While Tottenham Hotspur’s usual look of white shirts and navy shorts is world-renowned, it’s not unusual to see the London club in all-white thanks to a tradition for European games dating back to the 1960s.
With the Premier League not having a rule mandating a change when a shorts-clash occurs, Tottenham rarely appear in all-white domestically nowadays but occasionally a manufacturer will give them such a kit as a default look – that will again be the case for 2023-24.
Here, we will look at Spurs’ four all-white home kits and then you will hopefully tell us which of them is the best.
1985-87
When Hummel replaced Le Coq Sportif in 1985, they took the brave decision to go with white shorts – and the initial absence of a navy set proved troublesome.
The unusual design proved to be a classic though and retro versions remain popular.
2007-08
Puma’s second season as Tottenham’s kit-maker coincided with the club’s 125th anniversary.
There was a special sky blue and white halved fourth shirt harking back to the 1880s but one might have expected an ultra-traditional home kit.
Instead, the German firm went with white home shorts.
2012-13
Another example of a new firm marking their arrivals with all-white as Under Armour replaced Puma.
Also unusual was the facvt that grey was the accent colour on the shirt and shorts, though the various logos were the traditional navy.
2023-24
Nike become the fourth kit supplier to give Tottenham all-white as their primary layout.
A factor in this could be that the construction of the kit is identical to the 2022-23 offering, but it’s unfortunate that the ‘European look’ comes in a season where they are not involved in Uefa competitions.
Again, grey is used, with a pattern featuring lines and circles featuring throughout the shirt and shorts.
It HAS to be 1985-87, purely for the memory of sparkling football played in the second of those two seasons.
I actually like the new one, it’s simple has just a subtle amount of navy blue and key for me – it has a white collar – all spurs’ home shirts should have a white collar.
I shall be different here, whilst it now has grown on me as it has some level of nostalgia, I never did like the original Hummel kit at the time, especially as it followed the Le Coq self (shadow) striped shirts, which are my all time favourites.
Also, a point of clarification, Spurs started wearing all white in 1956 in floodlit friendlies and in the 1956 Anglo-Scottish Floodlit League
Just watch Spurs wear white-navy-navy at Stamford Bridge despite wearing white shorts as first choice ffs
White-white-blue looks silly IMO.
Never a fan of matching shirt and shorts with different colour socks.