West Bromwich Albion will pay a memorable and lasting tribute to legendary striker Jeff Astle with an historic kit change for the Premier League clash against Leicester City on April 11.
The Baggies will don a 2015 replica of the famous white 1968 Wembley strip in which their never-to-be-forgotten centre forward enjoyed his most iconic Albion moment and scored the FA Cup Final winner.
The change of strip will be the high point of “Astle Day” when a Foundation in Jeff’s name is launched by his family which will promote care of other sufferers and research and education into CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy).
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He passed away from the disease at the age of just 59 in 2002.
The club have agreed to auction the one-off kit to raise funds for the Foundation as part of its pledge to dedicate a home game to the much loved goal-scorer. And it will be uniquely “retro,” stripped of names and branding, with 2-11 numbering and a blank goalkeeper’s jersey to mirror that worn by Albion keeper John Osborne on that famous day.
It is only the second time the Premier League have granted permission for a kit-change following Manchester United’s switch to a retro design for the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster in 2008.
