Your first City shirt

[KentBlue]

Probably like me you can remember your very first replica shirt. You can remember everything about tearing open the cellophane wrapping and hugging this wonderfully iconic piece of fabric to your chest, and sighing like a love-lorn schoolgirl with a crush on the current pop star of the day.

I remember I couldn't wait to put mine on and play with the other kids in the rec. I so wanted to be Mike Doyle it wasn't true.


Now all these years later, after decades and decades of abusing my system with beer and Indian takeaways and generally leading a slothful existence, the next shirt will have to be in comparable size to a marquee to fit my wonderfully bloated abdomen. But even though I'm fat and old I'm still looking forward to getting my new shirt. I just know I shall still feel the same sense of wonderment as I did when I was a boy.

 

[MCFC-alan88]

My first shirt was this and I loved it!

 

[kippax146]

mine was an umbro one red and white stripes hardly ever seen one. still got it although 0-1year cant quite get it on.

 

[bluemoonchick]

Probably like me you can remember your very first replica shirt. You can remember everything about tearing open the cellophane wrapping and hugging this wonderfully iconic piece of fabric to your chest, and sighing like a love-lorn schoolgirl with a crush on the current pop star of the day.

I remember I couldn't wait to put mine on and play with the other kids in the rec. I so wanted to be Mike Doyle it wasn't true.


Now all these years later, after decades and decades of abusing my system with beer and Indian takeaways and generally leading a slothful existence, the next shirt will have to be in comparable size to a marquee to fit my wonderfully bloated abdomen. But even though I'm fat and old I'm still looking forward to getting my new shirt. I just know I shall still feel the same sense of wonderment as I did when I was a boy.

Totally agree, still feel the same now. My first City shirt was the white one with purple stripes with Brother on the front. I was in heaven the day i got that. Still got all my shirts, there's some weird ones but i love them all.

So excited about the new shirt, more than i've ever been about the others. I've got to stop watching the kit striptease video on citys website cos its starting to become like a porn addiction lol

 

[rushts]

my first shirt was the sky blue umbro,LS diamond style arms with white triangle collar, with sewn on round badge,wish i still had it.
my little boy has got at least one shirt per season with 01,02,03,04 on the back i'm stopping at 16, he can get his bloody own then!

 

[allblues09]

This way mine. I was 12 years old and I was so happy that I wore it almost everyday.

In fact I still have it, I might go put it on!! ;)

 

[Manc]

my first shirt was the sky blue umbro,LS diamond style arms with white triangle collar, with sewn on round badge,wish i still had it.
my little boy has got at least one shirt per season with 01,02,03,04 on the back i'm stopping at 16, he can get his bloody own then!

Mine was the same as Rushts, 1976-1977 kit. It came as a full kit in a cellophane wrapper, they all did back then I think. I was running around on Christmas Day thinking I was Dennis Tuart or Peter Barnes, loved it.

Nice link http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_City/Manchester_City.htm shows all our kits from 1884 to present.

Manc

 

[KentBlue]

Mine was similar to this.

 

[Halfpenny]

Still got it.

 

[wookie]

1985 umbro, philips sponsor. still one of my favourite shirts to this day shame it doesnt fit any more as i was only 5.