Comments on: Almost Weekly Blog – 14th February

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:41:13 +0000

Thats great news! City and Umbro go together. Prior to Kappa’s arrival at Maine Road they had the longest kit relationship in British football I believe. Let’s just hope Umbro don’t dig out that new ‘England’ template!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:58:02 +0000

From what was reported in the Daily Mail, it looks like Man City are set to end their deal with Le Coq Sportif two years earlier than planned and return to Umbro after a gap of 12 years.

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:42:02 +0000

Hi John, it was mentioned on http://www.uniwatchblog.com yesterday.

Had been unaware of the blog too, it’s interesting enough

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:10:12 +0000

Drool….Denis, that is the find of the century! How did you hear about it? I knew Umbro were seriously attempting to document their past.

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:45:26 +0000

I suppose it would be an idea for me to put the link too!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/umbrofootball/sets/72157613662155207/

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:44:51 +0000

Anyone seen this?

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:31:37 +0000

Hello Mark – good question, I think you’re right, it is Forest. I know Man City were with Umbro for 63 years before Kappa took over in 97.

By: Mark Jessop

Mark Jessop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:04:51 +0000

A bit unrelated (well completely in fact) but does anyone know who in English football has had the longest stint with a single manufacturer. Off the top of my head I would guess Forest with Umbro since 1986.

By: Izaak

Izaak — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:06:14 +0000

i remembered the England Euro 2000 home kit. one of the most uncomfortable shirts ever produced.

my fave has to be the England Euro 1988 shirt though the campaign was forgettable.

By: Rich Johnson

Rich Johnson — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:04:27 +0000

Never got to handle the Euro 2000 kit…don’t know why, but I rarely buy England shirts these days…maybe because they’ve been mostly uninspiring…My local Sports Direct is selling them off for about £4.50 and even then, I can’t bring myself to get one as I’m currently eyeing up the Japan one with fanning out yellow lines. I do have a ‘Youth’ size England top from 1988 complete with sewn badge (a rare thing in those days…the size above had a felt one) though…the one with the buttoned round neck…which took a lot of getting used to.