In 1891 the Football League announced that only one club could wear a particular style of kit. So Sunderland had red and white stripes, Stoke City didn't! Just out of interest......here is a list of the earliest recorded colours of Victorian Era football clubs:-
Arsenal-Garibaldi red, a maroon.....
Aston Villa-scarlet and royal blue hoops
Blackburn Rovers-white with a Maltese Cross on the left breast
Derby County-amber and chocolate halves with blue sleeves until 1890s
Fulham-red and white halves
Leicester City-black with blue diagonal stripe
Liverpool-blue and white halves as shown below until 1894!!!! SEE BELOW
Manchester City-black with Maltese Cross on left breast based on the Knights of Malta and associated with "courage"
Manchester Utd-green and gold halves until name change from Newton Heath in 1902 and red and white was adopted.
Newcastle Utd-red which was chosen to avoid the kit colour of the two clubs United formed from (Newcastle West End and East End) in 1892.
Notts County-orange and black, then chocolate and blue, then black and white stripes-kit copied by Juventus as the Italian club was forming.
Sheffield Wednesday-royal blue and white hoops as worn in 1871
Stoke City-crimson and blue hoops, then black and blue hoops, then red and white stripes in 1883.
Sunderland-navy blue until 1884, then red and white halves, then red and white stripes in 1887.
Tottenham Hotspur-navy blue with red H on red shield on left breast
WBA-white with purple diagonal sash amongst many other combos!
West Ham Utd-Harrovian Blue-Chairman Arnold Hill was an old Boy!
Wolves-blue and white stripes: What were the original colors of the Wolverhampton Wanderers? They began as a school side, St Lukes FC in 1877 and played in the school colours, blue and white jerseys...bit like Blackburn Rovers. Two years later they merged with neighbours Wanderers FC and became the club they are known as today.
Blackburn Rovers-white with a Maltese Cross on the left breast
Derby County-amber and chocolate halves with blue sleeves until 1890s
Fulham-red and white halves
Leicester City-black with blue diagonal stripe
Liverpool-blue and white halves as shown below until 1894!!!! SEE BELOW
Manchester City-black with Maltese Cross on left breast based on the Knights of Malta and associated with "courage"
Manchester Utd-green and gold halves until name change from Newton Heath in 1902 and red and white was adopted.
Newcastle Utd-red which was chosen to avoid the kit colour of the two clubs United formed from (Newcastle West End and East End) in 1892.
Notts County-orange and black, then chocolate and blue, then black and white stripes-kit copied by Juventus as the Italian club was forming.
Sheffield Wednesday-royal blue and white hoops as worn in 1871
Stoke City-crimson and blue hoops, then black and blue hoops, then red and white stripes in 1883.
Sunderland-navy blue until 1884, then red and white halves, then red and white stripes in 1887.
Tottenham Hotspur-navy blue with red H on red shield on left breast
West Ham Utd-Harrovian Blue-Chairman Arnold Hill was an old Boy!
Wolves-blue and white stripes: What were the original colors of the Wolverhampton Wanderers? They began as a school side, St Lukes FC in 1877 and played in the school colours, blue and white jerseys...bit like Blackburn Rovers. Two years later they merged with neighbours Wanderers FC and became the club they are known as today.
It makes you wonder when they change colours?!
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