The History Liverpool FC Kits 1979

Standard home player kit


		H 1.0

1979-80 Home player shirt long sleeve № 7 Kenny Dalglish (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo, unknown season used) - image with site facebook.com/anfield.relics

1979-80 Home player shirt long sleeve № 14 (big UMBRO logo, unknown season used, made 1976-78) - image with site liverpoolkits.com

1979-80 Home players shirt

Manufacturer: Umbro (made in England)

Club sponsor: Hitachi

Years worn: 1978-82 & 1979-81

In this design home shirt (small UMBRO logo) Liverpool first played in ...

In this design home shirt (big UMBRO logo) Liverpool first played in ...

In this design home shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) Liverpool first played in away Friendly match versus Borussia (Moenchengladbach, FRG), 01.08. 1979, 4-2, at Bokelberg, FRG.

Replica shirt short sleeve price: J5,45 (the price is specified in a year of made and sale of this shirt, 1979)

In a season 1976-77 the design home shirt has changed. Liverpool used home shirt six seasons, 1976-77 to 1981-82 (different in some details). Liverpool used home shirt how in all home, as and in more away matches. In season 1980-81, Liverpool playing in home different designs, different in some details:

H 1.0 - Home shirt with home shorts & home socks.
H 1.1 - Home shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H 1.* - Unknow me Home shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo or big HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H 1.2 - Home shirt (big UMBRO logo & without special embroidery Charity Shield) with home shorts & home socks.
H 1.3 - Home shirt (small UMBRO logo & special embroidery Testimonial Ray Clemence) with home shorts & home socks.
* - Unknown me now kits was worn in matches.

This standard design of a home shirt (left side page number 14), Liverpool used its five seasons with 1976 on 1982. How to define for what of five seasons this shirt is made do not know. Can, is any distinction on a label? In season 1979-80, Liverpool playing in shirt when was embroidered small UMBRO logo, not how in season 1976-78.

In 1979 Liverpool became the first British team to sign a kit sponsorship deal. Until then no club had ever displayed a sponsors name upon their shirts.

In what matches Liverpool played in shirts with a club sponsor logo Hitachi and in what is not present, I now do not know. But, most likely this teleimage and an interdiction of FA Association or UEFA on uses of advertising on shirts during television display of matches. It concerns the size with a club sponsor logo Hitachi which was two variants. What for the first time was on shirts, I till last year (2010) have been assured, that the big sponsor logo. But there was Alan Hansen's photo (sponsor logo HITACHI with big Umbro logo) and it is necessary to establish date of this match. Now (2013) I to find photo and know date match. Here you can to see image (look in right). with match versus Norwich C (17.01.1081), Terry McDermott (small UMBRO logo and small HITACHI logo) and Alan Kennedy (big Umbro logo and small Hitachi logo).

In Charity Shield (11.08.1979) match was used simple home shirt, in shirt not was special embroidery to this match. The special embroidery as was absent in matches Charity Shield 1971, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1992. Liverpool also played in 60's Charity Shield matches, but and this matches used simple shirt, without special embroidery.

In season 1979-80, Liverpool used home shirt with special embroidery, this was in home match Testimonial Ray Clemence (14.05.1980).

The name of the electrical company Hitachi was added to the current kit without any further change. However, as sponsorship was not allowed in several competitions, including Europe, or in televised matches the shirts did not display the word 'HITACHI' for many games and the unsponsored shirt continued to be used.

Big HITACHI letters, used Liverpool in seasons 1979-80 & 1980-81 (in one match, may be more), small HITACHI letters, used Liverpool in seasons 1980-81 & 1981-82.

The telling factors that make this an authentic match worn players shirt are the size label in the collar of the shirt, This is shown in the images below, Although the label is slightly creased the size of this shirt can still be clearly seen as 'Large', The replica shirts were sized in inches, for example, 34"/36" and only the players shirts were sized in words, Medium, Large etc...

Also the Umbro badge on the shirt is fully embroidered into the shirt as is found on the players shirts of this era, Replica Hitachi shirt's sometimes had embroidered Liverbird badges, but never for the Umbro logo also, The players shirts also had the numbers fully stitched onto the back of the shirt in a separate piece of white material, This can also be seen in one of the images below.

The height of the HITACHI letters are 6cm, the width of the logo is 29cm.

These shirts would have been worn for more than one game, Sponsorship and kit manufacturing was very basic in the late 70s, This shirt would have been used in many games during the season, This can be seen from the shirt label showing it has been laundered, This would not have happened once the signatures were put onto the shirt , Thus proving the shirt was washed a used a few times by Kenny Dalglish prior to him having it signed and passing this onto a friend of the club.

The small Hitachi letter is 20 cm wide, and the letters are 5 cm high. This type of smaller Hitachi logo was used for some televised games where allowed, as the full sized logo was used for the standard un-televised home and away games.

