Are you blaming the missus for the poor washing mate ?I believe you Oakie.
All my shirts have shrunk in the wash over the years
It's been pointed out on here that to design the kits, Gav would have to be employed by Nike but surely we design our own t-shirts, scarves, hats, flags etc. Get him taken on City - the man is a genius and is very likely to have one of his creations made permanent in the near future. I'll post back when it's sorted.I know... I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking Gav should be appointed as an in-house designer for City.
Haven't bought a single City Nike item since they became our producer and all my match tat is looking old now.
I'd buy Gav's stuff right now if it was in the shop
Are you blaming the missus for the poor washing mate ?
The white kit with the red and blue sash and the blue one with the red and white sash were both first used in 1972/3. I think the white one came first, because we presumably wore it in the 1972 Charity Shield away to Aston Villa. We used the blue one with the red and white sash as a third kit, but against teams who wore white, mainly, I think (we definitely wore it at Leeds and Spurs). That 1972/3 season was actually the season we wore four kits, because we wore the previous season's red and black away to WBA, where neither of the other away kits was deemed appropriate.
The next season, we reverted to the red and black stripes and stuck with it for 3 seasons, presumably because the two sash kits were Malcolm's design (he pitched up at Crystal Palace and guess who, within a year or two, started playing in all white with a red and blue sash on the shirt). It was in the summer of 1976/7 that we first wore white with a red and black sash. As someone says, there were one or two early performances when we wore it with sky blue shorts and socks before they introduced the black shorts and socks that were specifically designed for the kit.
Check out the 1969 FA cup final v Leicester
From memory there was a poster in the topical times ? Football annual of all four kits probably about Xmas 73/74 ?.The white kit with the red and blue sash and the blue one with the red and white sash were both first used in 1972/3. I think the white one came first, because we presumably wore it in the 1972 Charity Shield away to Aston Villa. We used the blue one with the red and white sash as a third kit, but against teams who wore white, mainly, I think (we definitely wore it at Leeds and Spurs). That 1972/3 season was actually the season we wore four kits, because we wore the previous season's red and black away to WBA, where neither of the other away kits was deemed appropriate.
The next season, we reverted to the red and black stripes and stuck with it for 3 seasons, presumably because the two sash kits were Malcolm's design (he pitched up at Crystal Palace and guess who, within a year or two, started playing in all white with a red and blue sash on the shirt). It was in the summer of 1976/7 that we first wore white with a red and black sash. As someone says, there were one or two early performances when we wore it with sky blue shorts and socks before they introduced the black shorts and socks that were specifically designed for the kit.
Favorite away, always will be....
Takes me back to when i started to go to games in the late 60's and my first ever trip to Wembley with my long departed Dad....
Sky blue and white (plus maroon and sky blue socks) = home
Red & Black stripes = away!
Traditionalist - you betcha!!
Black and red since the collar, cuffs and middle stripe are black (plus we can't have "red" first!)Is it black and red? Or red and black?
Black and red since the collar, cuffs and middle stripe are black (plus we can't have "red" first!)
Ah the red and black striped kit that's what got me supporting City in the first place ! I am not from Manchester,and it started when I was eight and joined the local cub scouts because they had a football team this would have been early 1970s ,well they played in the city away kit of red n black stripes ,badge centre of the chest . it looked to an eight year old very daring and different to other clubs so that was me a city fan . now I am.not gonna claim that I was at York away or was there at Wembley for Gillingham but that's how I became a city fan simply down to the red n black striped away kit and a badge centre of chest !! I always say that it's not how you got the call to be a city fan it's that you got the call .
Good shout, never had to utter the word "red" in association with our club again then!I prefer black and scarlet. Calling Vinny K as Captain Scarlet sounds pretty good too.
It's very very difficult to get the most disgusting colour known to man right!I like the red and black kit but in recent years no manufacturer has made a decent job of it. Umbro did the Spider-Man job on it - that was truly awful, reebok got the stripes too wide, Le coq sportif got white between the stripes - which were too narrow and then latterly we had Dennis the Menace sleeves - it's hard to have much faith in Nike getting it right but here hoping for a classic with black shorts.
Good shout, never had to utter the word "red" in association with our club again then!