It was 1979 and I had been playing Subbuteo for a few months. The first items I had bought were the Club Edition, complete with red and blue zombies and two C100 teams, Liverpool and Norwich.
It was my birthday and I had some money, so I took a trip to the shop were I bought most of my Subbuteo. 'Herbert Leather' was actually a cobbler but he sold Subbuteo on the side. I'd gone along with my either my brother and mum (maybe both) and I remember being short of time because we had to be somewhere.
I looked at the shop catalogue and picked a number of references that I fancied. I looked at four or five teams before being shown the reference 170. As soon as I saw it I fell in love. From the large sky blue 'V' on the front of the shirt to the bright base combination of claret outer/sky inner - they were perfect.
Although at that time I was already well and truly hooked on football or 'togger' as I called it Subbuteo just another game, albeit one of my favourites. When the clarets came on the scene the love affair really began.
The actual team I bought on that day is pictured below - it is very play worn as it was such a favourite. This kit is, in my opinion, a classic. The size of the 'V' varies from team to team, these are massive and fairly messy - a few of them even run onto the shorts.
I'm still hoping for a reintroduction of this kit to the Turf. We can only hope.
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| Reference 170 = Burnley 'V' shirt |
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| Reference 170 = Burnley with Panini Stickers |
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| Claret and Blue Army |
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