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Favourite Albion Strip - WillieJohnstonsGreenhouse - 13-06-2015

After the pin-stripes and anger that ensued

What's your favourite Albion kit?

It obviously depends on when you started to watch or go to games, so no right or wrong answers.

I remember seeing Albion (with the strange badge - were umbro our first shirt sponsors?) before my favorite.
The strip didn't really change but this said WBA (literally) for me


[Image: west_bromwich_albion_1975-1977-e.gif]

If you struggle to remember, as I certainly did, hit the wonderful link http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/West_Bromwich_Albion/West_Bromwich_Albion.htm and give us your best Thumb up Thumb up

RE: Favourite Albion Strip - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 13-06-2015

Got to be this one. Not many teams could dress like jockeys and get away with it, but we managed it. The blue sash is a touch of real class, and the piece de resistance is wearing a Mr Kipling cake as a little hat.

[Image: Strollers.jpg]

Bring this back as a permanent away kit IMO.

RE: Favourite Albion Strip - silverbaggie - 14-06-2015

How on earth did they head the ball wearing that dinky little cap?

At least with shorts that long, they didn't get their knees dirty.

RE: Favourite Albion Strip - Tom_Wba - 15-06-2015

(13-06-2015, 19:58)WillieJohnstonsGreenhouse Wrote: After the pin-stripes and anger that ensued

What's your favourite Albion kit?

It obviously depends on when you started to watch or go to games, so no right or wrong answers.

I remember seeing Albion (with the strange badge - were umbro our first shirt sponsors?) before my favorite.
The strip didn't really change but this said WBA (literally) for me


[Image: west_bromwich_albion_1975-1977-e.gif]

If you struggle to remember, as I certainly did, hit the wonderful link http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/West_Bromwich_Albion/West_Bromwich_Albion.htm and give us your best Thumb up Thumb up
Looking at your link i would go with the 1977-1981 kit, Love the Umbro diamonds down the sleeves and of course the old badge which has been brought back for this season Thumb up

RE: Favourite Albion Strip - Worldclassalbion - 15-06-2015

1977 -1981      Umbro diamonds on the sleeves, white shorts and socks with the 'WBA' lettering

   

RE: Favourite Albion Strip - talkSAFT - 17-06-2015

Talking of traditional away kits, along with most I would love to see the green & yellow stripes resurrected. And I can't understand why the Club don't listen to the fans; I'm sure it would be a big seller.

Back in about 1960 (?) I went to watch a pre-season warmup between Albion 1st & 2nd teams. They mixed up the teams so that it was an even contest. (I don't remember any proper pre-season games in those days).
Anyway, Team 'A' played in navy/white stripes, and Team 'B' played in ALL-RED. That doesn't sound strange at all today, but it was quite groundbreaking 55 years ago. No other team in the League played in all one colour back then - not even Liverpool, who only changed to all-red in about 63-64, and Leeds pretended to be like Real Madrid a year later, as I recall.

Can Ska'd (or anyone else) confirm whether all-red was our away kit back then, or have I dreamt it?

RE: Favourite Albion Strip - silverbaggie - 18-06-2015

(17-06-2015, 16:35)talkSAFT Wrote: Talking of traditional away kits, along with most I would love to see the green & yellow stripes resurrected. And I can't understand why the Club don't listen to the fans; I'm sure it would be a big seller.

Back in about 1960 (?) I went to watch a pre-season warmup between Albion 1st & 2nd teams. They mixed up the teams so that it was an even contest. (I don't remember any proper pre-season games in those days).
Anyway, Team 'A' played in navy/white stripes, and Team 'B' played in ALL-RED. That doesn't sound strange at all today, but it was quite groundbreaking 55 years ago. No other team in the League played in all one colour back then - not even Liverpool, who only changed to all-red in about 63-64, and Leeds pretended to be like Real Madrid a year later, as I recall.

Can Ska'd (or anyone else) confirm whether all-red was our away kit back then, or have I dreamt it?
 I went to Filbert Street (Leicester City for the benefit of the youngsters) a couple of times in the early sixties and as far as I can remember:-

Feb 1961   FA Cup 5th Round  - I think that we played in all red and lost 1-2.

Sep 1964  Division1                - I think that we played in all white and lost 2-4 (Jeff Astle's debut)

On the other hand it could have been the other way around

That's over 50 years ago; no wonder my memory is going!! Sick

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