The question of shirts came up today and I was amused to read that Djibril Diawara in September 2001 was playing for Bolton against Arsenal in a league game. The Bolton kitman, Russell Byrne-Fraser, sent the wicker basket ahead but had not included Djibril's shirt. He searched out a Bolton fan at Arsenal Tube station, Lee Houghton, before the game and swapped a training top for Lee's bespoke team shirt.
Sam Allardyce was slightly amused as they had to use the Arsenal Club shop's ironing equipment to "print" on the correct name and number.
Tracey Hunt, a baker from Salisbury, answered an SOS on the Bournemouth supporters' coach from the club coach in 1999 and donated her shirt for their game against Notts County. Kit man, Bernie Morton, packed two of Steve Fletcher's shirts and did not pack Carl Fletcher's. An easy mistake to make. The Cherries lost 1-5. Tracey was excited.
The Dundee kit man forgot Gavin Rae's shirt for their match away against Hearts. A young lady from the Dundee crowd willingly lent her shirt to Gav, which went down well with the opposition, who quite liked his perfume. I wonder if she had a few layers on to cover her modesty?
And finally Alan Kimble of Wimbledon had to borrow a fan's shirt for his game against Derby in 1997. It had no name or number ironed on, but this did not stop Uriah Rennie from booking Kimble and then the ref abandoned the game due to a floodlight failure after 57 minutes.
Here is a another link to things concerning shirts!
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/22/what-individuals-have-sponsored-a-professional-clubs-shirt
and this is about shirt swapping.....
http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=1/news=swapping-shirts-and-anecdotes-1008476.html
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