On some site about History Liverpool shirt write what, Liverpool use home shirt with big HITACHI logo in season 1980-81, but this not right, in first Liverpool FC played in away Friendly match versus Borussia (Moenchengladbach, FRG), 1 August 1979. Now have more photos with away Friendly match between League of Ireland-Liverpool (18.08.1979),when can to look on Liverpool players dress home shirt with big HITACHI logo (left image Terry McDermott). Right image, show Kenny Dalglish in home match Division One versus Bolton Wanderers (21.09.1979), Kenny Dalglish in home shirt big HITACHI logo.

Interesting fact. Curiously, but in the same photo on Ray Clemence the goalkeeper shirt of a team of the contender is dressed. As I think, Ray Clemence could not play to a home goalkeeper shirt of Liverpool FC (I shall remind, it green color) as field players of team League Of Ireland send on a floor in home goalkeeper shirt of national team Republic of Ireland, green, and goalkeeper shirts of other color with a of club emblem at it were not. The problem is solved so, Ray Clemence played to a goalkeeper shirt of yellow color, team League Of Ireland, at number 1, and the goalkeeper of team League Of Ireland, Alan O'Neill, played to a goalkeeper shirt at number 16.

Yellow color of a goalkeeper shirt, is color which was used by goalkeepers in matches of national teams (not as now).

I now not know in season 1979-80, Liverpool used home shirt with small UMBRO logo & small HITACHI logo or big UMBRO logo & small HITACHI logo. May be I mistake and you have other information and photo with season 1979-80. In Liverpool programmes have player photo in home shirt with small UMBRO logo & small HITACHI logo, this was image Colin Irwin (Liverpool home programme with match versus Bristol City, 06.10.1979).

This image with home match Division One versus Tottenham Hotspur (02.09.1978), show Steve Heighway (small UMBRO logo) and Graeme Souness (big UMBRO logo) in different shirts in one match. Why Graeme Souness has put on this shirt, success or for other season, can be and in some other matches, shirts of old design - with big UMBRO logo have been used. This was and in seasons 1978-79, 1979-80 & 1980-81, may be & 1981-82.

As the made Liverpool kits on factory Umbro in the end 70s, and then where they were stored in club was produced, look and read here.

H 1.0
08.09.1979	home	Coventry City	Division One
19.09.1979	home	Dinamo Tbilisi	European Cup
03.10.1979	away	Dinamo Tbilisi	European Cup
27.10.1979	away	Manchester City	Division One
11.03.1980	home	Manchester City	Division One
05.12.1979	away	Norwich City	League Cup
15.12.1979	home	Crystal Palace	Division One
22.12.1979	away	Derby County	Division One
12.01.1980	home	Southampton	Division One
19.01.1980	away	Coventry City	Division One
09.02.1980	away	Norwich City	Division One
12.02.1980	home	Nottingham Forest	League Cup
16.02.1980	home	Bury	FA Cup
08.03.1980	away	Tottenham Hotspur	FA Cup
16.04.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
26.04.1980	away	Crystal Palace	Division One
01.05.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
03.05.1980	home	Aston Villa	Division One
H 1.1
01.08.1979	away	Borussia Moenchengladbach	Friendly
18.08.1979	away	League of Ireland	Friendly
21.08.1979	home	Bolton Wanderers	Division One
25.08.1979	home	West Bromwich Albion	Division One
04.09.1979	home	Tranmere Rovers	League Cup
15.09.1979	away	Leeds United	Division One
22.09.1979	home	Norwich City	Division One
06.10.1979	home	Bristol City	Division One
13.10.1979	away	Ipswich Town	Division One
20.10.1979	home	Everton	Division One
30.10.1979	home	Exeter City	League Cup
10.11.1979	away	Brighton & Hove Albion	Division One
17.11.1979	home	Tottenham Hotspur	Division One
26.12.1979	home	Manchester United	Division One
29.12.1979	home	West Bromwich Albion	Division One
19.02.1980	home	Nottingham Forest	Division One
26.02.1980	away	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Division One
19.03.1980	home	Leeds United	Division One
29.03.1980	away	Tottenham Hotspur	Division One
H 1.*
29.08.1979	away	Tranmere Rovers	League Cup
25.09.1979	home	Chesterfield	League Cup
09.10.1979	away	Bolton Wanderers	Division One
03.11.1979	home	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Division One
01.12.1979	home	Middlesbrough	Division One
05.01.1980	home	Grimsby Town	FA Cup
12.01.1980	home	Southampton	Division One
23.02.1980	home	Ipswich Town	Division One
01.03.1980	away	Everton	Division One
22.03.1980	home	Brighton & Hove Albion	Division One
01.04.1980	home	Stoke City	Division One
08.04.1980	home	Derby County	Division One
19.04.1980	home	Arsenal	Division One
H 1.2
11.08.1979	neutral	Arsenal	Charity Shield
H 1.3
14.05.1980	home	Anderlecht	Testimonial Ray Clemence
*
03.08.1979	neutral	Feyenoord	Friendly
05.08.1979	neutral	Benfica	Friendly
07.08.1979	away	FBU Select	Friendly
06.11.1979	away	Lille	Friendly
26.05.1980	-	Bahrain XI	Friendly
29.05.1980	away	Al Nasr	Friendly

Left to right: 1st image, embroidered club emblem (Liverbird & L.F.C.). 2nd image, player number use on Liverpool shirt. 3rd image, special embroidery RAY CLEMENCE TESTIMONIAL 1980 for match Testimonial Ray Clemence.

Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt, and as other features of a player shirt to look here


Home Charity Shield shirt	Home Testimonial Ray Clemence shirt	Home replica shirt (small UMBRO logo & small HITACHI logo)

Home shorts	Home socks
With the description of the shirt, shorts, socks and features. Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt.

1st Variant home player kit


			H 1.1

1979-80 Home player shirt long sleeve № 7 Kenny Dalglish (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo, unknown season use) - image with site Kenny (Kopcollector)

This design home shirt, Liverpool field players use in match League Cup. For this match used small UMBRO logo and big HITACHI logo.

H 1.1 - Home shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.

The name of the electrical company Hitachi was added to the current kit without any further change. However, as sponsorship was not allowed in several competitions, including Europe, or in televised matches the shirts did not display the word 'HITACHI' for many games and the unsponsored shirt continued to be used.

Big Hitachi letters, used Liverpool in seasons 1979-81, small Hitachi letters, used Liverpool in seasons 1980-82.

Indeed, UEFA even insisted on the Umbro badge being covered in European matches, hence photographs showing Liverpool in a kit with a white rectangle on the righthand side of the shirt where the Umbro logo had been covered, usually with something as crude as sticky tape, The days of having different shirts produced specifically for different tournaments was years ahead in the future, It has been said recently that Liverpool now use between 500 and 700 shirts a year from Reebok, Yet during the late 70s they probably used no more than around 200 from Umbro per season and shirts were adapted from tournament to tournament.

This Hitachi sponsored shirt is a favourite with Liverpool shirt collectors including myself and sells for probably more than any other standard season shirt, Although this is also due to the fact that it is one of the oldest and becoming hard to find.

The telling factors that make this an authentic match worn players shirt are the size label in the collar of the shirt, This is shown in the images below, Although the label is slightly creased the size of this shirt can still be clearly seen as 'Large', The replica shirts were sized in inches, for example, 34"/36" and only the players shirts were sized in words, Medium, Large etc...

Also the Umbro badge on the shirt is fully embroidered into the shirt as is found on the players shirts of this era, Replica Hitachi shirt's sometimes had embroidered Liver-bird badges, but never for the Umbro logo also, The players shirts also had the numbers fully stitched onto the back of the shirt in a separate piece of white material, This can also be seen in one of the images below.

The height of the Hitachi letters are 6cm, the width of the logo is 29cm.

These shirts would have been worn for more than one game, Sponsorship and kit manufacturing was very basic in the late 70s, This shirt would have been used in many games during the season, This can be seen from the shirt label showing it has been laundered, This would not have happened once the signatures were put onto the shirt , Thus proving the shirt was washed a used a few times by Kenny Dalglish prior to him having it signed and passing this onto a friend of the club.

The small Hitachi letter is 20 cm wide, and the letters are 5 cm high. This type of smaller Hitachi logo was used for some televised games where allowed, as the full sized logo was used for the standard un-televised home and away games.

H 1.1
01.08.1979	away	Borussia Moenchengladbach	Friendly
18.08.1979	away	League of Ireland	Friendly
21.08.1979	home	Bolton Wanderers	Division One
25.08.1979	home	West Bromwich Albion	Division One
04.09.1979	home	Tranmere Rovers	League Cup
15.09.1979	away	Leeds United	Division One
22.09.1979	home	Norwich City	Division One
06.10.1979	home	Bristol City	Division One
13.10.1979	away	Ipswich Town	Division One
20.10.1979	home	Everton	Division One
30.10.1979	home	Exeter City	League Cup
10.11.1979	away	Brighton & Hove Albion	Division One
17.11.1979	home	Tottenham Hotspur	Division One
26.12.1979	home	Manchester United	Division One
29.12.1979	home	West Bromwich Albion	Division One
19.02.1980	home	Nottingham Forest	Division One
19.03.1980	home	Leeds United	Division One
29.03.1980	away	Tottenham Hotspur	Division One

2nd Variant home player kit


			H 1.2

1979-80 Charity Shield Home player shirt short sleeve № 4 Phil Thompson ((big UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo, worn, worn) - not now good image

1979-80 Charity Shield Home player shirt short sleeve № 5 Ray Kennedy (big UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo, worn, unknown season use) - image with site facebook.com/liverpoolshirtsmuseum

This design home shirt, Liverpool field players use in match Charity Shield. For this match made, but not used special embroidery.

H 1.2 - Home shirt (big UMBRO logo & without special embroidery Charity Shield) with home shorts & home socks.

In Charity Shield (11.08.1979) match was used simple home shirt (photo in top left page, Kenny Dalglish & Phil Thompson H 1.4), in shirt not was special embroidery to this match. The special embroidery as was absent in matches Charity Shield 1971, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1992. Liverpool also played in 60's Charity Shield matches, but and this matches used simple shirt, without special embroidery.

