Query re QPR Shirt Back in '79

[Macmoish]

I got this query from a Sunderland Supporter. And what a nice comment too re QPR - and hopefully will continue/resume being the case.

Hi

I’m a Sunderland supporter and I have a question I hope someone may be able to answer.

In the “Football Echo” here in Sunderland there is a “Yesterdays” section which features a memorable game from years ago.

This weeks featured a 3-0 win for SAFC over QPR at Roker Park October 20th 1979.

The picture shows Bryan “Pop” Robson scoring a penalty with a QPR player about to follow the kick towards goal. He is wearing what appears to be a Sunderland away shirt from that period like this one……

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I’ve trawled through thousands of images (on the excellent QPR Message Board shown below) to see if QPR ever had a similar shirt, but have had no luck.

I remember a red shirt you used to wear and even the red and white halved number, but the picture clearly shows a different shirt.

There is an UMBRO logo on the right breast.
The badge shape does not resemble ANY QPR badge I can find.

You appear to be wearing white shorts and socks as usual.

As you may have guessed the picture is black and white, we’re not that daft up here, so I can’t give you the colour of the top. There may be a simple answer to this, the kitman may have forgotten the tops, but I can’t see that. There could never have been a colour clash between the two sides, so what is that top exactly???

Any help / answers greatly appreciated.

Good luck for the season ahead, seems to be going along nicely at the moment and hope to see the only London side who are not despised seemingly throughout football. The rich history of Bowles, Venables, Marsh, Webb et al is probably the reason behind that one.

[Macmoish]

Anyone know?

[spiderwales]

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[The Scooter]

Definitely Sunderland's away shirt. We wore adidas kits that season and whilst we were known to mix and match in that era (West Ham away we once worn white umbro QPR shirts, blue adidas shorts and red adidas socks - great kit incidentally!). I would assume that the referee refused us permission to wear the blue and white hoops for some reason. Too white? clashing with Sunderland's red and white?

Middlesbrough once turned up at LR in the early eighties with a white away shirts for a 6-0 hammering. We had to lend them our orange third kit

[harlingtonharry]

According to a football history site, clubs were not allowed to wear black shirts until the introduction of the premier league in 1992, when refs wore colured shirts. in 1969 Dark navy tops were banned because they clashed with the refs black tops and also confused the tv audience....not seen the photo mentioned but probably a trick of the light, it would not have been black

[Lonegunmen]

That link doesn't work

[cpr]

Oct 17, 2010 22:03:13 GMT Lonegunmen said:

That link doesn't work

Correct