Season 1975/76
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Standard home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P14 W9 D3 L2 F27 A15
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
23/8 | Sheff Utd (h)1 | 27/8 | Coventry C (h) |
6/9 | Spurs (h) | 10/9 | Brentford |
13/9 | QPR (a) | 20/9 | Ipswich T (h) |
24/9 | Derby Co (a) | 4/10 | Leicester (h) |
18/10 | Arsenal (h) | 1/11 | Norwich C (h) |
15/11 | Aston Villa (h) | 6/3 | Wolves (h) |
9/3 | Wolves (a) | 20/3 | Newcastle U (a) |
1 Sean Moran has discovered that Tommy Jackson's shirt had the club badge stitched on upside down in this game. Move your cursor over the kit to reveal the variant.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W5 D0 L0 F9 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
16/8 | Wolves (a) | 19/8 | Birmingham (h) |
29/11 | Newcastle U (h) | 20/12 | Wolves (h) |
13/3 | Leeds U (h) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F2 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
27/9 | Man City (a) |
Kit notes:
The trim on the sleeve had three narrow red bands. United loaned black shorts (from City's change kit) to avoid clashing with City's white shorts.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W2 D3 L0 F7 A3
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
27/12 | Burnley | 17/1 | Spurs (h) |
18/2 | Liverpool (h) | 25/2 | Derby Co (h) |
27/3 | Middlesbrough (h) |
Kit Notes:
The trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and one broad red band. The shirt also featured an Admiral logo.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P6 W5 D1 L0 F15 A5
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
3/1 | Oxford (h) | 10/1 | QPR (h) |
24/1 | Peterborough (h) | 31/1 | Birmingham (h) |
7/2 | Coventry C (a) | 28/2 | West Ham (h) |
Kit Notes:
The trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and one broad red band. The shirt also featured an Admiral logo.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P3 W1 D1 L1 F3 A6
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
11/10 | Leeds U (a) | 12/11 | Man City (a) |
23/12 | Everton (a) |
Kit Notes:
The trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and a broad red band. Worn with black shorts.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F2 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
14/2 | Leicester C (a) |
Kit Notes:
The shirt featured the Admiral logo, and the trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and a broad red band. Worn with black shorts.
Home kit 2
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F2 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
4/5 | Man City (h) |
Kit Notes:
Simple V neck collar. The trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and a broad red band.
Variant Home kit 2
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P3 W2 D0 L1 F4 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
3/4 | Derby Co (n) | 17/4 | Everton (h) |
21/4 | Stoke C (h) |
Kit Notes:
Simple V neck collar. The trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and a broad red band.
Variant Home kit 2
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D0 L2 F1 A5
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
10/4 | Ipswich T (a) | 24/4 | Leicester C (a) |
Kit Notes:
Simple V neck collar. The trim on the shirt sleeve had two narrow and a broad red band. Worn with black short.
FA Cup Final kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
1/5 | Southampton |
Alex Forsyth wore a variant kit in the Final
FA Cup Final variant kit
Shirt number
Kit Notes:
Alex Forsyth wore a shirt with three narrow red bands on the sleeve trim rather than the standard two.
Paul English has discovered a photo of Gordon Hill in an aertex shirt with 1976 FA Cup Final embroidery, although we can't find evidence it was actually worn in the Cup Final.
Pre-season home kit
Shirt number
We have not found evidence that this kit was worn in a match.
Kit Notes:
The kit was worn by players in the pre-season photo shoot in July 1975. The shirt features the club badge mounted on a red circular disc.
Pre-season home kit (Aertex)
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
27/5 | Persepolis (a) | 1/6 | PSSI Tamtama |
8/6 | Hong Kong Rangers | 15/6 | W Australia |
3/8 | Halskov IF | 5/8 | Hvidore IF |
7/8 | Hostelbro | 12/8 | Red Star (h) |
Kit Notes:
The shirt was made of aertex with three narrow red bands on the sleeve. The kit was identified by Sean Moran, who has discovered several match photographs from United's World Tour
Pavel Shalaev sent a photograoh of the game in Hong King and Joel Brobruck has confirmed that United wore ther Admiral aertex shirt on the Australian leg of that tour James Thomas has sent photographs from the pre-season tour of Denmark, which shows United in this kit in all three games.