This big story, why Liverpool FC management in end 70s and 80s, for some big matches. League Cup Final,(1981 *, 1982, 1983 & 1984), Charity Shield (1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, & 1992), World Club Championship (1981 & 1984), not made shirt with special embroidery for this matches. Big question. Wish remember, what contenders (not all) of our club in these matches, played in shirts with a special match embroidery. It does not concern foreign teas where there was no culture, to embroider on shirts the memorable text about a match.
In Charity Shield matches, only Manchester United (20.08.1983) and Leeds United (08.08.1992).
In League Cup Final (1981, 1982, 1983 & 1984), matches, all ours contenders played in shirts with special match embroidery.
Can at whom there are thoughts on it a club stage, write to me, please contact us.

In left side page Liverpool home shirt № 5, of course this shirt not used in this match, but in this style home shirt played in this match.

H 1.2
11.08.1979	neutral	Arsenal	Charity Shield

Full page about home shirt with Charity Shield to look here

3rd Variant home player kit


			H 1.3

1979-80 Testimonial Ray Clemence Home player shirt short sleeve № 5 Ray Kennedy (worn) - image with site facebook.com/mws.fever

1979-80 Testimonial Ray Clemence Home player shirt long sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence - image with site oldfootballshirts.com

This design home shirt, Liverpool field players use in match Testimonial Ray Clemence. For this match used special embroidery RAY CLEMENCE TESTIMONIAL 1980.

H 1.3 - Home shirt (small UMBRO logo & special embroidery Testimonial Ray Clemence) with home shorts & home socks.

For this match was used new style home goalkeeper shirt.

How you can see of photo (below), before Testimonial match, Ray Clemence was dressed in simple home goalkeeper shirt. In match course of his played in home goalkeeper shirt with special embroidery.

In this match Ray Clemence scored one goal for Liverpool. In left side page player shirt with number 1, I assume, what Ray Clemence played in first or second half match how field player. I cannot explain for another, that there is such home player shirt with № 1.
Have else team photo in Liverpool locker room, only not understend when they made

Liverpool goalkeeper Ray Clemence is presented with a silver plate before his testimonial game by Belgium's Francois Van Der Elst.

H 1.3
14.05.1980	home	Anderlecht	Testimonial Ray Clemence

Was used a special one-off match embroidery in capital letters "RAY CLEMENCE TESTIMONIAL 1980" on the chest of the shirt.

Full page about second home goalkeeper shirt with Testimonial Ray Clemence to look here

4th Variant home player kit

Standard away player kit


			A 1.0

1979-80 Away player shirt short sleeve № 11 (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird) - image with site liverpoolkits.com

1979-80 Away players shirt

Manufacturer: Umbro (made in England)

Club sponsor: Hitachi

Years worn: 1978-82

In this design away shirt (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird) Liverpool first played in ...

In this design away shirt (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird) Liverpool first played in ...

In this design away shirt (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo) Liverpool first played in ...

Replica shirt short sleeve price: J5,45 (the price is specified in a year of made and sale of this shirt, 1979)

This standard design of a home shirt, Liverpool used its five seasons with 1978 on 1982. How to define for what of five seasons this shirt I is made do not know. Can, is any distinction on a label? In season 1978-79, Liverpool playing in shirt when was embroidered small Umbro logo, not how in season 1976-78. In season 1979-80, Liverpool used different away kits:
Away shirt with away shorts and away socks
Away shirt with away shorts & home socks

A 1.0 - Away shirt (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird) with away shorts & away socks.
A 1.1 - Away shirt (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird) with away shorts & away socks.
A 1.2 - Away shirt (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo) with away shorts & away socks.
A 1.3 - Away shirt (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo) with away shorts & home socks.
A 1.- * - Away shirt (unknown color UMBRO logo & Liverbird) with away shorts & away socks.

* - Unknown me now which kits used in this matches.

Why Liverpool used away shirt different design (different colors Umbro logo & Liverbird ) in season 1979-80, I not know now, May be why know and can write to me.

In what matches Liverpool played in shirts with a club sponsor logo Hitachi and in what is not present, I now do not know. But, most likely this teleimage and an interdiction of FA Association or UEFA on uses of advertising on shirts during television display of matches. It concerns the size with a club sponsor logo HITACHI which was two variants. What for the first time was on shirts, I till last year (2010) have been assured, that the big sponsor logo. But there was Alan Hansen's photo (sponsor logo Hitach with big Umbro logo) and it is necessary to establish date of this match.

1980-81 Away player shirt long sleeve № 6 Alan Hansen (big yellow-red Umbro logo & yellow Liverbird & small HITACHI logo) - image with site thehistoryofliverpoolshirts.com

I not look in season 1979-80 away Liverpool shirt with big HITACHI logo, I can is wrong.

In season 1979-80, may be Liverpool used away shirt other design, last seasons.

How to distinguish a shirt of a season 1978-79, from a shirt of a seasons 1979-80 to 1981-82, only for color UMBRO logo & Liverbird and some other details.

