Rangers FC

money, no kit - not even a ball. Yet from such humble beginnings emerged the most famous of all Scottish football clubs - Rangers FC. None of those four men could have foreseen what was to happen when they met in 1872. They cared only for having their...

The Trademark ADMIRAL was created in 1914 by A.B.C. Hosiery Limited (later known as Cook & Hurst Limited) manufacturing good quality English made underwear and, subsequently, various items of sportswear. During the 1970's, ADMIRAL were pioneers of a...

Today April 3rd 2007 around 100 rare football shirts go under the hammer at Christie's auction house. One of them is a shirt worn by Arsenal Captain Joe Mercer in the 1950 F.A.Cup Final. In this match played on 29th April 1950 at Wembley Arsenal...

Birmingham City and Umbro have rekindled their relationship from past years as the two sign a three-year sponsorship deal that will last until the 2009-2010 season. Umbro’s contract as the club’s exclusive manufacturer of all playing and training...

The story of hummel takes its beginning in Hamburg in 1923 where the Messmer family started applying the first rubber outsoles to footwear. – from 1923 until today where technology and fashion have become vitals elements to a story that has only just...

The company was founded in 1920, in Wilmslow,Manchester, as Humphrey Brothers Clothing; in 1924, the company changed its name to Umbro, a contraction of its previous name, Humphrey Brothers. As one of the earliest kit suppliers to professional clubs,...

Manchester United, has struck the U.K.'s most valuable shirt-sponsorship deal, worth $99 million (£56.5 million) over four years to carry the name of insurer American International Group on its jerseys. But did the club get top dollar for turning its...