White British Caledonian adidas kit?

[Goldstone Rapper]

I found this photo from a Birmingham programme from 1981/82.

Did the Albion really have a white away kit in our top flight days?



Or has the photo lost its yellow? I guess it might be a question that photography experts might be able to answer. I'm guessing that someone didn't just doctor the photo as it would have been hard in the pre-Photoshop days.

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Interesting. Certainly does look authentic. I presume the teams photo shoot for that season was just the home kit?!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Interesting. Certainly does look authentic. I presume the teams photo shoot for that season was just the home kit?!

Yes, the team photo for that season was just for the home kit.




The kit choice for this game is a bit of a mystery. Why go for blue shorts and socks when this clashes with Birmingham's shirts? After all, the Albion all-yellow kit would have been fine.

(Looking at the photo more closely, especially Grealish's hair, it's not a photo that has lost all its yellow).

 

[Superphil]

I know it's black and white, but it could be,

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[Ernest]

Are there any lists of all the Albion away kits ?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I know it's black and white, but it could be,

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That's it! Caption 5 provides the answer...

Thanks, Phil.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

We did wear white on occasion & it looked quite smart.

 

[Buckley's Mad Eye]

That's it! Caption 5 provides the answer...

Thanks, Phil.

This, I suspect, would be one of the rarest Albion shirts around.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

I know it's black and white, but it could be,

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Thats a white shirt in black and white and not a yellow one for sure...that and it says next to point five 'Gordon Smith in full flight at Birmingham in an unfamiliar white Albion shirt'.

10 points to Phil for the find.

 

[catfish]

I was at that game and it seems so long ago I can only remember it in black & white.

 

[Superphil]

Are there any lists of all the Albion away kits ?

Well apart from this white shirt, all of them since 1977 are shown on my website. Prior to that it is for sure a little more tricky as collectors were few and far between and fans replicas unheard of. Trawling through old programmes is not that helpful as the majority of images were in black & white, at least the caption in this picture helps.

This, I suspect, would be one of the rarest Albion shirts around.

Too right, anything that wasn't made as a replica is. The away shirts from 1987 back are the hardest to find as they weren't made for fans to buy, and one way or another the match shirts didn't really survive. I spoke to one older ex player and he reckoned his missus used his old ones as dusters back in the 70s! Oddly, the yellow Bukta shirt was made as a replica, but untill Spall came along it seems to me that very few, if any, were made available to fans to buy.

Another rare one that I have never seen is the home BCal shirt with the word "Airways" beneath it, again, I imagine match shirts only, so very rare, possibly as few as 20 made. Even the players struggled to get one if you look at this photo.

 

[Ernest]

Well apart from this white shirt, all of them since 1977 are shown on my website. Prior to that it is for sure a little more tricky as collectors were few and far between and fans replicas unheard of. Trawling through old programmes is not that helpful as the majority of images were in black & white, at least the caption in this picture helps.


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I remember a green away kit in the mid 70's also a green/black striped one but not sure when

 

[Dave the OAP]

I also remember the blue and black stripes, black shorts and socks away kit ( a la Inter Milan) ...that is my favourite kit of all time

 

[gripper stebson]

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Tony Grealish pictured there.... who I discovered at the weekend is the Uncle of 'Example', who is apparently riding high in the Hit Parade.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Well apart from this white shirt, all of them since 1977 are shown on my website. Prior to that it is for sure a little more tricky as collectors were few and far between and fans replicas unheard of. Trawling through old programmes is not that helpful as the majority of images were in black & white, at least the caption in this picture helps.


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You've done a great job in getting so many of the away shirts there.
The blue Bukta shirt with white buks down the sleeves and the red Bukta shirt with white buks down are the only other ones I can think of.

 

[Superphil]

I remember a green away kit in the mid 70's also a green/black striped one but not sure when

The green one is shown on my site, held by Mr Ward himself for the photo

 

[Ernest]

The green one is shown on my site, held by Mr Ward himself for the photo

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There was a red away kit similar to that about that time and green and black stripes before that