A 1.0
29.09.1979	away	Nottingham Forest	Division One
26.01.1980	away	Nottingham Forest	FA Cup
05.04.1980	away	Manchester United	Division One
A 1.1
24.11.1979	away	Arsenal	Division One
12.04.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
28.04.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
A 1.2
08.12.1979	away	Aston Villa	Division One
A 1.3
23.04.1980	away	Stoke City	Division One
A 1.- *
22.01.1980	away	Nottingham Forest	League Cup
15.03.1980	away	Bristol City	Division One
06.05.1980	away	Middlesbrough	Division One
*
03.08.1979	away	Feyenoord	Friendly
05.08.1979	away	FBU. Select	Division One

1st image, yellow embroidered club emblem (Liverbird & L.F.C.). 2nd image, red embroidered club emblem (Liverbird & L.F.C.). 3rd image, player number use on Liverpool shirt for matches in different tournament.

Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt, and as other features of a player shirt to look here (felt small yellow-red Umbro logo & embroidered yellow Liverbird)

Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt, and as other features of a player shirt to look here (printed small red UMBRO logo & printed red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo)


Away replica shirt (felt small yellow-red UMBRO logo & embroidered yellow Liverbird)	Away replica shirt (printed small red UMBRO logo & printed red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo)	Away shorts

Away socks	Home socks
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1st Variant away player kit


			A 1.1

1979-80 Away player shirt short sleeve № 9 (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird) -

2nd Variant away player kit


			A 1.2

1979-80 Away player shirt short sleeve № 10 (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo) - image with site liverpoolkits.com

3rd Variant away player kit


			A 1.3

1979-80 Away player shirt short sleeve № 10 (small red UMBRO logo & red Liverbird & small HITACHI logo) - image with site liverpoolkits.com

4th Variant away player kit

Standard third player kit


			T 1.0

1979-80 Third player shirt short sleeve № 4 (small red Umbro logo & red Liverbird, with season 1978-79) - image with site lfcshirtcollector.com

1979-80 Third player shirt long sleeve № 10 (small red-white Umbro logo & red Liverbird, may be with season 1980-81) - image with site liverpoolkits.com

1979-80 Third players shirt

Manufacturer: Umbro (made in England)

Club sponsor: Hitachi

Years worn: 1978-81

In this design third shirt (small red Umbro logo & red Liverbird) Liverpool first played in neutral FA Cup match versus Manchester United, 2-2, 31.03.1979, at Maine Road, Manchester.

In this design third shirt (small red-white Umbro logo & red Liverbird) Liverpool first played in ...

Replica shirt short sleeve price: I think what not made third replica shirt.

In a season 1978-79 the design third shirt has changed. Liverpool used third shirt three seasons, 1978-79, 1979-80 & 1980-81 (time of use third shirt is probably inexact).

T 1.0 - Third shirt (small red-white Umbro logo & red Liverbird) with third shorts & third socks.

  I not know now which third shirt was used in away Division One match versus Southampton (01.09.1979). I have small image with this match and not can understand which color Umbro logo on photo (in top left side page) red Umbro logo or red-white Umbro logo. Below two image, one with season 1978-79, other with match season 1980-81. Right photo, Graeme Souness, on his shirt difficult to see white color in Umbro logo. I now think what in season 1979-80, Liverpool used third shirt with small red Umbro logo, may be I mistake.

  I not to see third shirt with big or small HITACHI logo in seasons, 1979-80 & 1980-81.

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ILeft image, embroidered small red Umbro logo, used in season 1978-79. Right image, embroidered small red-white Umbro logo used in season 1980-81, how I think.

Left image, Alan Hansen after neutral FA Cup match versus Manchester United (31.03.1979) embroidered small red Umbro logo. Right image, David Fairclough in away Division One match versus Southampton (20.09.1980) embroidered small red-white Umbro logo used in season 1980-81, how I think.

T 1.0
01.09.1979	away	Southampton	Division One

Left to right: 1st image, embroidered club emblem (Liverbird & L.F.C.).2nd image,player number use on Liverpool shirt.

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Third shorts	Third socks
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Standard home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.0

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird, unknown season use) - not now good image

1979-80 Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (big yellow UMBRO logo & white embroidered Liverbird, unknown season use) - not now good image

1979-80 Home goalkeepers shirt

Manufacturer: Umbro (made in England)

Club sponsor: Hitachi

Years worn: 1976-82 & 1978-81 & 1980-81

In this design home goalkeeper shirt (big yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird) Liverpool first played in ...

In this design home goalkeeper shirt (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird) Liverpool first played in ...

In this design home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) Liverpool first played in away Friendly match versus Borussia (Moenchengladbach, FRG), 01.08. 1979, 4-2, at Bokelberg, FRG.

Replica goalkeeper shirt long sleeve price: J unknovn, can to buy replica goalkeeper shirt in season 1980-81.

I want to warn you that my review on his football kits (shirts) for goalkeepers Liverpool in the 1979-80 season, inaccurate, I would say superficial. I don't have enough information, photos, videos. And the fact that I have, sometimes it's hard to indeficient. Just for the large photo, you can see the difference in the design of the collar of the 1979-80 season, the season 1980-81.

