Season 1927/28
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Home Kit
Possible Change Kit
Home Kit
Change Kit
The Season in brief
In October 1927, J H Davies died and was succeeded as Chairman by G H Lawton, who would not be as generous with his money as his predecessor.
United were unbeaten in their opening four games before a Hughie Gallacher inspired Newcastle won 7-1 at Old Trafford. Barson, who had jarred his back and missed the Newcastle debacle, managed just eleven games all season. In his last game, at Turf Moor on November 26th, United lost 4-0.
With just two games left, United were one of fourteen teams fighting relegation. Remarkably Bamlett's use of the pre 1925 offside trap paid dividends at Highbury, where a Bill Rawlings goal was enough to secure both points. A 6-1 win in their final fixture at home to Liverpool, with Joe Spence netting a hat trick, secured their First Division status.
Following the departure of Chapman, United reverted to their traditional solid red shirts as their home kit for 1927/28.
Unfortunately we have been unable to find any conclusive proof of their change kit. However, from photographs and match programmes from later seasons, it is probable that the shirt was royal blue. We have assumed it would also have been of a similiar design to the home kit. We are currently researching this period, and hope to find more concrete evidence.
We have been able to determine that United's goalkeepers wore a heavy woolen green jersey.
Although we have been unable to discover any evidence from this season of United's goalkeeper change shirt, we believe, from earlier and later photographic evidence and given the limited colour options available under League regulations, it was probably royal blue.