Man City away shirt popular at The Hacienda (Sunday Brunch)

[jimharri]

Yeah I saw this and wondered the same thing. Item spoiled by a pic of Miley Cirus in a rag shirt though

She'd look better out of it!

 

[jayfx]

Saw it too, interesting but I call bollocks on some of it though, claims footy shirts didn't come popular till 90's. I was wearing the city saab shirt in about 1985,so were alot of people.

Do you still wear a replica now?

 

[City Hobgoblin]

What was the shop on London Rd on the way to Picc Station, used to have a downstairs section with some tasty imported replica shirts when such things were rare- St Etienne was one, Argentina, Monaco (?). Mid 80s , might have been a Le Coq Sportif thing?

 

[jimharri]

What was the shop on London Rd on the way to Picc Station, used to have a downstairs section with some tasty imported replica shirts when such things were rare- St Etienne was one, Argentina, Monaco (?). Mid 80s , might have been a Le Coq Sportif thing?

Hurley Sports.

 

[urban genie]

It was the deck chair shirt as above, and yeah I remember in school people had italian club shirts, probably because of channel 4.

I had an inter shirt and me mate a sampdoria one, my brother has a 70' s st etienne replica

 

[squirtyflower]

It would have been the candy striped one if anything

I still have the shirt in the wardrobe

 

[Dubai Blue]

I still have the shirt in the wardrobe

Me too. But it's more maroon and pink now than maroon and white!

 

[squirtyflower]

Hurley Sports.

They used to do brilliant fireworks as well, down in the basement

 

[squirtyflower]

Me too. But it's more maroon and pink now than maroon and white!

Yeah, so's mine

 

[bluehousemusic]

Watching Sunday Brunch today and there was a guest on called Neal Heard that's an expert on football shirts. He was talking about when shirts started to be branded etc and when wearing replica shirts became acceptable. I'm a bit young to remember but apparently foreign shirts were popular here before wearing British club replica shirts. He went onto say that one of the first British club shirts to be seen to be wearing was an "obscure Man City away shirt" that was often worn along with a St. Etienne shirt in The Hacienda and at raves.
Does anyone remember this? Which shirt was it?

Never recall seeing any local football tops in the Hac and I was a twice a week regular from 1988 to about 1993. My missus at the time did used to wear an old St Etienne top of mine occasionally it was velvety with the SuperTele logo and LeCoq Sportif, I had it from about 1982, she also got my vintage Ajax top too. Think that St Etienne top became quite popular, as the band was around at the time, and it was mint