In a season 1978-79 the design goalkeeper home shirt has changed. Liverpool used goalkeeper home shirt two seasons, 1978-79 & 1979-80 (different in some details). Liverpool used home shirt how in more home, as and in more away matches. In season 1979-80, Liverpool used with home goalkeeper shirt different kits:
Home shorts and home socks.
Home shorts and away socks.
Away shorts and away socks.
Third shorts and third socks.
Pants and away socks.

H G 1.0 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H G 1.0 * - Home goalkeeper shirt (small or big UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H G 1.1 - Home goalkeeper shirt (big UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H G 1.2 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H G 1.0/1,2 * - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo or big HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.
H G 1.3 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) with away shorts & home socks.
H G 1.4 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with away shorts & away socks.
H G 1.5 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & big HITACHI logo) with away shorts & away socks.
H G 1.4/1.5 * - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo or big HITACHI logo) with away shorts & away socks.
H G 1.6 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with third shorts & third socks.
H G 1.7 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with panrts & home socks.
H G 1.8 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo & without special embroidery Charity Shield) with home shorts & home socks.
H G 1.9 - Home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & without HITACHI logo) with home shorts & home socks.

* * - Unknown me now which goalkeeper kits used in this matches


1 variant	2 variant	3 variant	4 variant

5 variant

1 variant -
2 variant -
3 variant -
4 variant - Second home goalkeeper shirt (small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird & without HITACHI logo) Why I name this goalkeeper shirt as read in section "Second home goalkeeper kits".
5 variant - Second home goalkeeper shirt (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird & without HITACHI logo) , this style goalkeeper shirt Liverpool goalkepers used basically in seasons 1980-81 & 1981-82.
In season 1979-80, Liverpool playing in home goalkeeper shirt different designs, different in some details:

Now can write only one, in season 1976-77 Liverpool goalkeepers used in matches not only goalkeeper shirts (big yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird) new design. but and goalkeeper shirts last season. I cannot explain it.

In Charity Shield (11.08.1979) match was used simple home goalkeeper shirt (photo in top left page, Ray Clemence H G 1.0), in shirt not was special embroidery to this match. The special embroidery as was absent in matches Charity Shield 1971, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 & 1994. Liverpool also played in 60's Charity Shield matches, but and this matches used simple shirt, without special embroidery.

In season 1979-80, Liverpool used home goalkeeper shirt with special embroidery, this was in home match Testimonial Ray Clemence (14.05.1980).

The name of the electrical company Hitachi was added to the current kit without any further change. However, as sponsorship was not allowed in several competitions, including Europe, or in televised matches the shirts did not display the word 'HITACHI' for many games and the unsponsored shirt continued to be used.

Big HITACHI letters, used Liverpool in seasons 1979-81, small HITACHI letters, used Liverpool in seasons 1980-82.

The telling factors that make this an authentic match worn players shirt are the size label in the collar of the shirt, This is shown in the images below, Although the label is slightly creased the size of this shirt can still be clearly seen as 'Large', The replica shirts were sized in inches, for example, 34"/36" and only the players shirts were sized in words, Medium, Large etc...

Also the Umbro badge on the shirt is fully embroidered into the shirt as is found on the players shirts of this era, Replica Hitachi shirt's sometimes had embroidered Liver-bird badges, but never for the Umbro logo also, The players shirts also had the numbers fully stitched onto the back of the shirt in a separate piece of white material, This can also be seen in one of the images below.

The height of the Hitachi letters are 6cm, the width of the logo is 29cm.

These shirts would have been worn for more than one game, Sponsorship and kit manufacturing was very basic in the late 70s, This shirt would have been used in many games during the season, This can be seen from the shirt label showing it has been laundered, This would not have happened once the signatures were put onto the shirt , Thus proving the shirt was washed a used a few times by Kenny Dalglish prior to him having it signed and passing this onto a friend of the club.

The small Hitachi letter is 20 cm wide, and the letters are 5 cm high. This type of smaller Hitachi logo was used for some televised games where allowed, as the full sized logo was used for the standard un-televised home and away games.

Many supporters incorrectly believe that Liverpool Football Club was the first team in history to adopt commercial sponsorship across their shirts but it was actually Kettering Town that started this trend three whole years before Liverpool. In January 1976 they had "Kettering Tyres" emblazoned on their chests for a game verses Bath. The FA initially ordered the club to remove the logo but sponsorship was officially permitted from 1977 onwards. Derby County started the 1977-78 with "SAAB" across their shirts and all the players also drove the Swedish car. Hibernian were yet another club that beat Liverpool to the chase when they agreed a deal with "Bukta" later that season.

Hitachi, a Japanese electronics company, sponsored Liverpool F C during the 1979-80 and 1980-81 seasons. The body of the home shirt was identical to the jersey used in the two previous seasons, with the HITACHI logo simply added on top of the existing kit. (with site thehistoryofliverpoolshirts com)

Left image, this design collar used on Liverpool goalkeeper shirt with season 1970-71 to season 1979-80. Right image, this design collar used on Liverpool goalkeeper shirt with season 1980-81 to season 1982-83.