Post-season home kit
Shirt number
Kit Notes:
This kit was identified by Roy Jeffries and was probably worn against Celtic on May 17th 1976. It is the simpler V-neck design introduced in April 1976 and the trim on the shirt sleeve has two narrow and a broad red band.
The Admiral logo is yellow and blue (similiar to the retail replica shirt). Although this style logo had appeared on goalkeeper shirts, this is the only evidence we have found of it appearing on an outfield shirt.
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
17/5 | Celtic (a) |
Post-season home kit 2
Shirt number
Kit Notes:
The shirt has the simpler V-neck design introduced in April 1976, and the trim on the shirt sleeve has two narrow and a broad red band.
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
24/5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 29/5 | Dallas Tornado |
Post-season home kit 3
Shirt number
Kit Notes:
The shirt has the simpler V-neck design introduced in April 1976, and the trim on the shirt sleeve has three narrow and a broad red band.
Unusually the shirt also features the Admiral logo as well as the club badge.
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
26/5 | Chicago Sting |
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F1 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
30/8 | Stoke C (a) |
Kit notes:
This kit was originally identified by Yves Paemen and its use researched by Daniel.
Change kit 2
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W1 D1 L3 F5 A8
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
8/10 | Aston Villa (a) | 25/10 | West Ham (a) |
8/11 | Liverpool (a) | 22/11 | Arsenal (a) |
6/12 | Middlesbrough (a) |
Kit notes:
This kit was originally identified by Yves Paemen and its use researched by Daniel.
Variant change kit 2
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F4 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
13/12 | Sheff Utd (a) |
Kit notes:
This kit was originally identified by Yves Paemen and its use researched by Daniel.
Change kit 3
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W1 D0 L1 F2 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
21/2 | Aston Villa (a) | 19/4 | Burnley (a) |
Home Kit
Variant home kit
Variant home kit
Variant home kit
FA Cup Final Kit
Change Kit
Variant change kit
Pre-season Home Kit
Kit worn v Hong Kong Rangers 8/6/1975. Identified by Pavel Shalaev. We cannot be certain of the colour of the Admiral logo.
Post-season Third Kit
Worn in the match at Celtic Park on 17/5/1976
Style of number to be verified
The Season in brief
United, who maintained their cavalier attacking style, were title contenders for most of the season, and also reached the F.A. Cup Final. Unfortunately they lost three of their last six League games and finished third and were beaten by Second Division Southampton in the Cup Final.
Admiral's original home shirt had a cross over V neck collar with three narrow and a broad red band on the sleeve trim. This was replaced by a simpler style V neck in April 1976. There appears to have been no consistent supply policy and consequently United wore several different style kits through the season. There were also a number of variants of the goalkeeper shirts, notably three different coloured Admiral logos wrere used on the home shirts (red, black and gold). Outfield shirts were available with both long and short sleeves, with the choice left to individual players, which meant both styles were frequently worn in the same game.
The Cup Final shirt had an embroidered trophy and Wembley 1976 under the club badge. The 6 was a modified 5 which suggests the same embroidery block had been used the previous year. To comply with FA rules the Admiral logo was missing.
Replica shirts went on sale priced at £15 (or three times more than a generic red shirt). The club crest and Admiral logos were heat-applied transfers which were prone to peeling after a few washes, and Tommy Nielsen has confirmed they were blue & yellow rather than red and white. Photos sent by Athanasios Papathanasiou and John Bailey confirm the replica change shirt had three rather than four black stripes and the socks were white with red and black tops.
Tony Russell and Marvin Nash have provided invaluable information on the kits worn by United this season.
Can you help identify the kit worn by United in the game at Norwich on 17/3/1976