Season 1983/84
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season


The Season in brief

United's season began wby beating Liverpool in the Charity Shield. Bryan Robson was in marvellous form all season, inspiring and driving United forward. He scored both goals in the Charity Shield, but perhaps his best performance was in the Cup Winners' Cup quarter final against Barcelona. Two down from the first leg, United won 3-0 at Old Trafford with Robbo scoring twice. In the semi final they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Juventus, conceding the winning goal in the last minute of the second leg.

In the League, United's 4-0 victory over Arsenal on March 17th had taken them to the top of the table with ten games to play. Crucially Robson missed four of these games and the side managed just two wins. They finished fourth, some six points (three victories) behind Champions Liverpool. Third Division sides Oxford United and Bournemouth ended United's interest in the domestic Cup competitions.

The word 'Electronics' was dropped from the Sharp sponsors logo for the new season to meet the new broadcasting size regulations. Logos had to be a maximum 16 inches square. adidas produced special "1983 FA Cup Winners" embroidered shirts for both home and change kits, as well as a special shirt for the FA Charity Shield.

The replica versions of these shirts featured the same style of printed crests and logos as previous replicas. All shirts came without sponsors logos, however, and customers had to pay an extra £1 if they wanted the logos printed on their shirts.