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[Grim O'Grady]

right 'Kes' the film version of Barry Hines book a 'Kestral for a knave'. The bit when the games teacher (Brian Glover) plays Bobby Charlton in the football match, now ok it was a tad before my time but I can't remember anyone with a replica kit in them days, so was it correct that the games teacher was in the manu kit, or was it just poetic licence?

love

Grim

 

[Benton]

> right 'Kes' the film version of Barry Hines book a 'Kestral for a knave'.
> The bit when the games teacher (Brian Glover) plays Bobby Charlton in the
> football match, now ok it was a tad before my time but I can't remember
> anyone with a replica kit in them days, so was it correct that the games
> teacher was in the manu kit, or was it just poetic licence?

> love

> Grim

As far as I recall he was in the United shirt of the time (1969ish?) which was just a plain red shirt with white round collar. So United were wearing it but so were many other teams. I don't think he had a United badge. The replica thing didn't really get going until mid seventies.

 

[Grim O'Grady]

that was my point though, did we have such shirts (I never had a red un btw)? Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks eh? Thanks for the hand in the mass debate, it was a pleasure.

love

Grim

> As far as I recall he was in the United shirt of the time (1969ish?) which
> was just a plain red shirt with white round collar. So United were wearing
> it but so were many other teams. I don't think he had a United badge. The
> replica thing didn't really get going until mid seventies.

 

[Benton]

> that was my point though, did we have such shirts (I never had a red un
> btw)? Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks eh? Thanks for the hand in
> the mass debate, it was a pleasure.

> love

> Grim

Well what sort of shirts did you think we had? my point is that if you went to a sports shop and bought a red shirt you got a united shirt by default but it wouldn't be "the united shirt" and wouldn't be copyrighted like they are today.

We wore "city" shirts in our primary school team, by the way.

 

[Grim O'Grady]

like I said maybe it's ma mind playing tricks BUT our school footy top was royal blue (Chelsea/Everton-ish of the day) all one colour no white trim. So my point still is did we have such two coloured affairs in the late 60's/70's early. As you state 'red' could have been liverpool/utd/arsenal etc but not truly disquinshable (I've been on the wine eh) bless me

love

Grim

> Well what sort of shirts did you think we had? my point is that if you
> went to a sports shop and bought a red shirt you got a united shirt by
> default but it wouldn't be "the united shirt" and wouldn't be
> copyrighted like they are today.

> We wore "city" shirts in our primary school team, by the way.

 

[Benton]

> like I said maybe it's ma mind playing tricks BUT our school footy top was
> royal blue (Chelsea/Everton-ish of the day) all one colour no white trim.
> So my point still is did we have such two coloured affairs in the late
> 60's/70's early. As you state 'red' could have been liverpool/utd/arsenal
> etc but not truly disquinshable (I've been on the wine eh) bless me

> love

> Grim

I'm fairly sure the basic ones with white trim were easy to get hold of, probably more common than the all in one.




http://www.toffs.com/Products/EnglishandWelsh/ManchesterUtd/1150.htm

 

[Seriously Flawed not right in the head]

Football strips of the late 60's/early 70's were indistinguishable.

Both Liverpool and Man U wore an all red shirt trimmed with white around the crew neck collar (round collar that reached the neck).

Surely you've seen George Best in his heyday for goodness sake.

I remember cos I had a poster of Emlyn Hughes on my wall.

 

[Seriously Flawed not right in the head]

Make that mid 60's ...round about World Cup Willie keyrings.