Early 60's. They used to be blue and yellow but Don Revie was a fan of Real Madrid and changed it. Brave move but it happened to coincide with an upturn in Leeds fortunes so I guess he got away with it. Maybe they should change back
The decision to change the Leeds kit back in the 1960's wasn't so radical as the club was formed in the 1920's. Previously there was another team called Leeds City who were managed by Herbert Chapman (who later went on to manage Huddersfield and Arsenal to great success in the 1930's) but they were involved in a financial scandal which left the club being folded and Chapman initially banned from football. When Revie made the changes, I think there wasn't a long tradition of the club so perhpas this was why he got away with it. I seem to recall that, at various stages, the club has use yellow and blue trimming on their kit. I would have to say that I much prefer the traditional red and white stripes. The only time they messed with the design and got it right was when they used the alternate thick and thin stripes in the late 70's. This was a great kit, in my opinion.
I mentioned earlier on this thread that I also lived the late 70s kit. Leeds changing their kit was still after 40-50 years of tradition though; what constitutes long enough for tradition?
Fatletiss I think that is a good question. For me, I like the idea of clubs having a history that reaches back to the Victorian era or at least pre-World War One . I would consider anything post-1960's as really being part of the modern game. Many teams actually went pop during the period of the First World War and the game changed significantly in the 1920's as it became more professional and sophisticated. Some of the earlier teams disappeared and I suppose that if you had tp put a date on "traditional kits", you would want to go back to the 1920's at least if not before. I don't know if you have ever checked out this website which is fascinating in tracing the development of all the club's colours. Many of the teams seem only to establish a colour towards the beginning of the 20th Century. You can waste hours looking at this site!! http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/index.html I don't only think that it is the colour that makes a good kit and feel that keeping the shirt as simple as possible is symptomatic of a good design. I don't like kits what are too fussy and some of the shirts worn in the 1990's that included flecks such as the notorious Arsenal "pizza" away kit are amongst the worst ever devised. I understand that many of these designs were actually produced on computers. For me, a "good" Saints kit should be red and white stripes with variety limited to the colour design or the width of the strips. (The said, the one thick, red stripe kit was horrible.) Regarding the away kit, I'm not too precious about this as I think they probably started in the turn of the last century and were only worn when there was a clash with an opposing team. The home team was originally the club who had to change their traditional jerseys, I believe. I don't think there is much of a tradition with these. I quite like the blue and yellow combination but the all white / red pinstripe kit has been quite pleasing too. The combination of the light and dark blues shirts always made me think of salt and vinegar crisp packets and I wasn't too much of a fan of these. I would prefer to see Saints where red and white stripes away from home except if there was a clash - nowadays the second kit seems a bit of a cynical exercise. I can't recall much enthusiasm for the yellow jersey amongst Saints fans until we won the cup in 1976 - still one of our best second strips, in my estimation.
So are we now saying that this is starting to not look fake...oh dear. http://twitter.com/antonydjames/status/347983962209132545/photo/1
It won't be far from that. It's largely what I described although was not mentioned about the gold badge... yuk.
Maybe they really are hanging on to do a shirt and big signing announcement to distract! DTLW - I know you mentioned the Adidas template before and seeing it with other teams, but seeing that picture was the first realisation. To be fair, we've had some crap shirts in the past and as always it doesn't matter at the end of the day...or season!
Can anyone vouch for the quality of the retro shirts? I'd quite like to get my dad the 76 shirt for a birthday prezzie, but only if they're well made. Can't get to the store to see them in person unfortunately :/
My 76 retro one was not the same as the current ones in store, and it wasn't great quality. I think the yellow ones in store are of the "breathe-easy" material. Not sure.
Arsenal have apparently retained last season's home kit for this season. They're the first Premier League club to do this for a number of years. Looking at the leaked kit, I wouldn't mind if we did the same! Although it's not possible given we're now with Addidas.
Considering they've just signed a new deal with Puma, replacing Nike as the kit maker, I highly doubt it!
Why are these pictures always so badly focussed? If it was sharper I'd have a much easier time believing it. It's not difficult to fake a blurry photo.
