Football Kit Collections

[Bruce Rioja]

Training on the dog track - that brings back some memories. Ian Greaves letting me and my mate be ball boys behind either goal

Chris Thompson RIP

[keveh]

On of my favourite kits that I own (which is probably in the loft at my folks) is the Coca Cola cup final shirt.

The main reason for it being my favourite is it having the date and game stitched below the badge.

[david lee's bald patch]

Those tracky tops are awesome!! I wonder if adidas have any plans to bring out a retro style tracksuit top? I think they'd sell like hot cakes!

[Andy Waller]

I've got this, it's too small for me (Medium) I'd be open to offers.

[YtarmyYtarmy]

Those tracky tops are awesome!! I wonder if adidas have any plans to bring out a retro style tracksuit top? I think they'd sell like hot cakes!

I dont think Umbro would be happy !

[david lee's bald patch]

Those tracky tops are awesome!! I wonder if adidas have any plans to bring out a retro style tracksuit top? I think they'd sell like hot cakes!

I dont think Umbro would be happy !

I meant an Adidas one, plain track top with 3 stripes and the bolton badge!
Don't think we'll ever see the Umbro one. Can you even buy the 70's kit with the umbro badges down the sleeve?

[BL3]

Those tracky tops are awesome!! I wonder if adidas have any plans to bring out a retro style tracksuit top? I think they'd sell like hot cakes!

I dont think Umbro would be happy !

I meant an Adidas one, plain track top with 3 stripes and the bolton badge!
Don't think we'll ever see the Umbro one. Can you even buy the 70's kit with the umbro badges down the sleeve?

It won't be as good. It would have that dreadful badge on it to start with.

If you go into the store of a big club like Arsenal for example, you can buy a whole load of retro gear from previous season's kits, to tracksuits, etc, from various kit manufacturers. It's a shame BWFC don't do the same but i guess there just isn't the demand for it.

1977/78 Umbro shirt:

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Good moobs, mannequin.

Do the retro Arsenal shirts have the old (non-copyright) badge?

[BL3]

Do the retro Arsenal shirts have the old (non-copyright) badge?

Yep. They are exact replicas of the actual shirts, which makes me think that Arsenal have done a deal with the kit manufacturers to reproduce them. Same applies to the retro ranges of clubs like Liverpool, Man Utd, etc.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Ta - so, as you say, it must be doable if demand exists. But it probably doesn't.

[BL3]

Ta - so, as you say, it must be doable if demand exists. But it probably doesn't.

Actually, just looking at the Arsenal and Liverpool 'Retro' ranges in their online stores and whilst all of the kits have the authentic badges of the time, none of them have the kit manufacturers logo on them. So perhaps the clubs concerned and producing these kits themselves.

http://arsenaldirect.arsenal.com/afc-retro/icat/retro/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://store.liverpoolfc.tv/mens/retro/s/c/c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[david lee's bald patch]

Ta - so, as you say, it must be doable if demand exists. But it probably doesn't.

Actually, just looking at the Arsenal and Liverpool 'Retro' ranges in their online stores and whilst all of the kits have the authentic badges of the time, none of them have the kit manufacturers logo on them. So perhaps the clubs concerned and producing these kits themselves.

http://arsenaldirect.arsenal.com/afc-retro/icat/retro/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://store.liverpoolfc.tv/mens/retro/s/c/c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A bit like our Normid kit in the shop at the mo, I don't think Matchwinner's logo is on it.
Question about the Arsenal ones, do they have the Adidas stripes but no logo? I thought the stripes were trademarked too.

Sadly I don't think the club (and possibly the manufacturers) will see a big enough demand to do anything like that!

[BL3]

Question about the Arsenal ones, do they have the Adidas stripes but no logo? I thought the stripes were trademarked too.

Sadly I don't think the club (and possibly the manufacturers) will see a big enough demand to do anything like that!

Yes the Adidas stripes are also trademarked. If you look at the Arsenal 1991 home shirt for example, it should have three navy blue stripes down the sleeve but the stripes and the logo are missing.

Even if the demand were there for the 1977/78 BWFC shirt, there wouldn't be much point in producing it minus the Umbro branding!

[david lee's bald patch]

Question about the Arsenal ones, do they have the Adidas stripes but no logo? I thought the stripes were trademarked too.

