Season 1987/88
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Standard home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P34 W22 D8 L4 F61 A27
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
19/8 | Arsenal (h) | 22/8 | Watford (h) |
31/8 | Chelsea (h) | 5/9 | Coventry C (a) |
12/9 | Newcastle U (h) | 23/9 | Hull C (h) |
26/9 | Spurs (h) | 3/10 | Luton T (a) |
7/10 | Hull C (a) | 17/10 | Norwich C (h) |
28/10 | C Palace (h) | 31/10 | Nott'm F (h) |
15/11 | Liverpool (h) | 18/11 | Bury (h) |
21/11 | Wimbledon (a) | 12/12 | Oxford U (h) |
28/12 | Everton (h) | 1/1 | Charlton A (h) |
2/1 | Watford (a) | 16/1 | Southampton (h) |
20/1 | Oxford U (a) | 30/1 | Chelsea (h) |
6/2 | Coventry C (h) | 13/2 | Chelsea (a) |
23/2 | Spurs (a) | 5/3 | Norwich C (a) |
12/3 | Sheff Wed (h) | 26/3 | West Ham (h) |
2/4 | Derby Co (h) | 12/4 | Luton T (h) |
30/4 | QPR (h) | 2/5 | Oxford U (a) |
7/5 | Portsmouth (h) | 9/5 | Wimbledon (h) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
22/7 | Naestved | 24/7 | IS Halmia |
26/7 | B 1903 (a) | 5/8 | A Mineiro (a) |
10/8 | Irish League XI | 28/3 | Spurs (a) |
Variant home kit
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 |
---|---|---|---|
26/12 | Newcastle U (a) | 10/2 | Derby Co (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W4 D0 L1 F11 A6
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
19/9 | Everton (a) | 10/10 | Sheff Wed (a) |
5/12 | QPR (a) | 19/12 | Portsmouth (a) |
10/1 | Ipswich T (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
28/11 | Bermuda (a) |
Pre-season variant
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
4/8 | Man City (a) |
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P4 W1 D2 L1 F6 A6
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
24/1 | Arsenal (a) | 20/2 | Arsenal (a) |
19/3 | Nott'm F (a) | 4/4 | Liverpool (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
28/7 | Vejle BK | 21/10 | Weymouth (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W1 D1 L0 F4 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
29/8 | Charlton A (a) | 25/10 | West Ham (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
17/5 | AC Milan (h) |
Change kit (Friendliies)
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
1/12 | Somerset Trojans (a) |
Standard third 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 |
---|---|---|---|
15/8 | Southampton (a) |
Home Kit
Change Kit
The Season in brief
In the summer Ferguson brought Viv Anderson and Brian McClair, the latter as replacement for Frank Stapleton at centre forward, to Old Trafford.
United lost just five games all season and were the only side that posed a threat to Liverpool's continued dominance of the Championship.<.
Despite an unbeaten run of ten games to end the season, eight of which were won, United finished as runners up, some nine points adrift of their rivals. However the resilience that was later to become a trademark of Ferguson's United sides was demonstrated at Anfield on April 4th. Losing 3-1 United fought back for a 3-3 draw, Gordon Strachan scoring the equaliser in front of the Kop.
The League or F.A. Cup seemed to represent the club's best chance for a trophy, but they were beaten in the fifth round of both competitions; 2-0 at Oxford in the League Cup and 2-1 at Highbury in the F.A. Cup.
As part of the Football League's Centenary United took part in the two day Mercantile Festival at Wembley. They were beaten in the semi-finals by Howard Wilkinson's Sheffield Wednesday.
All three of United's kits remained unchanged for the new season, with the exception of a white Red Devil rather than a club crest on the blue third shorts. All three shirts were available in both short and long sleeved versions.
To avoid colour clashes the change black shorts were worn with the home shirt, and the home white shorts with the change shirt, on occasion.
As was the case with the previous adidas replica kits, these were easily differentiated from the player shirts as they featured embossed (rather than embroidered) club crests and manufacturers logos.