Season 1976/77
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Standard home kit
The shirt frequently featured an Admiral logo but it has proved impossible to identify in which games; Move your cursor over the kit to reveal this version.
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P28 W18 D7 L3 F57 A27
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
28/8 | Derby Co (a) | 1/9 | Tranmere R (h) |
4/9 | Spurs (h) | 11/9; | Newcastle U (a) |
22/9 | Sunderland (h) | 25/9 | Man City (a) |
29/9 | AFC Ajax1 (h) | 6/10 | Sunderland (a) |
20/10 | Juventus (h) | 23/10 | Norwich C (h) |
27/10 | Newcastle U (h) | 30/10 | Ipswich T (h) |
10/11 | Sunderland (h) | 1/12 | Everton (h) |
8/1 | Walsall T (h) | 15/1 | Coventry C (h) |
29/1 | QPR (h) | 5/2 | Derby Co (h) |
12/2 | Spurs (a) | 19/2 | Newcastle U (h) |
5/3 | Man City (h) | 8/3 | Southampton (h) |
12/3 | Leeds U (h) | 19/3 | Aston Villa (h) |
23/3 | West Brom (h) | 16/4 | Leicester C (h) |
23/4 | Leeds U (n) | 30/4 | QPR (h) |
Also worn v South Wales XI on 8/12/1976.
1 The players wore the standard home kit but, with the exception of Gordon Hill, changed shirts at half-time (to the 1976 Cup Final shirts). Both second half subs Albiston & Patterson wore the standard home shirt.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P6 W3 D0 L3 F8 A13
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
2/10 | Leeds U (a) | 16/10 | West Brom (a) |
3/1 | Ipswich T (a) | 22/1 | Birmingham (a) |
5/4 | Everton (a) | 19/4 | QPR (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W4 D0 L1 F11 A4
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
24/8 | Coventry C (a) | 1/1 | Aston Villa (h) |
2/4 | Norwich C (a) | 9/4 | Stoke C (h) |
14/5 | Arsenal (h) |
Kit Notes:
The trim on the sleeve had two narrow and one broad red band.
Home kit 2
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P4 W2 D1 L1 F8 A4
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
21/85 | Birmingham (h) | 18/9 | Middlesbrough (h) |
27/11 | West Ham (h) | 27/12 | Everton (h) |
Varaint home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D1 L1 F1 A4
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
3/11 | Juventus (a) | 20/11 | Leicester C (a) |
FA Cup Final kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F2 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
21/5 | Liverpool |
The shorts featured two different Admiral logo patches. This version (with a white outline) was worn by:
Jimmy Nicholl, Sammy McIlroy, Martin Buchan, Steve Coppell, Jimmy Greenhoff, Stuart Pearson and Lou Macari.
Variant FA Cup Final kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F2 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
21/5 | Liverpool |
The shorts featured two different Admiral logo patches. This version (with a black outline) was worn by:
Alex Stepney, Arthur Albiston, Brian Greenhoff, Gordon Hill and substitute David McCreery.
Pre-season home kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
4/8 | AZ Alkmaar |
Kit identified by Sean Moran.
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P6 W0 D3 L3 F11 A16
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
4/10 | Sunderland (a) | 6/11 | Aston Villa (a) |
18/12 | Arsenal (a) | 7/5 | Bristol C (a) |
10/5 | Stoke C (a) | 16/5 | West Ham (a) |
Change kit 2
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 |
---|---|---|---|
3/5 | Liverpool (a) |
Kit notes:
Kit originally identified by Sean Moran from a YouTube video. Daniel discovered the shirt featured the mounted Club badge. A photograph sent to us by Yves Paemen shows the red mount was smaller than in the previous season.
Pre-season change kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
8/8 | Red Star (a) |
Variant third kit 1
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D1 L1 F3 A4
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
26/2 | Southampton (a) | 11/4 | Sunderland (a) |
Variant third 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 |
---|---|---|---|
15/9 | AFC Ajax |
Home Kit
Variant
Change Kit
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European Third Kit
Worn in the home leg v Juventus
Variant
Worn in the away leg v Juventus
FA Cup Final Kit
Pre-season variant
Worn by Alex Stepney against AZ Alkmaar on August 4th 1976. The shirt appears to be a training top, and was identified by regular contributor, Sean Moran.
The Season in brief
United's 2-0 win at Elland Road on October 2nd had taken them to the top of the table, but they were unable to sustain their title challenge. A 3-1 defeat at Highbury in mid December left them in 17th place, largely as a result of injuries and inconsistency. They recovered and eventually finished 6th.
Having beaten Ajax in the UEFA Cup first round, United lost 3-1 on aggregate to Juventus.
The highlight of the season came at Wembley on May 21st against Liverpool. The Cup Finalists had vastly contrasting styles, United's cavalier approach against the more conservative, cautious approach of their opponents. Attacking football won, goals from Stuart Pearson and Jimmy Greenhoff enough for United to prevent a Liverpool treble.Just a month later Tommy Docherty was sacked after admitting an affair with the wife of Laurie Brown, the club physio.
There were subtle changes to the home shirt - the simple V neck was retained, and the sleeve trim comprised a lower broad red hoop with three narrow red bands above. The shirt also frequently featured an Admiral logo.
The change kit now featured the original three black vertical stripes after Admiral and adidas reached an agreement on their use.
From information sent to us by Dermot McCarthy and Athanasios Papathanasiou we know there were two versions of United's third kit, one with red trim and one with blue.
Can you help identify the kits worn by United in the following games: Bristol City (h) 19/1/1977; Liverpool (h) 16/2/1977 and Middlesbro' (a) 26/4/1977.