This UMBRO logos whis was on Liverpool goalkeeper shirts with 1976 to 1983.
Left to right: 1st image, big yellow UMBRO logo & writen UMBRO (1976-78). 2nd image, small yellow UMBRO logo & writen UMBRO (1978-82). 3rd image, small white UMBRO logo & writen UMBRO (1980-82).

H G 1.0
08.09.1979	home	Coventry City	Division One
19.09.1979	home	Dinamo Tbilisi	European Cup
03.10.1979	away	Dinamo Tbilisi	European Cup
27.10.1979	away	Manchester City	Division One
05.12.1979	away	Norwich City	League Cup
15.12.1979	home	Crystal Palace	Division One
12.01.1980	home	Southampton	Division One
19.01.1980	away	Coventry City	Division One
09.02.1980	away-	Norwich City	Division One
12.02.1980	home	Nottingham Forest	League Cup
16.02.1980	home	Bury	FA Cup
08.03.1980	away	Tottenham Hotspur	FA Cup
16.04.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
26.04.1980	away	Crystal Palace	Division One
01.05.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
03.05.1980	home	Aston Villa	Division One
H G 1.2
01.08.1979	away	Borussia Moenchengladbach	Friendly
21.08.1979	home	Bolton Wanderers	Division One
25.08.1979	home-	West Bromwich Albion	Division One
04.09.1979	home	Tranmere Rovers	League Cup
15.09.1979	away	Leeds United	Division One
22.09.1979	home	Norwich City	Division One
06.10.1979	home	Bristol City	Division One
13.10.1979	away	Ipswich Town	Division One
20.10.1979	home	Everton	Division One
30.10.1979	home	Exeter City	League Cup
10.11.1979	away	Brighton & Hove Albion	Division One
17.11.1979	home-	Tottenham Hotspur	Division One
26.12.1979	home	Manchester United	Division One
29.12.1979	home	West Bromwich Albion	Division One
19.02.1980	home	Nottingham Forest	Division One
19.03.1980	home	Leeds United	Division One
29.03.1980	away	Tottenham Hotspur	Division One
H G 1.0/1,2 *
29.08.1979	away	Tranmere Rovers	League Cup
25.09.1979	home	Chesterfield	League Cup
09.10.1979	away	Bolton Wanderers	Division One
03.11.1979	home	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Division One
01.12.1979	home	Middlesbrough	Division One
05.01.1980	home	Grimsby Town	FA Cup
12.01.1980	home	Southampton	Division One
23.02.1980	home	Ipswich Town	Division One
26.02.1980	away	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Division One
01.03.1980	away	Everton	Division One
11.03.1980	home	Manchester City	Division One
22.03.1980	home	Brighton & Hove Albion	Division One
01.04.1980	home	Stoke City	Division One
08.04.1980	home	Derby County	Division One
19.04.1980	home	Arsenal	Division One
H G 1.3
23.04.1980	away	Stoke City	Division One
H G 1.4
29.09.1979	away-	Nottingham Forest	Division One
24.11.1979	away	Arsenal	Division One
22.01.1980	away-	Nottingham Forest	League Cup
26.01.1980	away-	Nottingham Forest	FA Cup
05.04.1980	away	Manchester United	Division One
28.04.1980	neutral-	Arsenal	FA Cup
H G 1.5
08.12.1979	away	Aston Villa	Division One
H G 1.4/1.5 *
15.03.1980	away	Bristol City	Division One
06.05.1980	away	Middlesbrough	Division One
H G 1.7
01.09.1979	away	Southampton	Division One
H G 1.8
22.12.1979	away-	Derby County	Division One
H G 1.9
11.08.1979	neutral	Arsenal	Charity Shield
H G 1.10
18.08.1979	away	League of Ireland	Friendly
*
03.08.1979	neutral	Feyenoord	Friendly
05.08.1979	neutral	Benfica	Friendly
07.08.1979	away	FBU Select	Friendly
06.11.1979	away	Lille	Friendly
26.05.1980	-	Bahrain XI	Friendly
29.05.1980	away	Al Nasr	Friendly

Left to right: 1st image, embroidered club emblem (yellow Liverbird & L.F.C.). 2nd image, player number use on Liverpool shirt.

Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt, and as other features of a player shirt to look here


Home Charity Shield goalkeeper shirt	Home Ireland goalkeeper shirt	Home shorts

Home socks	Away shorts	Away socks

Third socks	Third socks	Pants
With the description of the shirt, shorts, socks and features. Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt.

