus Middlesbrough (L), Preston (L), Brentford (D), Barnsley (L)). We wore the white third shirt almost as often (Forest (L), Villa (D), Hull (L), Bristol C (W))

of course, Donaldson at the double for us. didn't we wear the white one away at Burton when Coutts borke his leg?

 

[Sean Thornton]

The current number 7 shirt is cursed.


Because of the lazy bastard wearing it.

 

[Gaini Blade]

The current number 7 shirt is cursed.


Because of the lazy bastard wearing it.

'Not fit to' springs to mind when you recall one of our all time greats wearing it.

 

[S64 Blade]

The current number 7 shirt is cursed.


Because of the lazy bastard wearing it.

This got me thinking, who was the last 'great' player we had, who wore the number 7 shirt - my mind turned to Michael Brown. Here are the players to wear it prior to Lazy Lord Lundstram and after Michael Brown:

Marc McNulty
Ryan Flynn
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Will Hoskins
Darius Henderson
Luton Shelton
Paul Ifill
Andy Liddell
Paul Shaw

Hardly a prestigious list. Ifill was good until Warnock fell out with him. A few of the others, 'not bad'.

I think it's arguably been cursed since Browny left.

 

[Champagneblade]

The home shirt and the pink shirt are fucking awful and I can't wait to see the back of them.

The green kit is hands down the nicest non-home kit we've ever had, in my humble opinion. It's sad that it'll be associated with this season, but it won't stop me wearing it.

The nicest non-home shirt we've ever had?

Get out! Go on. Get out!

 

[TJB.]

The nicest non-home shirt we've ever had?

Get out! Go on. Get out!

A cult classic because of who played in it and the memories associated. A good piece of design it is not.

Let's face it, it looks like a jar of piccalilli. And most people fucking hate piccalilli.

 

[Kevin Arnott]

A cult classic because of who played in it and the memories associated. A good piece of design it is not.

Let's face it, it looks like a jar of piccalilli. And most people fucking hate piccalilli.

Picalilli with a big slice of W*dnesday Pie is truly magnificent.......

 

[metalblade]

I said from the start that pink rag of a shirt was a relegation shirt, the other two aren't much better.

 

[Hockey'sBeard]

Fucking awful away kits- we had awful away kit in 94 when went down and in 2006

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

Nothing good comes of shirts that are more white than red. I said that at the time of the 125th anniversary shirt. Abomination. Feel the same about this year's shirt. Although we didn't get relegated in the 125th shirt.

 

[guancheblade]

did we ever win in the purple teletext holidays kit in 17/18? that just reminds me of that grim day at Oakwell watching McBurnie tear us to shreds. wonder where he's at now, looked some player

Sunderland away

 

[bromtom]

Nothing good comes of shirts that are more white than red. I said that at the time of the 125th anniversary shirt. Abomination. Feel the same about this year's shirt. Although we didn't get relegated in the 125th shirt.

We got promoted in one that was about 70% white a couple of years ago.

As for this season's, none of them are horrendous, but they're not a patch on last season's. If someone else had them I'd say "decent kits them" but because it's us it's just a bit disappointing.

I've got the green one, and I don't know why because I don't really like it and it's fucking cursed haha

I bought the short sleeve lime GK kit too, that's probably the best of the bunch this season.

Home kit has fucking downward facing arrows in the red stripes so I'd say that's more unlucky than the white back.

 

[Rodley]

Away strip and third strip are dire. Awful colours.

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

We scored only one goal in the black and white kit - Stead at Charlton.

All 3 kits this season are horrible and that is another reason that I cannot wait for this season to end.

nonsense, that Green shirt is fit

 

[tyke1889]

Liked the look of the green one and pre-ordered it. By the time i got it the season was buggered and I can't even be arsed to take it out of the bag.

 

[Balham Blade]

Watching us lose, again, in the green third shirt got me thinking: is it our worst ever in terms of results? This season is going to be one of the worst United seasons on record and by my count the shirts' records are all pretty bad but at least we've won in two of them. Our away record in 2007 wasn't pretty (W3 D2 L14) and as the three wins (Newcastle, Watford & Wigan) and one draw (City) came in the home shirt we only picked up one point in the Warnock choice black and white kit away at Charlton. The 2010/11 away shirt was almost as bad with one point (at Forest) gained in its six outings - back in those days we wore the away shirt at teams in red and sometimes claret.

	W	D	L	Win %	PPG
2020/21 Home (white/red)	3​	1​	12​	18.8%​	0.625​
2020/21 Away (pink)	1​	1​	7​	11.1%​	0.444​
2010/11 Away (black/red)	0​	1​	5​	0.0%​	0.167​
2006/07 Away (black/white)	0​	1​	6​	0.0%​	0.143​
2020/21 Third (green)	0​	0​	5​	0.0%​	0.000​

Have we had any other shirts with a record as bad as these?

EDIT: "unlucky" might not be accurate as the common theme is that the team playing in them was shit, either for attitude or application reasons.

Updated for the end of the season and after its final appearance in the 4-0 defeat at Spurs the green shirt is officially done with an unwanted 100% record. However, this season's red and white shirt's record improves dramatically with the late season victories over Brighton, Everton and Burnley.

	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	PPG
2020/21 Home (white/red)	21	6​	1​	14​	28.6%​	0.905​
2020/21 Away (pink)	11	1​	1​	9​	9.1%​	0.364​
2010/11 Away (black/red)	6	0​	1​	5​	0.0%​	0.167​
2006/07 Away (black/white)	7	0​	1​	6​	0.0%​	0.143​
2020/21 Third (green)	6	0​	0​	6​	0.0%​	0.000​