Good, Bad and Ugly kits from the past – Leeds United
Good – home shirt 1995/96
This shirt is definitely one of my favourite shirts of all-time. In a nod to the home shirt of the early 70’s, Leeds decided to have the traditional LUFC embroided onto their shirt instead of their crest at the time.
The rollneck collar is also similar to the shirt from Leeds’ heyday. A small Leeds United badge was embroided on the right hand side of the chest, directly above the manufacturers name Asics.
The shirts sponsors, Thistle Hotels, had their brand printed across the front of the shirt. One of the classiest shirts of the 90’s.
all-orange kit
Bad – third shirt 1970/71
Worn only the once, this all-orange third shirt is only in the Bad section as it wasn’t (and still isn’t) Leeds’s traditional colours.
United lost 3-0 at Stoke City when they wore it for the only time in the 1970/71 season and it’s not surprising that it was never worn again. Manager Don Revie was an extremely superstitious man and the result at the Victoria Ground that day could easily have made him hate the colour orange for the rest of his days!
Ugly – away and third shirt 1992/93
Leeds United fans had every reason to be happy in the summer of 1992. They had won the Championship in the May, and had beaten enemies Manchester United to the title so had bragging rights in the Yorkshire-Lancashire rivalry. As well as this, they had the European Cup to look forward to for the first time in 17 years.
Then came the new kits. The home shirt was nice but the away and third shirts were just horrendous. It’s no wonder that Leeds only won one away game all season as they had to wear these two monstrosities in the majority of their games away from home!
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