Bangor
Swifts Football Club
( Established 1970 )
( Established 1970 )
1973-74 - FIRST NEW KIT
| After a full season’s use,
the ex Bangor kit was beginning to show it’s age and the Swifts
were in a better position to buy a new kit. Among the football related
junk mail that Secretary, Peter Vannucci, was beginning to receive
was a circular advertising a Scottish firm who traded under the name
“Soccertogs” and sold inexpensive football kits. When the money had been gathered together, an all Amber kit with Blue numbers was ordered. The reason “Amber” was picked was that Umbro had described Yellow shirts as being Amber. However, when the kit arrived in the post, the Soccertogs Amber was a sickly shade of orange. The kit was returned and an all Yellow kit with Blue socks was ordered in it’s place. Unfortunately the staff at Soccertogs misread the order and sent Blue shirts with Yellow “V” insert collar and cuffs with the Yellow shorts and Blue socks. Not wishing to prolong the introduction of a new kit, it was decided to retain the kit and Blue was registered in time for the kickoff of the 1973/74 season. The Blue shirts were made of a very heavy Polyester which did not shrink. However the material was so heavy that players complained that they “rubbed the nipples off them” !. These shirts were passed down to the 2nd. XI after a couple of years use by the firsts and eventually were donated to a local Boys Brigade Company. |
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| First
known pictures of a Swifts match, taken on 6 April 1973 at Kircubbin.
The opposition were Rosemount who ran out easy winners by 4-0. |
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