Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on December 16, 2021, 09:58:00 PM
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Chris Stanley recalls a rite of passage.
https://heroesandvillains.info/2021/12/16/my-first-kit/
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My first one was one of the Hummel pyjama ones. I too used to wear them all the time and everywhere as many family photos of the time will testify.
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93/94 away with 5 on the back
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My first kit was the 87/88 Villa home shirt. The Hummel pyjama ones.
Desperately wanted a Villa goalkeeper kit at the time, which my mum made for me - green jumper with a Villa badge (bought in the club shop) sewn on, "Mita copiers" stenciled on the front in black ink, and a number 1 stenciled in black on top of a white patch on the back. Wore it to death, but still have it - I think - at home
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Mine was from Dick Taylor's.The round neck late 60s one.'You had to buy the lion cloth badge separately and sew it on.
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Mine was the late 70’s/early 80’s white away shirt with the claret and blue striped collar and those wonderful claret & blue Umbro diamonds down the sleeves. Truly a thing of beauty which was worn by some of our finest players.
I brought a retro version last year, I bloody love it.
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First was the 76-81 when Santa decided I should be a full kit
wanker 7 year and also brought me a Villa lamp, mirror and towel.
Second was the 95/96 home shirt which Santa didn't bring.
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1963 home shirt - still have it. Bought from Harry Parkes.
1974 away shirt - nicked.
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Late 60’s yellow and blue away kit was my first and then the home kit at Christmas my favourite kits ever
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First shirt was 90-92 home. First one with a name and number was 1994 muller stripes home with Saunders 9 on the back.
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Our all claret shirt in the 1969-70 relegation season, bought as a Christmas present by my grandad from Harry Parkes.
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Mine was the late 70’s/early 80’s white away shirt with the claret and blue striped collar and those wonderful claret & blue Umbro diamonds down the sleeves. Truly a thing of beauty which was worn by some of our finest players.
I brought a retro version last year, I bloody love it.
Same one for me.
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1995-96 with 'Wright' on the back. I felt like I had to wear it to every party I went to, but it gave me all sorts of nipple rash and itching.
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Black red and green Muller away
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My first top was the home Umbro top from 1975-1976. My favourite kits were the 1974-1981 kits, loved the kits and Umbro as the supplier.
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Mine was the late 70’s/early 80’s white away shirt with the claret and blue striped collar and those wonderful claret & blue Umbro diamonds down the sleeves. Truly a thing of beauty which was worn by some of our finest players.
I brought a retro version last year, I bloody love it.
That was my first shirt as well. I bought it in Lewis'. Frank Carrodus was in there on what would be called a promo these days and then down to Harry Parkes to look at all the Adidas boots we couldn't afford
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That was mine as well, I remember having to save my birthday and Christmas money to be able to afford the shirt
Fantastic shirt!!
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Umbro 1978 for me, from Ray Hitchcock’s in Solihull. I had home and away kits and liked nothing better than mixing up shirts/shorts/socks to create a different look each time!
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Our all claret shirt in the 1969-70 relegation season, bought as a Christmas present by my grandad from Harry Parkes.
That was my first full kit, also from Harry Parkes. I've still got a photo of me proudly wearing it, standing with my arms crossed and foot on a football.
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93/94 stripy Muller one - had Saunders on the back of it
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1975-81 kit for my birthday in 1979. The only one of my Villa shirts I don't still have because my mum gave it away when I grew out of it.
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1980 home and away.
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69/70
Tommy Docherty’s all claret with blue collar.
I don’t think it was a popular top as was not a ‘traditional’ Villa top.
I loved it, and is probably why I always like the mainly claret tops and sleeves with little blue. Absolutely loved the Luke top
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Christmas 1982, full home kit with 'Champions of Europe' under the badge.
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My first one was in the 1970's my Dad bought it for me.
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Mine was from Dick Taylor's.The round neck late 60s one.'You had to buy the lion cloth badge separately and sew it on.
:) :)
The same here, don't remember being told where it was from, no badge and a little big but boy was I happy, i used to hold the cuffs like Dennis Law because they were so long, who incidentally, when i was at my grandmas in Deevale Rd Aberdeen I was kicking a ball in the road and this chap asked for a pass, i subsequently found out it was Dennis visiting his sister three doors down. I had the shirt on then, but i don't recall talking about it or being quizzed.
That has to be about 1963 / 64 maybe earlier, but my granda said he was famous so must have gone to M Utd by then
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Mine was the '77 Umbro with the striped collar. My mum (a dressmaker) cut out and sewed a white "8" on the back and I was immediately transformed into my boyhood hero. I even had his hair for a while.
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Christmas 1982, full home kit with 'Champions of Europe' under the badge.
Same! I believe that was also a white Xmas, and we walked down to the park to play in the snow......
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1979 Umbro home shirt.
I still have it.
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I have no idea where my parents bought my first (and only) strip. I was a feeble 5’ 2” 14 years old shrimp and it was ‘66, so the top was my favourite of all time, the two-hoop round collar, and long sleeves.
It barely fitted me, but I adored it and wore it as I started my sprouting towards 6’ 1”, including a brief spell training with the Sutton Coldfield youth team: Coach “you’re a bit small” Me “I’m as tall as Bobby Collins”. I had blagged my way in, and he was trying to be kind… In reality I was terrible.
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My first shirt was bought from Harry Parkes in 1968 and it was this one modelled by these fine fellows
(https://i.ibb.co/2hmPtLk/1-A80-E93-A-B7-BD-42-BE-A1-A0-37-BD5-EE288-D9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2hmPtLk)
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(https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/3/extra_football_shirt_40648_1.jpg) with 7 on the back.
