December 5th, 2008
History of Football Shirts
In the first Football Association Cup Final in 1972, the two finalists played in clothing that had a mixture of colors. The Wanderers wore pink, cherry and black colors and the Royal Engineers wore navy and dark red. During this time the spectators and the fans would bring along a scarf with the team color to show their support.
During the Victorian period, and sometime in 1863 football emerged as a popular sport and so that is when the Football Association (FA) was formed.