The Liverpool Shirts Museum 1979-1980 Home Player Shirt |
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The V-neck collar shirts were used between 1977-1982, whereas HITACHI sponsor was added in seasons 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 only. For the 1979-1980 season. Only genuine player shirts have embroidered club crest and embroidered UMBRO motif. | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool 1979-1980 Home Player Shirt - Numbered 7 shirt belongs to Kenny Dalglish. | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool was the first-ever team in history adopting commercial sponsorship on the chest. The Japanese electronics company HITACHI appeared on Liverpoool shirts in season 1979-1980. | ||||||||||||||||||
If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery is more conspicous. | ||||||||||||||||||
Again, only for the geniune player shirt, you will have both the club crest and manufacturer motif embroidered. | ||||||||||||||||||
As usual, the collar tag of UMBRO era Liverpool player shirt is different from the replicas. Size information is always written in WORDS (MEN) instead of numbers in inches. | ||||||||||||||||||
The numbers on the backside are machine-stitched pieces of cloth. | ||||||||||||||||||
Sir Jock Stein retired from professional football coaching. A Testimonial Game between Liverpool and Celtic was held. It was that time King Kenny gifted his autographed shirt to Stein. | ||||||||||||||||||
This shirt was originally a gift to Sir Jock Stein by Kenny Dalglish. It bears the autograph (washed out) of "Good Luck Kenny Dalglish". | ||||||||||||||||||
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