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The first ever kit to be worn by Harchester United was the purple and white quarters that resembled the famous colours of the Dragon Tannery, of which the club was founded.

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The second kit to be worn by Harchester United included a diagonal edge which was seen as a way of showing that the club was moving forward with the times.

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In the 1930's, Harchester United were a club moving forward and going places. So, to move with the fashion, they dropped long-sleeved shirts and went with the new shorter style introduced in the 1930's.

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Harchester United, like many clubs in the late 40's/early 50's, wanted to establish it's true colours. So they decided to go with a straight forward purple as a home colour. This kit was re-designed for a retro look in the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 seasons.

Umbro


The 1960's saw a return to long-sleeved shirts and also saw a return for the colour orange as Harchester United's away colours. Once again, the home shirt is kept simple design-wise.

Umbro


This kit was very popular with Harchester United fans throughout the late 60's and became somewhat of a "legendary kit". It was always a favourite and the 2004/05 kit range was based upon this.

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Not exactly a classic kit, but was in use for four seasons. The penguin style was based upon that of what other clubs in the midlands were using around the era. The Orange away kit also return with a style based on the 1950's range.

HU Sports


Following a kit that was unpopular with fans in the early 70's, the club polled fans through the local press to find out what sort of kit they feel the club should wear in future. The fans chose a style that was used only 10 years earlier.

HU Sports


Clubs kit's were now starting to become emblems of what the club is about in the late 70's - however, Harchester United seemed to ignore this fact with a rather ugly looking pair of kits towards the end of this decade.

Adidas


German sportswear firm Adidas took control of designing Harchester United's kits in the 1980's and decided to give the club a bit of continental flair during the decade of change.

Adidas
Dream Incorporated

As more money began flooding into football during the mid-eighties, the FA began allowing shirt sponsorship and Harchester United capitalised on this. They agreed a deal with electronics firm Dream Incorporated.

HU Sports
Dream Inc.

After eight succesful years as kit manufacturers, Adidas pulled out in 1988. Harchester United decided to once again use their in-house sportswear firm, HU Sports, to begin producing kits for the team and it's fans.

HU Sports
Dream Inc.

The 1990's saw a dramatic change in the way kit's would be designed - and this example from the 1990/91 and 1991/92 season's is just shocking. Kit's had now become fashion accessories for new fans following the 1990 World Cup.

HU Sports
Dream Inc.

These kits were popular with fans for a number of reasons - the main being a new revolution within the club that saw Harchester United regain promotion to the top flight again that would bring, for the first time, Premiership football at Addison Road!

HU Sports
Dream Inc.

This home kit was such a popular choice with supporters that it was reproduced in a darker shade for a further two seasons following. The away kit, however, was not a popular choice at all and saw relegation to Division One at the end of it's run.

HU Sports
Dream Inc.

Deja-vu... the previous home design had been used on demand by supporters but in a darker shade following it's popularity. A similar away design was also used.

Le Coq Sportif
Dream Inc.

In 1998, French manufacturers Le Coq Sportif began designing kits. Both kits were based upon the simple design used in the 1950's the prooved so popular. For the 1999 FA Cup Final, a special one-off design was also used.

Le Coq Sportif
Dream Inc.

This season saw a reproduction of the previous year's home kit but in a darker shade. The club also launched a third kit for the first time to mark the club's first European campaign.

Le Coq Sportif
Dream Inc.

A new season in the new millennium saw a change in the kit's designed by Le Coq Sportif. They wanted the club to move forward with newer fashionable designs rather than use retro styles - and these kits were just the start, although the away kit was never used.

Le Coq Sportif
Dream Inc.

This season saw the club launch a Champion's League kit that was only used the once and was never popular with fans anyway. The away kit was also never used due to no clashes with other kits.

Le Coq Sportif
Dream Inc.

This season saw a return to all three of the clubs main colours being used as kits. The away kit was also based upon the one that was used during the 1998/99 and 1999/2000 seasons.

Le Coq Sportif
Dream Inc.

The final kit to be made by Le Coq Sportif was the home kit saw here. It also featured a chinese translation of Dream Inc to mark the clubs links with the far east nation.

Valsport
Dream Inc.

This season not only saw the Dragons in the Champion's League but also the Championship following relegation due to match fixing by UEFA. Italian sportswear firm Valsport became the kit manufacturers too.

Valsport
Dream Inc.

Following a season of three kits in one year, Valsport promised to keep it's next three kits until it's deal expires with the club in 2007 - so for the first time since 1997/98, Harchester United used the same kits two years running.

Puma
Dream Inc.

After winning the Premiership, Harchester United became a club in demand by kit suppliers attempting to get the lucrative kit contract that had just expired with Valsport. But it was Puma that won the bidding war.