Club's "traditional" away kit colour's

[ChicagoBlue]

Born in 63. The previous “glory” period had us playing, and winning trophies, in our “famous” black and red striped shirts, black shirts and socks. A couple of generations (44 yrs worth!) grew up with those away colors as the strip that won the last FA Cup and the ECWC. It was then brought back and the Neil Young scarves became iconic.

Personally, I’d love to see us have a Sky Blue/White/Sky Blue (Maroon trim) home kit, a Red & Black/Black/Black away kit, and a White with Red & Black or Sky Blue & Maroon sash/White/White (with complementary sash trim colors on shorts & socks) as a third kit…and not fuck with it!

Sure, the style might change slightly (collar, cuffs, trim), but keep the colors the same so they become “City colors.”

We may never have the world’s attention more than we have at this moment, so cement it in their minds now.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I used to quite like West Broms yellow and Green away kit in the early 80s. One of my first games I remember against them was in this kit. Think it was 2-1. First home game of the 81-82 season 36'000 I think.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

City - 1934 FA Cup winners

 

[mexico1970]

 

[East Level 2]

I was born 1962 too and I love the red and black stripes.

Like you I have no recollection of maroon as our traditional away colours although I believe the evidence is against us.

The most common designs of City scarves in the late 60s-early 70s were plain sky blue and white (equal width), and sky blue, white and maroon with a broad sky blue bar, a thin white bar, thin maroon bar and thin white bar then the next broad sky blue bar. - I'd post a picture of mine if I knew how, and if the damn thing wasn't mainly grey due to several years of flying out the car window going to away games.
Then we had silk scarves, scarves with the team name printed along the length and various other designs as more varied away kits were worn.

 

[BillCarlisle]

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I've always loved that maroon kit. My replica shirt still gets an outing for every FA Cup game and has done for donkey's years. It's a classic IMHO.

 

[mancityvstoke]

1968/9 to 70's lads it's red and black......

From Milan to Manchester: The making of City's iconic red and black strip

Ahead of our meeting with AC Milan, we look back on one of the most iconic and fondly remembered strips in Manchester City history.

www.mancity.com

 

[mexico1970]

City - 1934 FA Cup winners
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A cracking example of parquet flooring there.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

For City’s first FA Cup win in 1904 according to a picture of the programme, City wore Cambridge blue jerseys and white knickers…. Cambridge blue is closer to a very light green.
so our first four FA Cup wins were wearing other than our famous traditional colours, in fact add to that the 1970 League Cup and Cup winners cup which we wore the red and black stripes.

 

[roman totale]

For City’s first FA Cup win in 1904 according to a picture of the programme, City wore Cambridge blue jerseys and white knickers…. Cambridge blue is closer to a very light green.

But in 1904 Cambridge Blue was sky blue. It’s a bit of a complicated story, but the modern ‘light green’ Cambridge Blue only came about later. The sky blue and white hoops worn today by Cambridge University’s Rugby Union team, is the proper reference point. Wikipedia explains it in the first paragraph
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Blue_(colour)