The 1991 FA Cup final was epochal as Tottenham Hotspur, wearing Umbro for the first time since 1977, has a new kit with longer shorts that would become common during the decade.
The club’s merchandise catalogue featured the new kits. Along with Liverpool that season, it was the first time we recall two goalkeeper shirts being marketed – like the Pool, the first-chocie GK top was the same colour as the outfield change kit, ensuring that the back-up version would be used.
It’s interesting to note that some of the Umbro leisurewear was of the 1990-91 styling, while the England shirt and tracksuit were also available to purchase.
The photoshopping of products on to pictures of former players was a nice idea, though the technology of the time wasn’t able to match the concept. Including someone like Chris Waddle, then still with Olympique de Marseille, also seems odd at this remove.
As with the Manchester United catalogue featured last week, there were some products which featured older styles, such as the luggage tag on page 20 based on the previous Hummel shirt. ‘The Manager’ board game – yours for stg£24.95 – was the brainchild of Terry Venables, though by this stage he had moved upstairs into an executive role.
god I remember this lot – ive still got the training top, and it still fits!
I always thought in this season ( my 2nd as a spurs fan) that the navy spurs gk shirt was the 1st choice with the home outfield kits (and indeed the ONLY choice with the yellow away outfield kit) and the yellow was the change keeper jersey however looking at the catalogue numbers I’m guessing the opposite was true?😮 either way as a spurs fan I’ve got a general weakness for an all navy gk kits ever since ( indeed navy shirts was the outfield 1st choice before white then did become the home shirt while the navy became the away colours until it became illegal in the late 60s due to clash with refs kits so change became yellow like arsenal at the same time) otherwise I have a preference for our 1st/or 2nd keeper kit to be all dark green … I like spurs to keep yellow as both a gk third kit colour and the same as outfields 3rd kit colours at spurs as that leaves the away outfield shirt as either sky blue/navy/or combo of both with the colours of away shorts and socks the exact opposites of home kits set.