Tottenham Retro Shirts

The white jersey of Spurs has been involved in some classic football games over the years, In 1963 Spurs put five past Atletico Madrid to win the European Cup Winners Cup and become the first English team to bring home a major European trophy.

Many of Spurs classic kits are linked with F.A. Cup triumphs, The Tottenham love affair with the F.A. Cup started in 1901 and Spurs have won the cup eight times including classic finals against Chelsea in ’67, Manchester City in ’81 and Forest in 1991.

Above is a brief selection of classic old school Spurs shirts worn by Tottenham legends: Ricky Villa, Blanchflower and Ossie Ardiles.

 

Liverpool Retro Shirts

Liverpools now famous all red kit wasn’t adopted by the reds until the mid 60′s, before that Liverpools traditional colours had been red & white. Believe it or not, the Liverpool team of the early 1900′s ran out in a blue and white kit similar to Evertons!

The team that made Liverpool’s worldwide reputation was undoubtedly the side managed by the great Bill Shankly, and it was Skankly who first had the idea of the all red kit. As Ian St. John later recalled in his book: He (Shankly) thought the colour scheme would carry psychological impact—red for danger, red for power. He came into the dressing room one day and threw a pair of red shorts to Ronnie Yeats. “Get into those shorts and let’s see how you look,” he said. “Christ, Ronnie, you look awesome, terrifying. You look 7ft tall.” “Why not go the whole hog, boss?” I suggested. “Why not wear red socks? Let’s go out all in red.” Shankly approved and an iconic kit was born.

Above is a selection of the iconic shirts that helped Liverpool dominated English and European football for the last 40 years.

 

Manchester United Retro Shirts

From Manchester to Moscow, United’s famous red shirt is known the world over. United’s classic red shirt has seen it’s fair share of glory over the last 50 years. From last minute winners in the European Cup final to famous victories over Liverpool in the FA Cup and Titanic struggles with Arsenal and Chelsea in the league. United can never be accused of be boring!

Many of United’s most memorable victories have been won wearing there 2nd and 3rd choice shirts. United were the first English team to win the European Cup and wore an all blue kit in the 1968 final at Wembley. Mark Hughes scored twice in the 1991 European Cup Winners Cup final against Barcelona wearing United’s white away shirt.

United can boost the best club record in the FA Cup winning the trophy eleven times; Famous victories against Liverpool in ’77 (denying Liverpool the treble) and again in ’96 when Cantona scored in the last minutes. In 1994 United beat Chelsea 4 – 0 and became only the 4th club in history to do the ‘double’.

In 1999 United secured their place in history by becoming the first and so far only English club to do the ‘Treble’ (FA Cup, League Champions & European Cup). In the Nou Camp stadium Barcelona, United were trailing Bayern Munich 1 nil with less than two minutes of normal time remaining. United won a corner deep into stoppage time and TV commentator Clive Tyldesley famously said: “Can Manchester United score? They always score!” His prophetic words were made memorable as United goal keeper Peter Schmeichel raced the length of the pitch in a last gasp effort to force an equaliser. Schmeichel’s presence in the Bayern box cause panic which allowed Sheringham time to scuff home a low drive into the bottom corner of Oliver Kahns net. A minute later Solskjær stuck out a boot and diverted a David Beckham corner into the top right of the net winning the match for United.

 

Arsenal Retro Shirts

Arsenal’s red and white home shirt has become iconic over the years. However, Arsenal players haven’t always worn those famous colours. When the club (Woolwich Arsenal) was formed in 1886 no money was available to purchase kits, two ex Nottingham Forest players working at the Woolwich Arsenal solved the problem by writing to their old club and asking for help. A few weeks later a ball and a ‘redcurrent’ coloured kit arrived courtesy of Nottingham Forest.

The iconic red and white colours Arsenal play in today were introduced during the Herbert Chapman era in the 1930′s. It’s still unclear how the combination of the white sleeves and pill box red body panel came about, one story suggest Chapman saw a fan in the crowd with a red sleeveless jumper over a white shirt and thought it made a striking combination. Whatever the reasons the Arsenal team have used the colour scheme ever since. Apart from the 2005–06, the last season that Arsenal played at Highbury, when the team wore commemorative redcurrant shirts similar to those worn in 1913, their first season in the stadium.

Arsenals yellow away shirt has also been popular with the fans over the years. Largely due to the fact that Arsenal have pulled off some memorable victories whilst wearing it: In 1971 Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 in the F.A. Cup to complete a League and Cup double. Arsenal wore yellow in the last game of the season in 1989 against Liverpool, a last minute goal from Michael Thomas won the league title for Arsenal at fortress Anfield.