Sadly I don't think the club (and possibly the manufacturers) will see a big enough demand to do anything like that!

Yes the Adidas stripes are also trademarked. If you look at the Arsenal 1991 home shirt for example, it should have three navy blue stripes down the sleeve but the stripes and the logo are missing.

Even if the demand were there for the 1977/78 BWFC shirt, there wouldn't be much point in producing it minus the Umbro branding!

Agreed as they already have plain white collared shirts with the 70's/80's badge available - albeit at Toffs. It's the umbro branding that makes it different.

Why would you buy the arsenal kits without the stripes?? They're such a big part of any adidas kit! Don't get it meself!

[BWFC76]

This thread interests me, as I have been looking to get the early 1976 Bukta kit (the one with the logo in the middle of the chest) and then also the latter 1976-1977 shirts (3 types by Admiral, one with the logo in the centre of the chest, & 2 others (yellow & red) with the Admiral logo on right side of chest and BWFC logo on the left) - as per the pics earlier in this thread.

The reason is that my 1st ever BWFC match was aged 10 in April 1976. I have the video of the match Bolton 4-0 Oldham, which I got from Granada TV, a copy of "the Big match" broadcast the Sunday after the game. And I can see a 5 second section where you can clearly see my Dad and me aged 10 in the crowd. Me wearing a very 1970s brown parker with a yellow stripe down the arm - what fashion!!!

In my search on the web for the 1976-1977, Bukta & Admiral shirts I came across this true original Umbro 1977-78 shirt and bought it as it was my size (M).





Which I shall be wearing this Season to as many Home games as I can attend.

Anyway after a long period of looking & requesting from various Vintage football shirt sites; it is doubtful that there is any shirts out there - but I will keep looking.

So what I have done is found a manufacturer of cloth badges :
http://www.badge-design.co.uk/badge-enquiry/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and I have sent off my own design :



Which I hope looks a bit like these :





I have requested a quote from them for 10X 4" circlular embroided cloth iron-on patches, which I will use to 'create' a repro-shirt using a suitable white Bukta & Admiral shirts that are plain which must be easier to track a suitable blank and apply my logos to them... It is the next best thing.


PS I wouldn't waste my money on the Toffs collection of BWFC shirts as they are just cotton T-shirts with some logos applied that don't even resemble any original kit really.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Interesting stuff, '76. Pray tell, where did you find the diamond-sleeved shirt? If it's a shop with a few, it'll find punters on here willing to whack out their flexible friends...

[BWFC76]

Interesting stuff, '76. Pray tell, where did you find the diamond-sleeved shirt? If it's a shop with a few, it'll find punters on here willing to whack out their flexible friends...

Hi mate, it was these people :

http://www.vintagefootballshirts.com/se ... 1344526603" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It was the only pre-1990s shirt they had on there. Also most other vintage football shirt web-sites only seem to have >1990 BWFC shirts not alot of earlier stuff.

Don't think replica kits were big back then, as if you watch videos of the games, no fans have shirts, just hats & scarfs. Which is probably why I am finding it difficult to track down original 70's kit.

I paid £128 for that original 1977-78 Umbro and would probably do the same again for the Bukta or any of the 3 Admiral shirts - if they were Medium size, which they probably will be as the UK has only got seriously overweight in the past 20years! I don't think XL size even existed back then (maybe in the US)

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Cheers. £128! Man, you wanted that...

(Yep, UK's most overweight country in EU and, startlingly, catching the US up)

[BWFC76]

Cheers. £128! Man, you wanted that...

(Yep, UK's most overweight country in EU and, startlingly, catching the US up)

Yes I wanted it - but I reasoned it to myself that a new replica kit is ~£30+ so it was only 3-4 times as much as this season's shirt and with it being 25years old & Umbro original, my size & probably the only one I will find in a long while.

Plus I think it will look good on me at home games with some black jeans and Chelsea boots - cool! Roll on this season ..

[Riviman]

BWFC76 said "the reason is that my 1st ever BWFC match was aged 10 in April 1976. I have the video of the match Bolton 4-0 Oldham, "
I can tell you it was Easter Saturday 17th April as I was getting married on that day and the first words my then wife to be said to me at the altar were " don't worry they are already 2 - 0 up " !!!