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Number: 15
Colour: White Away
Sleeve: Short Sleeved
Season Start Year: 1973
Season End Year: 1975
Trademark: Butka

This was an amazing find, offered to me from a chap in Spain. This shirt was given to someone at Sporting Gijon by Laurie Cunningham. I think you can assume that when Laurie played for us, he must have picked this up from the old player stock at the training ground to give to his friend. I say this as this design shirt was used well before Laurie played for us. I have come across a few examples of both old shirts remaining at the training ground, and of players taking these as they were unable to take their own shirts prior to them being readily available. Shirt swapping happens often these days, but going back to the 70's and 80's, generally only one or two shirts were used per number per season.

This shirt is very rare as for a couple of seasons we used a shirt with a V like this one, but also we used a two button version. Many pictures are available of the two different designs being used in the same game. The two button version was the only version available as a replica, and so this was exclusive to the players. This also has an embroidered badge unlike the replica version of the day. This one is number 15, so would have only been used for pre-season friendlies and testimonials. It is in excellent condition and is incredible for its age. This is one of my best items without question, and came to me as a complete surprise following an email from a guy called Jesus. Hopefully we can get this featured in a future matchday programme, as this one is a real find. Thanks Jesus.