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For diehard football fans, eras are instantly identifiable and memories powerfully conjured by the sight of the kit their team was playing in at the same.

Manchester United fans don't need to see Eric Cantona's face in the picture above to recognise the halcyon time period his red shirt relates to.

The more successful the team are wearing it, the more iconic the shirt design. But there are also kits that stand on design alone—favourites of the fans for fashion reasons.

In this article, we take a look at 50 years of Manchester United home shirts.





The reference point for kits here was historicalkits.co.uk. All images bar one are supplied by Getty.