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1981-82 Intercontinental Cup Home player shirt short sleeve № 9 Ian Rush (small UMBRO logo & without embroidery UMBRO writing, spare)  -  image with site facebook.com/liverpoolshirtsmuseum

In a season 1981-82, Liverpool playing in home shirt without embroidery UMBRO writing:  This was used only on home (away & goalkeeper) shirt for European Cup matches and Intercontinental Cup match.                                     First in history of Liverpool FC, on back side shirt there was a surname of the player. This was in neutral Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup) match versus Flamengo (Brazil) on 13th March 1981. Again surname player back on Liverpool shirt only in season 1993-94, when English Premier League to go Fixed numbers of players atop of which there was a surname of the player (look below).

   

  Used family name players on shirt, this rule for this match. How I unsdwerstansd, Livwerpool not first club in England, on shirt which here were surnames of football players on shirts. This may be was Nottingham Forest, whicxh also played in World Club Championship, but only year before, 11 February 1980.

                                                  

  Family name player and player number № 2 use on Liverpool shirt for match Intercontinental Cup.

  Full page about home shirt with World Club Championship to look here

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1981-83 Away player shirt short sleeve № 6 Alan Hansen (without small Hitachi logo)  -  image with site www.facebook.com/anfield.relics



1981-82 Away player shirt long sleeve № 8 (with snall HITACHI logo)  -  image with site facebook.com/liverpoolmatch.shirts



1981-83 Away player shirt long sleeve № 12 (without small Hitachi logo & without embroidery UMBRO writing)  -  image with site liverpoolkits.com

                                                

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

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1981-82 Home goalkeeper player shirt short sleeve № 1 Ray Clemence (small yellow UMBRO logo & yellow Liverbird)  -  not now good image



1981-82 Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 (small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird, unknown season use)  -  image with site oldfootballshirts.com



1981-82 Euro Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 Bruce Grobbelaar (small white UMBRO logo & without embroidery UMBRO writing & white Liverbird)  -  

 

1981-82 Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 (small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird & small HITACHI logo, match worn, fully signed, unknown season use)  -  not now good image



1981-82 Home player tracksuit top (unknown season use)  -  

		May be in season 1981-82, Liverpool goalkepers also used home goalkeeper shirt (small white UMBRO logo & white Liverbird & small HITACHI logo). I have not as more photos and video, Bruce Grobbelaar in season 1981-82. On black-white photo or video some time it is difficult to define color of a UMBRO logo & Liverbird.
		In a season 1981-82, Liverpool playing in home shirt without embroidery UMBRO writing:  This was used only on home (away & goalkeeper) shirt for European Cup matches and Intercontinental Cup match.                                     First in history of Liverpool FC, on back side shirt there was a surname of the player. This was in neutral Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup) match versus Flamengo (Brazil) on 13th March 1981. Again surname player back on Liverpool shirt only in season 1993-94, when English Premier League to go Fixed numbers of players atop of which there was a surname of the player (look below).

  

  In League Cup Final (14.03.1981) match was used simple home shirt (photo in top left page, Graeme Souness H 1.2), in shirt not was special embroidery to this match. The special embroidery as was absent in matches League Cup Final 1981, 1982, 1983 & 1984.

  In Intercontinental Cup (14.03.1981) match was used simple home shirt, in shirt not was special embroidery to this match. The special embroidery as was absent in matches Intercontinental Cup 1981 & 1984.

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).

  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.

  In 1982 the agreement with Japan firm Hitachi has ended three-year and Liverpool has signed three-year the agreement with United  Kingdom firm Crown Paints.

       

  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).

                             

  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 (except for 13.12.1981). 4th image, player number use on Liverpool shirt for Intercontinental Cup match in different tournament.

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

Home World Club Championship goalkeeper shirt	Home shorts	Home socks
Away shorts	Away socks
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1981-82 Intercontinental Cup Home goalkeeper shirt long sleeve № 1 Bruce Grobbelaar (small UMBRO logo & without embroidery UMBRO writing)  -  not now good image

In a season 1981-82, Liverpool playing in home shirt without embroidery UMBRO writing:  This was used only on home (away & goalkeeper) shirt for European Cup matches and Intercontinental Cup match.                                     First in history of Liverpool FC, on back side shirt there was a surname of the player. This was in neutral Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup) match versus Flamengo (Brazil) on 13th March 1981. Again surname player back on Liverpool shirt only in season 1993-94, when English Premier League to go Fixed numbers of players atop of which there was a surname of the player (look below).

   

  Used family name players on shirt, this rule for this match. How I unsdwerstansd, Livwerpool not first club in England, on shirt which here were surnames of football players on shirts. This may be was Nottingham Forest, whicxh also played in Intercontinental Cup, but only year before, 11 February 1980.

                                                

  Family name player and player number № 2 use on Liverpool shirt for match World Club Championship.

  Full page about goalkeeper home shirt with World Club Championship to look here