1st Variant home goalkeeper kit

2nd Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.2

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird & big HITACHI logo, unknown season use) - not now good image

3rd Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.3

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird & big HITACHI logo, unknown season use) - not now good image

4th Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.4

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird, unknown season use) - not now good image

5th Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.5

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird & big HITACHI logo, unknown season use) - not now good image

6th Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.6

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird, unknown season use) - not now good image

7th Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.7

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird, unknown season use) - not now good image

8th Variant home goalkeeper kit


		H G 1.8

1979-80 Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (big yellow UMBRO logo & white embroidered Liverbird, unknown season use) - not now good image

9th Variant home goalkeeper kit

H G 1.9

1980-81 Ireland Home player shirt long sleeve № 1 - image with site punditarena.com

1979-80 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird & big HITACHI logo, unknown season use) - not now good image

10th Variant home goalkeeper kit

Standard away goalkeeper kit

Standard second home goalkeeper kit

S H G 1.0

1979-80 Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 (small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird, unknown season use) - image with site oldfootballshirts.com

1979-80 Second home goalkeepers shirt

Manufacturer: Umbro (made in England)

Club sponsor: Hitachi

Years worn: 1979-80 & 1980-81

In this design second home goalkeeper shirt Liverpool played in away Testimonial Ray Clemence match versus RSC Anderlecht (Belgium), 6-8, 14.05.1980, at Anfield.

Replica goalkeeper shirt long sleeve price: J unknovn, can to buy replica goalkeeper shirt in season 1980-81.

I want to warn you that my review on his football kits (shirts) for goalkeepers Liverpool in the 1979-80 season, inaccurate, I would say superficial. I don't have enough information, photos, videos. And the fact that I have, sometimes it's hard to indeficient. Just for the large photo, you can see the difference in the design of the collar of the 1979-80 season, the season 1980-81.

In a end season 1979-80 the design goalkeeper home shirt has changed. Liverpool used goalkeeper home shirt three seasons, 1979-80 to 1981-82 (different in some details). Liverpool used home shirt how in more home, as and in more away matches. In season 1979-80, Liverpool used with home goalkeeper shirt different kits:

Why on my site you can read "Second home player shirt", only for classification of the kits on my site.

S H G 1.0 - Second home goalkeeper shirt (small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird & without HITACHI logo) with away shorts & haway socks.
S H G 1.1 - Second home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & special embroidery Testimonial Ray Clemence) with home shorts & home socks.

This was not first in history club, when in one of match end season, Liverpool used kits next season. This was how in Friendly, as in official matches. For example, in matches:
European Cup Final, vs Juventus (Turin, Italy), 29.05.1985.
Full list to see here.

Left image, this design collar used on Liverpool goalkeeper shirt with season 1970-71 to season 1979-80. Right image, this design collar used on Liverpool goalkeeper shirt with season 1980-81 to season 1982-83.

This UMBRO logos whis was on Liverpool goalkeeper shirts with 1976 to 1983.
Left to right: 1st image, big yellow UMBRO logo & writen UMBRO (1976-78). 2nd image, small yellow UMBRO logo & writen UMBRO (1978-82). 3rd image, small white UMBRO logo & writen UMBRO (1980-82).

In April 2020 was find this photo and after video with neutral FA Cup match versus Arsenal, which was played 12 April 1980 year, 40 years ago, at Hillsboroug. On photo you to see Ray Clemence, David Johnson and Phil Thompson. On Clemence dressing goalkeeper shirt, but with small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird.
Why Ray dress this style goalkeeper shirt, I course of not know.

S H G 1.0
12.04.1980	neutral	Arsenal	FA Cup
S H G 1.1
14.05.1980	home	Anderlecht	Testimonial Ray Clemence

Left to right: 1st image, embroidered club emblem (yellow Liverbird & L.F.C.). 2nd image, embroidered club emblem (white Liverbird & L.F.C.). 3rd image, player number use on Liverpool shirt for matches in different tournament. 4th image, special embroidery for match RAY CLEMENCE TESTIMONIAL 1980.

Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt, and as other features of a player shirt to look here


Home Testimonial Ray Clemence goalkeeper shirt	Home shorts	Home socks

Away shorts	Away socks
With the description of the shirt, shorts, socks and features. Difference between a player shirt and a replica shirt.

1st Variant second home goalkeeper kit


		S H G 1.1

1979-80 Testimonial Ray Clemence Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence - image with site liverpoolkits.com

1979-80 Testimonial Ray Clemence Home player shirt long sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence - image with site oldfootballshirts.com

This design home goalkeeper shirt, Liverpool goalkeepers use in match Testimonial Ray Clemence. For this match used special embroidery RAY CLEMENCE TESTIMONIAL 1980.

S H G 1.1 - Second home goalkeeper shirt (small UMBRO logo & special embroidery Testimonial Ray Clemence) with home shorts & home socks.

For this match was used new style home goalkeeper shirt.

How you can see of photo (below), before Testimonial match, Ray Clemence was dressed in simple home goalkeeper shirt. In match course of his played in home goalkeeper shirt with special embroidery.

Why on my site you can read "Second home goalkeeper shirt", only for classification of the kits on my site.

In this match Ray Clemence scored one goal for Liverpool. In left side page player shirt with number 1, I assume, what Ray Clemence played in first or second half match how field player. I cannot explain for another, that there is such home player shirt with № 1.
Have else team photo in Liverpool locker room, only not understend when they made

Liverpool goalkeeper Ray Clemence is presented with a silver plate before his testimonial game by Belgium's Francois Van Der Elst.

S H G 1.1
14.05.1980	home	Anderlecht	Testimonial Ray Clemence