Rare Football Shirts Revealed From Umbro’s Archives

by The Gaffer on February 17, 2009 · 17 comments

umbro football shirt archives Rare Football Shirts Revealed From Umbros Archives

Umbro has been going through its football archives and have unearthed a treasure trove of classic football shirts from the 1970’s and onwards. Whether you’re a fan of club or international football, there are plenty of shirt designs here that will send you back in time.

Included in the archive are classic shirts from Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, England, Everton and many other Premier League clubs. Click through to see pictures of the classic football shirts:

Manchester United home shirt

Manchester United home shirt

Aston Villa away shirt

Aston Villa away shirt

Aston Villa home shirt

Aston Villa home shirt

Aston Villa home shirt

Aston Villa home shirt

Blackburn Rovers home shirt

Blackburn Rovers home shirt

Bolton Wanderers home shirt

Bolton Wanderers home shirt

England away shirt, 1966 World Cup

England away shirt, 1966 World Cup

England away shirt

England away shirt

England away shirt

England away shirt

Everton home shirt

Everton home shirt

Everton home shirt

Everton home shirt

Manchester City home shirt

Manchester City home shirt

Manchester City away shirt

Manchester City away shirt

Manchester City home shirt

Manchester City home shirt

Manchester United away shirt

Manchester United away shirt

Newcastle United home shirt

Newcastle United home shirt

Sunderland away shirt

Sunderland away shirt

Sunderland home shirt

Sunderland home shirt

Tottenham Hotspur away shirt

Tottenham Hotspur away shirt

Tottenham Hotspur home shirt

Tottenham Hotspur home shirt

West Bromwich Albion away shirt

West Bromwich Albion away shirt

West Bromwich Albion away shirt

Norwich City home shirt

Browse through the rest of the Umbro football shirts archive to see lots more shirts.

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1 Tom February 17, 2009 at 9:32 am

Hi – glad you like our football shirt archive! We’ve been slowly photographing them and adding them to Flickr over the last few days.
We’ve tried to identify as many of the shirts as we can, but unfortunately there are still quite a few which we have no idea what team they were used by. We also don’t know which year/season most of them date back. So if anyone can help fill in the gaps in our knowledge, please add a comment or relevant tags on the photo pages.

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2 tommy two bit February 17, 2009 at 9:43 am

love that Spurs away (purple). What year?

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3 Grant February 17, 2009 at 10:20 am

I think you’ll find that the last one is actually a Norwich home shirt. And the Spurs purple shirt is from the ‘94/’95 season…I had the one a couple yrs after that where is was the same two colors but as stripes.

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4 Soccergoalx February 17, 2009 at 10:30 am

I like the pure red England jersey with a logo. That is simple and nice.

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5 stretcharmstrong February 17, 2009 at 11:09 am

the sunderland home shirt looks as though it’s been through a shredder! how did it manage to get into such a state?

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6 Paul Bestall February 17, 2009 at 2:19 pm

What a fantastic collection. I am so envious! I’ll drop some details on the site if that’s ok Tom if you’re struggling to connect the seasons.

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7 Justin February 17, 2009 at 10:20 pm

Methinks the last shirt is Norwich City, not WBA . Good thing they saved the best shirt for last.

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8 The Gaffer February 17, 2009 at 11:09 pm

Justin, thanks for pointing that out. It is indeed Norwich City, not West Bromwich Albion as I originally indicated. Good catch.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

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9 Thomas February 18, 2009 at 12:05 am

The real old school ones are nice. Basically the ones sans adverts.

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10 LS February 18, 2009 at 9:16 am

One aspect of the older shirts that I like is the more prominent team crest. Some shirts now are more recognizable by their sponsor than the team crest. Kind of sad.

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11 Tom February 18, 2009 at 4:14 pm

Thanks for all of the comments and your help identifying the shirts, I have been busy updating the image names over the last few days.
I have asked around the office today about the Sunderland Shirt. Unfortunately I have turned up no new information other than it was used in the final and has been in a cupboard at Umbro since. I even tried lookin through old images on Google to see if I could match the stains to any of the pictures of the players during the game, but no joy!

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12 dan May 21, 2009 at 4:00 am

i am inquiring can you purchase any of the both shirts, i am interested in the man u one 1996-97 shirt. let me know.

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13 Simon September 24, 2009 at 11:24 am

Hey Dan, as i have just posted, i have a short sleeve version of the Man Utd shirt you are after. Shorts too! although they have had a small tare home stitched. How much was it you were after them for? am sure we can sort something out!

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14 Nigel June 14, 2009 at 5:28 pm

The 2 Villa shirt home and yellow away were from 1971. They were my favorite shirts and would give anything to own them now

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15 Simon September 24, 2009 at 11:20 am

Hi peeps, I have dug out my old Manchester United Home Short Sleeve Shirt and Shorts. It looks identical to the one in the 1st picture. any ideas on the best way to sell it? It is in excellent nick – a small tare in the shorts, which has been home stiched! Mail me!

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16 del boy October 30, 2009 at 5:11 pm

would love to find the classic scotland 78 world cup shirt complete with white umbro diamonds on sleeves ,just cant buy it on any retro site!!!

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17 Klinsmann November 11, 2009 at 10:51 am

Hi folks, great selection.

I am looking for the tottenham jersey of 94/95, with “Klinsmann” and his number 18 Home and away. Its ok if its blank. I can get the name an number on it myself.
I cant seem to find it at all. If someone can help me
please do so. I’m desperate to get my hands on one of them for Years.
Size L, would be great

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