Tottenham Retro Shirts
December 14, 2008 by edd
Filed under English Club Retro
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
December 14, 2008 by edd
Filed under English Club Retro
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.
Arsenal Retro Shirts
December 14, 2008 by edd
Filed under English Club Retro
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.
