Nicking the shirts off their backs

stripes in 1910. Some reckon the red comes from the fact that the club was set up by English miners who had sailed from Southampton and Sunderland. There's also a theory that a trip to England yielded no blue and white tops, forcing the change. But "the...
07 November 2006

Hit or misfit? kits that divided the fans

proved one of the most controversial kits in football history. The strip is infamous for its part in the 3-1 defeat at Southampton in April 1996 after which Alex Ferguson blamed it for the team's poor performance. The Red Devils consigned the strip to...
26 August 2006