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50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on1st September 2019

1976–77: 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

1976 was the first year to see logo taping adorn various team strips with no fewer than nine sides adopting the new kit innovation in […] Read More

50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on10th August 201914th August 2019

1975–76: 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

Some small but important changes cropped up this season in England’s Division 1. Umbro updated their logo to their now familiar ‘double diamond’ marque across […] Read More

50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on5th August 20195th August 2019

1974–75: 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

The big change this season was that, almost overnight, inspired by the radical initiative of Admiral in the marketplace and Umbro’s introduction of their logo […] Read More

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50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on24th July 2019

1973–74: 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

There wasn’t really a huge move on from a design perspective by the time the 1973-74 season kicked off although it was notable that short-sleeved […] Read More

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Kits Miscellany Posted on23rd July 2019

Southend United ‘Skillshare’ Fantasy Kit

AuthorJohn Devlin

Six years ago I was asked by a kit-designer pal of mine to take part in a Skillshare set of sessions he was running on […] Read More

1972-73 division 1 kits
50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on23rd July 201924th July 2019

1972–73: 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

There were quite a few changes on the kit front this season in England’s Division 1. Norwich and Birmingham (complete with player initials on the […] Read More

Admiral Posted on12th July 201913th July 2019

Jumpers for Goalposts – Get Shirty screening

AuthorJohn Devlin

I’m excited to announce that the Admiral Sportswear documentary ‘Get Shirty’ is being shown on the 4th August as part of the fantastic ‘Jumpers for […] Read More

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50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on10th July 2019

1971–72 – 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

OK, so this is when things started to get interesting…. The crew neck monopolisation of football kit design began to slowly subside as a fashion […] Read More

1970-71 division one kits
50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on7th July 20197th July 2019

1970–71 – 50 Years of Top Flight Kits

AuthorJohn Devlin

Short-sleeved versions of jerseys also began to become slightly more commonplace this season and occasionally threw up their own variations on teams’ familiar strips. For […] Read More

1969-70 division 1 kits
50 Years of Top Flight Kits Posted on2nd July 2019

50 Years of Top Flight Kits – 1969-70

AuthorJohn Devlin

It’s not only Umbro who have a big birthday in 2019…yours truly hits the big 50 this August and I thought it might be a […] Read More

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