the definitive illustrated guide to all Newton Heath and Manchester United kits since 1878

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The Kits

United Kits

Each season since 1878 has its own page with illustrations of all the kits worn that year. From 1971/72, we have listed the kits worn in individual games and in pre-season.

There are several games in which we have yet to identify United's kit. The list of missing kits can be viewed or downloaded.

Testimonial Kits

United Testimonial Kits

All the kits worn in post-war testimonial games at Old Trafford.

Miscellaneous Kis

United Miscellaneous Kits

Those kits that cannot be easily classified can be found here.

Kits History

A series of articles detailing the history of United's kits. the kit manufacturer's and club sponsors. We also have a comprehensive history of the club badge with images taken from player issued shirts.

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We are currently without a kit graphic designer and as a consequence we have been unable to update the site with the kits worn by United since the start of the 2021/22 season.

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Latest News and site updates

January 2nd 2024

Happy New Year!

Mark Wylie has discovered that United wore their blue and white striped shirts in the FA Cup tie against Aston Villa at Old Trafford in February 1911.

October 22nd 2023

Alexander Howells has discovered a new variant home kit worn by United in the pre-season friendly in Berlin in August 1957.

September 19th 2023

Mark Graham has discovered contemporary evidence that Newton Heath wore white shirts in 1892/93 as a change kit.

September 10th 2023

Mark Graham confirmed that United wore red socks rather than white in the game at Filbert Street in April 1963.

January 2nd 2023

Happy New Year to our fellow United fans.

Many thanks to Sean Moran and Tony Park for notifying us of new kits and variations. Sean has identified the kit worn by United in the game against Aston Villa in March 1978, and has discovered most of the side changed shirts at half-time in the Maine Road derby in November 1979. Tony has sent a photograph of Gary Bailey wearing black shorts in the League game at Portman Road in August 1985. The relevant season's pages have been updated.

September 10th 2022

Tony Park has identified the kit worn by Jim Leighton in the Centenary Trophy Final against Arsenal in 1988. We have updated the season's page with the new kit.

June 4th 2022

Regular contributor Sean Moran has identified the kits worn by United in seven friendlies between 1976 and 1982. The season pages have been updated with the details of these kits. We have updated the list of missing kits.

Yves Paemen sent us a link to a page detailing the various kits worn by United in 2021/22. The different sleeve patch variants are not included in their summary, however.

Previous updates in our archive...

Read the previous news updates in our archive.

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Manchester United Match2Match

Paul Nagel is the author of a series of books on United's history.

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Each book covers a single season with first team results, match reports, player profiles. There are also weekly league tables as well as the results from other games and details of the Reserve and Junior team matches.

Further details on these books, including how to buy them, can be found at match2match.co.uk

Contacting untedkits

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