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Mine was the late 70’s/early 80’s white away shirt with the claret and blue striped collar and those wonderful claret & blue Umbro diamonds down the sleeves. Truly a thing of beauty which was worn by some of our finest players.
I brought a retro version last year, I bloody love it.
This was mine too. Then the Euro cup winning away shirt.
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The classic late seventies/early eighties home kit that we had until 1982. Claret and blue shirt with blue socks. My first away/change kit was the short lived Le Coq Sportif 1983 shirt which was white with yellow hoops without a collar. Looking back it was a pretty crap kit but I thought having an away/change kit made me cooler than most. I also thought the mid nineties green, red and black Muller sponsored shirt was good at first. In hindsight I was wrong.
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This site is interesting
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm (http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm)
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First kit was a knock off from Brownhills market, 94 home with no logo or badge.
My first proper kit was Christmas 95, the blue away kit with Milosevic 9 on the back and premier league badges.
I think I also had the grey goalkeeper shirt, must have cost my mom and dad a fortune and we didn’t have much money back then.
I think I had a Villa shirt then pretty much every season until about 2006/2007, the Nike one in MON’s first season.
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1990-1992, full home kit.
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Had the white away kits with Mita Copiers on from both 1989-90 & the following season and loved the later which was mostly white, with black arms and a blue trim.
Whether these were m
Mine or hand me downs from my brother though, I can't remember.
As ever, Mum chucked them away when our backs were turned.
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I had a fake version of the classic 70’s Umbro kit. I did have the genuine Umbro tracksuit from that period too - blue jacket, claret trousers. Loved it.
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This site is interesting
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm (http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm)
You have no idea how much I used this site to check and re-check this article.
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Eartha.
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My first shirt was bought from Harry Parkes in 1968 and it was this one modelled by these fine fellows
(https://i.ibb.co/2hmPtLk/1-A80-E93-A-B7-BD-42-BE-A1-A0-37-BD5-EE288-D9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2hmPtLk)
Mine too! Followed by the shirt with the blue collar and the lion AV badge
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Mine was the late 70’s/early 80’s white away shirt with the claret and blue striped collar and those wonderful claret & blue Umbro diamonds down the sleeves. Truly a thing of beauty which was worn by some of our finest players.
I brought a retro version last year, I bloody love it.
This was mine too. Then the Euro cup winning away shirt.
I was lucky enough to go to Rotterdam and I got the European Cup final shirt to wear to the final when I read in the Sports Argus that we had lost the toss and were wearing our white away kit.
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This site is interesting
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm (http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm)
Great website that is.
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1971/72 bought from Harry Parkes. My mom put a home made number 7 on the back in homage to Ray Graydon. Ray subsequently gave me his autograph when I knocked on his door. True gent.
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I've got a replica of the 1879-80 shirt through an American company. It's more of a sweatshirt, but excellent quality. Got one for my boy too! Special.
My own first kit was the 1961-63 kit. I loved it then (when I was about 9 years old) and I love it now. It is THE Villa kit for me.
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I've got a replica of the 1879-80 shirt through an American company. It's more of a sweatshirt, but excellent quality. Got one for my boy too! Special.
My own first kit was the 1961-63 kit. I loved it then (when I was about 9 years old) and I love it now. It is THE Villa kit for me.
Nice to see the pic of Uncle Frank on the historic kits website!
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A 1970s Umbro jobby for me, light blue V and big collars, sewn in badge.
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First was the 76-81 when Santa decided I should be a full kit wanker 7 year and also brought me a Villa lamp, mirror and towel.
Second was the 95/96 home shirt which Santa didn't bring.
Same here, 76/77 home shirt. I also had a mirror, was yours a round one embossed with the badge in claret? Around that time I also had a Villa quilt. Nylon, that gave static shocks.
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69/70
Tommy Docherty’s all claret with blue collar.
I don’t think it was a popular top as was not a ‘traditional’ Villa top.
I loved it, and is probably why I always like the mainly claret tops and sleeves with little blue. Absolutely loved the Luke top
Mine too, the yellow away one too. My first kits so my favourite ones.
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Hummel home 87-88. Club shop ran out of stock (some things never change) so I didn’t get the shorts and fell short of FKW status.
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95-97 home shirt with Draper on the back (not sure either!). Bought from Ready4sport in Shirley, which is long gone.
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93/94 stripy Muller one - had Saunders on the back of it
Snap...he left soon after and I was devastated! Tried picking off his name for a finish 😂
Had the blue away one under Little a season or two later, AST computers were the sponsor
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Hummel home 87-88. Club shop ran out of stock (some things never change) so I didn’t get the shorts and fell short of FKW status.
I think I had the hooded training top from this season, which was my pride and joy as a snappy dressing 14 year old. Little did I know it would soon transition in to my ‘baggy’ phase.
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The 1981/82 home kit was the first of my own that wasn't a hand me down. Unsponsored and pre-European Cup win. The following year this was upgraded to Davenports and Champions of Europe.
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My first kit was the 1980/81 home kit. My old man got it from the old club kiosk behind the Trinity. It was an Umbroset complete with black and orange packaging and included the long sleeved shirt, shorts and socks. Absolutely loved it. Also got the Umbro tracksuit for my birthday or Christmas can’t remember which. Remember being gutted when they brought a new kit out - the Le Coq Sportif one the following season. It felt like the end of an era, which I suppose it was in a way. I grew to like it though and got the full away kit and the home shirt and socks. I’m a bit hazy on the timing, but suspect it would’ve been towards the end of the season when they probably would’ve been cheaper to buy!