Notts County
Born in 1862, the oldest of our original Football League participants, kick off their League era in a sumptuous Chocolate/Sky Blue combination…
Shocking Orange seemed to be the preferred choice from 1866 till the “Choc & Blue” was adopted in 1880…
…which will unfortunately be leading to many a kit clash, forcing them to regularly change into white shirts & “Chocolate Pants”…
Chocolate whats..?
…they’ll eventually settle on those famous “Magpie” stripes ten years later - A whole four years before Newcastle United adopt their very similar look…
Newcastle United, 1904, suspiciously similar…
For ten years from 1920 Notts are in chevron heaven, as worn here by Club Legend & all time record appearance maker, Billy Flint…
William James Flint
(1908/1926) Apps, 376 Goals, 40
For reasons best known to themselves, Notts decide to turn to hoops for their War-Time exhibitions…
Thomas “The Law-man” Lawton
(1947-52) Apps, 151 Goals, 90
…Threads
They’ll start out, however, all the way back in ‘64, wearing good old Cricket whites, fitting for a team occasionally hosting home matches at Trent Bridge…
1894 Cup Winners!
That’s more like it !
Football’s original “Law-man”, Tommy Lawton, of course, (..we’re guessing the Finest Footballer to pull on a Notts jersey of any variety…) here seen in the plain White shirt, with super-huge Black collar, as worn between 1946 & 1952, the last change made by the club to date…
Bolton-ian Tommy, lad, remains, right up until the present day, at 19 years & 16 days, the youngest ever player to sink a penalty for England- just 27 minutes into his debut…
Credit, where Credit’s due, Brian…
England Online…
Origins of the Football League: The First Season 1888/89
Historical Football Kits
Before the ‘D’
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