[分享]如何分別曼聯落場版及球迷版球衣?(1996-2002全面睇)

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1996-1998主場落場版球衣



1996-97 Man Utd Home Players Shirt

1997-98 Man Utd Home Players Shirt

Pay a special attention to the kind of names & numbers used on a geniune shirt. Even though this is the starting season with the unified Premier League names & numbers, the names & numbers on this shirt are not the same as other teams.
That means, this shirt doesn't adopt the general type of Lextra Fuse-on names & numbers in player-size. The names size are much smaller than the original player-specification names ironing by Lextra. Why is it so? Just because there are two double top-sttiching joints running at 60-degrees slanting on the backside.
If the ordinary player-sized names made by Lextra are added, they will either cover on top of the double-top-stitching joints or casuing an excess curve-bending to the long-named player, say Sheringham, Beckham or Solskjaer.
Thus, a special not-for-sale shorter-sized names are adopted on the geniune shirts to avoid names "stepping" on the two stitching joints or causing a bigger curvature bending.


Rectangular block type names & numbers are adopted for season 1996/97.

For the season 1996-97, Champions 95-96 badges are adopted.


Top: Manchester United club crest is embossed is embossed on replica shirt.
Bot---: Manchester United club crest is embroidered on players shirt.


Top: UMBRO lelters on replica shirt are printed on.
Bot---: UMBRO letters on players shirt are embroidered.


Top: SHARP sponsor logo on replica shirt is printed on.
Bot---: SHARP sponsor logo on players shirt is embossed.



If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery and embossment is more conspicous.

Left: Manchester United club crest is embossed on replica shirt.
Right: Manchester United club crest is embroidered on players shirt.
If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery is more conspicous.


Top: Theatre of Dreams  on replica shirt are printed on.
Bot---: Theatre of Dreams on players shirt are embroidered.


Players shirt is characterised by having white collar tag number #6.

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1996-1997作客落場版球衣



這款作客球衣並沒有發行過長袖的球迷版.因此長袖一定是落場版球衣.


Left: Manchester United club crest is embossed and UMBRO letters are printed on replica shirt.
Right: Manchester United club crest and UMBRO letters are embroidered on players shirt.


Top: Inner side shows replica shirt has embossed crest and UMBRO letters.
Bot---: Inner side shows players shirt has embroidered crest and UMBRO letters.
If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery is more conspicous.


Top: SHARP VIEWCAM sponsor on replica shirt is printed on.
Bot---: SHARP VIEWCAM sponsor on players shirt is embossed.


Top: Inner side shows replica shirt has printed on sponsor logo.
Bot---: Inner side shows players shirt has embossed sponsor logo.


Left: A official license logo is printed on the right bot--- side of the replica shirt.
Right: No such logo appears on the players shirt.


Top: Replica shirt has words "Manchester United F.C." printed on the front bot---.
Bot---: Players shirt has words "Man. United F.C." embroiered instead.
Also, the backgrounds slanting patterns are different:
Top: Replica shirt has slanting pattern running in the direction from top-right to bot----left.
Bot---: Players shirt has slanting pattern running in the direction from to-left to bot--- right.


Top: Replica shirt has the "official licensed product" tag on the right bot---, which is not found on the players shirt.
Bot---: The size of the match worn version Premier League Champions badges is longer than a credit card.

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1996-1998作客落場版球衣



這款作客球衣並沒有發行過長袖的球迷版.因此長袖一定是落場版球衣.

Pay a special attention to the kind of names & numbers used on a geniune shirt. Even though this is the starting season with the unified Premier League names & numbers, the names & numbers on this shirt are not the same as other teams.
That means, this shirt doesn't adopt the general type of Lextra Fuse-on names & numbers in player-size. The names size are much smaller than the original player-specification names ironing by Lextra. Why is it so? Just because there are two double top-sttiching joints running at 60-degrees slanting on the backside.
If the ordinary player-sized names made by Lextra are added, they will either cover on top of the double-top-stitching joints or casuing an excess curve-bending to the long-named player, say Sheringham, Beckham or Solskjaer.
Thus, a special not-for-sale shorter-sized names are adopted on the geniune shirts to avoid names "stepping" on the two stitching joints or causing a bigger curvature bending.


Left: Manchester United club crest is embossed and UMBRO letters are printed on replica shirt.
Right: Manchester United club crest and UMBRO letters are embroidered on players shirt.


Top: SHARP sponsor on replica shirt is printed on.
Bot---: SHARPsponsor on players shirt is embossed.


Top: Inner side shows replica shirt has embossed crest and UMBRO letters.
Bot---: Inner side shows players shirt has embroidered crest and UMBRO letters.
If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery is more conspicous.


