Season 2012/13
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Standard home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P30 W23 D1 L6 F70 A35
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
26/8 | Fulham (h) | 15/9 | Wigan A (h) |
29/9 | Tottenham (h) | 20/10 | Stoke C (h) |
28/10 | Chelsea (a) | 31/10 | Chelsea (a) |
3/11 | Arsenal (h) | 17/11 | Norwich C (a) |
24/11 | QPR (h) | 28/11 | West Ham U (h) |
1/12 | Reading (a) | 15/12 | Sunderland (h) |
26/12 | Newcastle U (h) | 29/12 | West Brom (h) |
1/1 | Wigan Ath (a) | 13/1 | Liverpool (h) |
16/1 | West Ham (h) | 26/1 | Fulham (h) |
30/14 | Southampton (h) | 2/2 | Fulham (a) |
10/2 | Everton (h) | 18/2 | Reading (h) |
2/3 | Norwich (h) | 10/3 | Chelsea (h) |
16/3 | Reading (h) * | 1/4 | Chelsea (a) |
8/4 | Man City (h) | 22/4 | Aston V (h) |
5/5 | Chelsea (h) | 12/5 | Swansea (h) |
* Rooney wore a replica shirt in the first half against Reading.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W2 D0 L0 F5 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
26/9 | Newcastle U (h) | 7/10 | Newcastle U (a)* |
* Patrice Evra wore the white change socks in the match on Tyneside. Spotted by regular contributor Athanasios Papathanasiou (move mouse over the kit to reveal the variant).
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W2 D3 L0 F12 A9
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
9/12 | Man City (a) | 23/12 | Swansea C (a) |
20/1 | Tottenham (a) | 23/2 | QPR (a) |
19/5 | WBA (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
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20/8 | Everton (a) |
European home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P4 W2 D0 L2 F5 A5
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
19/9 | Galatasaray (h) | 23/10 | SC Braga (h) |
5/12 | CFR Cluj (h) | 5/3 | Real Madrid (h) |
Varaint home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
5/2 | R Madrid (a) |
Pre-season home kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
18/7 | AmaZulu | 25/7 | Shanghai |
5/8 | Valerenga |
Pre-season variant home kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
21/7 | Ajax Cape Town |
Pre-season home variant
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
11/8 | Hannover 96 |
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P4 W2 D2 L0 F9 A7
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
2/9 | Southampton (a) | 23/9 | Liverpool (a) |
5/1 | West Ham (a) | 17/4 | West Ham (a) |
Remembrance Day change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F3 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
10/11 | Aston Villa (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
28/4 | Arsenal (a) |
European change 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 |
---|---|---|---|
2/10 | CFR Cluj (a) | 20/11 | Galatasaray (a) |
Pre-season change kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
8/8 | FC Barcelona |
Standard third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W2 D0 L0 F3 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
30/3 | Sunderland (a) | 14/4 | Stoke C (a) |
European third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F3 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
7/11 | SC Braga |
Standard home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
2/9 | Southampton (a) | 15/9 | Wigan A (h) |
26/9 | Newcastle (h) | 29/9 | Tottenham (h) |
7/10 | Newcastle (a) | 20/10 | Stoke C (h) |
3/11 | Arsenal (h) | 24/11 | QPR (h) |
28/11 | West Ham (h) | 15/12 | Sunderland (h) |
23/12 | Swansea C (a) | 26/12 | Newcastle U (h) |
29/12 | West Brom (h) | 1/1 | Wigan Ath (a) |
13/1 | Liverpool (h) | 16/1 | West Ham (h) |
20/1 | Tottenham (a) | 30/1 | Southampton (h) |
10/2 | Everton (h) | 23/2 | QPR (a) |
10/3 | Chelsea (h) | 16/3 | Reading (h) |
8/4 | Man City (h) | 5/5 | Chelsea (h) |
12/5 | Swansea (h) | 19/5 | WBA (a) |
European home kit/h5>
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
19/9 | Galatasaray (h) | 2/10 | CFR Cluj (a) |
7/11 | SC Braga (a) | 20/11 | Galatasaray (a) |
13/2 | R Madrid (a) |
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
23/9 | Liverpool (a) | 17/11 | Norwich C (a) |
2/3 | Norwich C (h) | 22/4 | Aston Villa (h) |
28/4 | Arsenal (a) |
European change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
5/12 | CFR Cluj (h) |
Standard third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
20/8 | Everton (a) | 26/8 | Fulham (h) |
28/10 | Chelsea (a) | 31/10 | Chelsea (a) |
1/12 | Reading (a) | 9/12 | Man City (a) |
5/1 | West Ham (a) | 26/1 | Fulham (h) |
2/2 | Fulham (a) | 18/2 | Reading (h) |
1/4 | Chelsea (a) | 14/4 | Stoke City (a) |
17/4 | West Ham (a) |
Remembrance Day third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
10/11 | Aston Villa (a) |
Variant third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
30/3 | Sunderland (a) |
European third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
Pxx Wxx Dxx Lxx Fxx Axx
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
23/10 | SC Braga (h) | 5/3 | Real Madrid (h) |
Pre-season home
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
18/7 | AmaZulu | 21/7 | Ajax Cape Town |
Pre-season home variant
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
8/8 | FC Barcelona |
Pre-season change kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
11/8 | Hannover 96 |
Pre-season third kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
25/7 | Shanghai Shenhua | 5/8 | Vålerenga |
The Season in brief
United recaptured the Premier League title, their 20th. After an opening day defeat at Goodison Park the Reds were quite brilliant and won 28 of their remaining 37 games. They reached the last sixteen of the Champions' League, but were beaten by Real Madrid after Nani's controversial dismissal at Old Trafford. The defeat dented their confidence but they still finished with an eleven point margin over runners-up City. Chelsea ended United's interest in both domestic Cups at Stamford Bridge. Their 5-4 win in the League Cup was perhaps fortunate but they deserved their victory in the FA Cup replay after drawing at Old Trafford.
United had a new home kit, the gingham design supposedly representing Manchester’s heritage as a textile centre and the club's working class roots and values, and a new change kit.
Their training kit continued to be sponsored by DHL. For the game at Anfield in September, the first Liverpool home game following the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report, United's players wore a track suit top without the DHL branding and with the number 96 on the back. United bought out the remaining 2 years of the deal with DHL after negotiating a more lucrative deal with General Motors.
Before the Premier League games over the weekend of October 20th 2012, players were expected to wear an anti-racism 'Kick it Out' T-shirt. Several prominent players, including Rio Ferdinand, did not take part in protest at the perceived leniency shown by the FA to John Terry for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.