Season 1930/31
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season

Home Kit
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Home Kit variant
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Change Kit
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Change Kit variant
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The Season in brief

United's season began with a League record twelve straight defeats, and ended with the club equalling the lowest-ever points total, 22 in a 42 match season. Their relegation had been confirmed in a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Good Friday. A day later Bamlett, whose contract had not been renewed, managed the side for the last time, a 2-1 win at Roker Park. Bamlett, whose Middlesbrough side had managed just 22 points in 1924/25, never managed in the Football League again.

The newly formed supporters club attempted to organise a boycott, unfortunately choosing the visit of Herbert Chapman's Arsenal (Cup holders and Champions elect). It was not a success, the 23,406 crowd easily United's best of the season. The last home game of the season, a thrilling 4-4 draw as it turned out, attracted just 3,969 - the lowest crowd for a First Division game at Old Trafford. With the average attendance down to 11,685, United again posted a loss for the season (over £2,500). Although this paled against the losses of Newcastle (almost £10,000), the club had to borrow £5,000 from J H Davies' widow to meet the close season wages.

United's continuing financial plight meant they again donned the increasingly decrepit kits from previous years, the neck as often as not worn open. They did manage to purchase new socks - two thin red stripes were added to the top band.

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 it was probably royal blue.