by Squelchy2507 »
15 May 2008 14:05
RichieBowman I think the time has come for Reading Fc to return to the classic 1970's kit of blue and white hoops, white shorts and white socks with the two blue hoops on the socks as worn by Robin Friday, Steve Hetzke and Oliie Kearns. Lets go retro. Lets ditch the current kit as it is naf with the blue shorts , blue socks and no hoops at the back of the shirt. Also there is no tradition in the current kit.
That 1970's kit is my favourite too and would love to see a return to that style.
Some interesting points about the history of our kit though:
It was only as recently as 1996 that we actually reached the point of having worn hoops for more seasons than not.
In our 137 year existence, we did NOT wear hoops for 62 of them.
Of the 75 years in which we have worn hoops, 58 of them were with white shorts and 17 with blue shorts.
In total, we have worn white shorts in 58 years and blue shorts in 79 years.
I guess that suggests that 'tradition' means we should have hoop shirts (75 yrs out of 137) and blue shorts (79 years out of 137)