Retro Football: The 1935 Umbro Kit Catalogue
By Chris Wright
The chaps over at Yank sports uniform-obssessed blog Uni Watch have stumbled across this little beaut and we thought it was definitely worth sharing with a more ‘soccer conscientious’ audience.
What you see before you is the official Umbro kit catalogue from 1935 which lists the Sports and Athletics Outfitters’ entire kit range; from football strips to rugby shirts, boxing shorts, jock straps and various running apparel – including a rather suspect looking adult-sized babygro.
The first image is the front cover and the second is the back cover, which was apparently supposed to be filled in yourself and used as a souvenir keepsake for any big match that took your fancy…
We know for a fact that Umbro did a bloody fine line in gentleman’s knickers back in those days, just ask Man City’s 1935 FA Cup Final team!
(Images: Uni Watch/Thanks to Pies fan Daniel Schroeder for the tip-off!)
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ooh, a slight improvement on the image galleries! now if they just popped up with the rest of the page darkened, that would be great. also a next/previous button so you can click through. we’re getting there.
Always amazed that they made the refs run around in blazers and ties back in the day.
Umbro and Puma are my favourites brands, classics and stylish.
Wonderful to see that the accurate and wholly descriptive marketing names for each product variation is a tradition we continue up-hold to this day!
The ref looks like a 60 year old in school uniform