1980's Umbro City Shirts

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1989/90 First Division David White signed match shirt worn v Man United 23rd September 1989.

The first of two seasons this style was worn but with the introduction of the football league sleeve patch for the 90/91 campaign.

 

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1981-82 First Division match worn Bobby McDonald shirt.

This was the third season in a row this style was worn but the first with the circular badge following two seasons with the COA.

Bobby can be seen in the shirt during a 1-0 City victory over Coventry City on 12th December 1981.

 

[Franny 1234]

Although City didn’t set the footballing world alight during the 1980’s we certainly had some fantastic shirts produced during the decade by Umbro. As a big collector of City match worn shirts and with the 1980’s being by far the favourite period of City shirts for me I thought I’d use this thread to showcase some of the 80’s style match shirts in my collection.

Starting off with this 1983/84 Second Division Kevin Bond match worn away shirt.

The big centre-half would appear 35 times during the campaign as Billy McNeill’s side finished in 4th place.

This style of shirts was first used during the 1982/83 campaign, our first with a shirt sponsor when Swedish car manufacturers SAAB donned the front, initially with a black sponsor on both the home and away shirts. This was changed to white on the home at the request of SAAB, who claimed it would give the sponsor better visibility and was dropped altogether from the away shirt but reappeared again in black on the away shirt during the 83/84 season.

Feel free to add some pictures of your favourite style 1980’s City shirts.

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If only them red stripes were blue

 

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If only them red stripes were blue

That's a good shout

 

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1981/82 long sleeve home number 10 worn by Tommy Hutchison & Asa Hartford.

Our final season before shirt sponsors.

 

[A57 the snake]

A superb thread this thank you for sharing,
The original Umbro years for many of us.

 

[City_Shirts]

A superb thread this thank you for sharing,
The original Umbro years for many of us.

My pleasure and these should be seen and enjoyed

 

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‪1988/89 Second Division Trevor Morley unwashed match worn shirt from City’s 1989 Promotion clinching match away to Bradford City on the last day of the season.

Morley would score an 86th minute equaliser to secure City’s Promotion back to the old Division One in a 1-1 draw. ‬

 

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1986-87 First Division Eric Nixon alternate goalkeeper match worn jersey....Shirt would also be used during the 88-89 campaign as a warm-up top by Andy Dibble although the club would now be sponsored by brother.

 

[mscenterh750]

My favourite home shirt, with my favourite ground with my city door badges at my mum and dad’s.

 

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1985-87 player issued tracksuit worn by goalkeeper Eric Nixon.

Signed and kindly donated by the former City keeper into the collection.

 

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1982/83 First Division Graham Baker match issued long sleeve shirt with black SAAB sponsor which was changed to white a few games into the season at the request of SAAB for more visibility.

 

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1984-86 long sleeve match worn away shirt which featured over two campaigns in the second and first division.

Yet another simple but stunning Umbro design seen here featuring Jim Tolmie

 

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My favourite home shirt, with my favourite ground with my city door badges at my mum and dad’s.

Lovely shirt style mate

 

[jimharri]

If only them red stripes were blue

From memory, they were actually pairs of thin red and black stripes.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

1985/86 First Division Paul Power match worn shirt from his final season at the club as a player.

Power would skipper the side making 36 league appearances before moving on to Everton who agreed to pay his City owed loyalty bonus as part of the deal to get the transfer over the line. Power was due the bonus on July 1st 1986 but chairman Peter Swales would refuse to pay if he left for Everton some four days earlier.

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My favourite shirt of the 80s

 

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1989/90 First Division away squad number 13 shirt from the single set of 2-16 shirts produced, originally designed to be used at Sheffield Wednesday on 1st January 1990 but forced in action on 14th October due to a shorts clash at Arsenal.

Blurry eyed blues were left rubbing their eyes as we trotted out in all yellow shirt, the last time we’d worn a yellow shirt as far as I’m aware was also in London at Arsenal’s rivals Spurs back in the 1960/61 season.

City duly got thumped 4-0 on a sunny afternoon at Highbury and rumour has it that club chairman Peter Swales saw to it that the kit was to be burned which is not entirely truly as it was donated shortly after by City director Freddie Pye, to one of his nephew’s friends to use for their Saturday/Sunday side called MMS who were managed by Liam Hall, the kit was used well into the 1990’s before the side broke up, a lot of players got to keep the shirts which the majority have long since sold on.

A few have surfaced more recently but were sold on by a dealer for huge profits.

The shirt has certainly become a holy grail of City match shirts for collectors

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Wish Id kept this one. Thing of beauty I loved it

 

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Wish Id kept this one. Thing of beauty I loved it

That's 90's ;-)

I bet you do mate as a it's a very sought after shirt and virtually impossible to find as match shirt which was used for two seasons 91-93 in both the Football & Premier League

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Last replica of this shirt sold a few weeks back for £970 !!

It was proper that shirt. Felt thicker, the pattern on it was deeper and it was dead smart