blue note wrote:this is a thread for some of the older fans on here
i saw this thread on an aberdeen forum...it mentions that the aberdeen fans started to wear lebels after the visit of west ham in a friendly in 1981
http://www.afc-chat.co.uk/forums/index. ... l-history/an older cardiff fan i work with mentions that cardiff also started to wear labels after the visit of west ham in 1978
is this true?....and why were west ham ahead of other clubs in terrace clothing?
We (Cardiff) started to wear labels around 1980-81, places like Wigan and Leeds had already started wearing them. My first designer clothes were Lacoste polo and adidas Wimbledon trainers and that was about 1981
I was at all the West Ham home & away games over the three years 1978-1980, absolutely mental at Upton Park. First year we took 800 fans, 2nd year 200 fans on a Saturday as well (by the end of the game just 60 of us left in ground)and 3rd year midweek only 25 of us were there.
Aberdeen and Hearts were the first two main Scottish clubs to wear casual clothes.
Rangers years on, Celtic not many ever did.