HISTORY OF THE UNIFORM OF MANCHESTER UNITED

Until 1892 Newton Heath was the team of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway work, but a discussion of the use of their North Road ground has led to a division.

The teams bought new red and white uniforms, and wore their old green and gold shirts (the colors of the railway company) as uniform reservation.


In 1902 Newton Heath became Manchester United, using the red and white shirt made famous worldwide. For uniform reserve, the team wore blue and white to the 20s with a few exceptions.

The team used white during the 1907-08 season and the FA Cup final in 1909 one white shirt with a 'V' red was used because the opponent was the Bristol City (who wore blue).

In 1922 the United adopted these white shirts with 'V' red used in the end of 1909 as their main colors, to try to change the fate of the team. A fully red shirt was used when necessary.

In March 1934 the team adopted the cherry color with red circles and used this choice as the uniform 1 the following season. When in 1935-36 the traditional red shirt again, the circles were for uniform reservation. Then blue shirts with white collars were adopted and were used until the '50s.

In the mid 50s, the Busby Babes emerged and a new, modern lighter uniform was produced, all white with red accents while playing with colors similar teams.

White became an alternative until 1970 when blue shirts reappeared one time or another, most notably in a memorable night at Wembley in May 1968, when United became the first English team to win the European Cup, all dressed in blue .

In the 70s the United followed the fashion uniform blue and yellow reserves, which lasted until the arrival of the brand 'Admiral' in 1975. This uniform had three narrow vertical lines on the left side of the shirt and black shorts, which was often combined with red shirts in away games.

In 1980, Adidas replaced Admiral in what would be a long association with the Old Trafford club. For the next 11 years, the United used variations of two colors on the uniforms reserves, white shirts with black shorts or blue all over.

In the 90s, Umbro was the sporting goods sponsor United and introduced several innovative designs. The shirt reinterpretation all blue coat brought a great club sewn into the fabric, while the third shirt relived the green and gold of Newton Heath, part of the retro wave plaguing football.

The blue and white shirt as a third option adopted in 1994-96 may have been inspired by the original reservation striped shirt and was used in the second half of the match against Southampton on April 13, 1996.

United were losing by 0-3 in range and Alex Ferguson blamed the gray set to justify pass errors of their players.

The gray suit was never used again after that. The blue and white set, the coat had used the victory of the European Cup in 1968 sewn into the fabric.


In 1997, the United introduced a new set for European Championship games, with a collar a little different from normal shirt and white stocking instead of black. In the late 90 an all-black set with details in green fluorescent appeared, followed by variations in navy blue and white. United were one of the first clubs that attracted some criticism for exploring a kit replica shirts and 2001, Umbro created in response a reversible shirt. She was white on one side and golden another when turned inside out, so the fans had the uniform reservation and the third in a purchase only. The players had separate shirts, without being reversible.

To the surprise of all in 2003, Umbro, Manchester's sporting goods supplier since 1993 (still provided between 1945 to 1975, so 40 years in the aggregate) had suffered an "attack": Nike offered the Red Devils a 13th contract years, so to end in 2016, with an impressive record of ₤ 303 million, which now amount to a contract of approximately R $ 750 million.

Under this contract Nike would pay ₤ 122 million in six years (₤ 20 mi / year) and the rest of the amount, ₤ 181 mi, the last 7 years (about ₤ 26 mi / year).

The case was controversial because of the power of Nike within the club.

At first Nike could not repeat the "achievements" of Umbro as the triple crown of the 1999-2000 season and the 11 English titles (Counting all 40 years), even with five FA Cups. But if one compares the titles won over the 40 years of Umbro to 9 that Nike has, we can say that this has everything to pass, are 5 Premier League, 4 Community Shield, 3 Carling Cup, one FA CUP, 1 Champions League and 1 Club World Cup.

The Manchester shirt remained predominantly red, with the accession of black details in the first season with Nike in 2002-2003, that to escape the all-red pattern of Umbro shirts, which were remembered for being flashy with sophisticated details.

Already Nike had red as principal and now and then a black detail or some white stripe. The shorts were always white.

The shirt for away games also changed, Umbro liked to put gold and blue accents on shirts, apparel was only repeated by Nike in four seasons with the uniform (and the four, two as a third uniform) in its most remaining with only one predominant color.

After 13 years using Nike uniforms, Manchester United will be sponsored by Adidas in the season 2015-2016.

The agreement for the German brand passed to wear the largest English club was closed for a value of 75 million pounds (equivalent to R $ 377 million) per year by 2025, an absolute record in this segment.

In the first uniforms of the new partnership United-Adidas, the supplier not 'invented' in the two major shirts, made simple and fell to the taste of most fans.

The third shirt, black, won details in an almost orange red and gray design on the chest.