Left: A official license logo is printed on the right bot--- side of the replica shirt.
Right: No such logo appears on the players shirt.


Top: Players shirt is characterised by having white collar tag #6 in that season.
Bot---: The size of the match worn version Premier League Champions badges is longer than a credit card.

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1997-1999作客落場版球衣






Left: Manchester United club crest is embossed is embossed on replica shirt.
Right: Manchester United club crest is embroidered on players shirt.
If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery is more conspicous.


Top: Players shirts have white collar tag numbers of either #2 or #6 for seasons 97-99.
Bot---: Match Worn version of Premier League badges are longer than a credit card.

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1998-1999作客落場版球衣





Left: Replica shirt has a small circled letter R besides the club crest.
Right: Players shirt has letters TM besides the club crest instead.


Top: UMBRO logo and letters on the replica shirt are on two separate lines.
Right: UMBRO logo and letters on the players shirt are on a single lines.
Also, the UMBRO logo is much smaller in size.


Left: Replica shirt has an big embossed UMBRO at the rear bot---.
Right: Players shirt doesn't have such logo at the rear bot---.


Match worn shirt has Premier League badges longer than a credit card.

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1998-2000主場落場版球衣



1998-2000 Man Utd Home Players Shirt


Top: UMBRO letters and logo are embossed is embossed on replica shirt.We can hardly see the little circled R as it's blurred.
Middle: UMBRO letters and logo are embroidered on the players shirt. The little circled R is much sharper.
Bot---: If we view from the inner side, the effect of embroidery is more conspicous.


There can be two types of Premier League badges ironed on this shirt - for the season 98/99, the blue Premier League badges were adopted as Arsenal was the league champions for 97/98. For the season 99/00, the golden Premier League badges were adopted. The picture shows the match-worn version golden Premier League badge is longer than a credit card.
The above point should be known by most collectors. HOWEVER, not many people know about the following issue:
The home zippers players shirts from the treble season (blue badges ironed) have the Premier League names & numberings ironed in 2 LAYERS (black felt on bot--- and then white felt on top).
The home zippers players shirts from the 99/00 season (golden badges ironed) have the Premier League names & numberings ironed in 1 LAYER ONLY (white felt with black outer frame, both colors are on the same layer instead of one on top of the other).


Players shirt is characterised by having white collar tag number #6.

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1999-2000作客落場版球衣





Left: The special website sponsorship badge was adopted in the --- Tour 1999.
Right: The number on the backside is a single-layered framed number.


The funny difference for this players shirt is:
Top: Replica shirt has longer SHARP sponsor logo, measured 28cm.
Right: Players shirt has shorter SHARP sponsor logo, measured 27cm.
It is a rumour that Premier League version players shirts even have logo of 26cm only.

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1999-2000 Champions League (2-stars)落場版球衣




First of all, make sure your mind is clear that this is the shirt from season 1999-2000, after Man Utd finished with treble in 1998-99. This is the Champions League shirt with the two-stars rather than one-star on.


Top: However, in all except two matches, Man Utd used the players shirts with the embroidery of "UEFA Champions League Winners 1999" above the UMBRO logo. There exists no texture differences at all for the ordinary matches players shirts and replicas.
Bot---: In the only two matches mentioned above, inclusive of the match against Marseilles, Man Utd used the special 2-stars players shirt WITHOUT the embroidery lines.These shirts are really once off and not made for replicas version.

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2000-2002主場落場版球衣




2000 FA Charity Shield Players Shirt


2000-01 Premier League Players Shirt


2001 Ryan Giggs Testimonial Game Players Shirt


Premier League version for season 2000/01 adopted the shinny transfer-type Premier League badges, names & numbers. UMBRO rhombus is bolded and registered mark (cirlced R) is bigger on players shirt and closer to the tip of the rhombus.
Recently I have heard about some guys "make up" the bigger circled R by themselves through un-stitching the replica version circled-R threads and then restitching a bigger one by computer embroidery. Note that the UMBRO rhombus is also bolded on the players shirt. That means, there is less space left in the filings area within the rhombus outline. Don't be misled by just the presence of bigger circled-R.

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2000-2001作客落場版球衣





Just like the home players shirt and the third players shirt from season 2000/01, the difference on this players shirt lies in:
Left: Replica shirt has thinner UMBRO rhombus and the circled R is smaller and closer to the centre of the rhombus.
Right: Players Shirt has bolded UMBRO rhombus and the circled R is bigger and closer to the right-end tip of the rhombus.
Recently I have heard about some guys "make up" the bigger circled R by themselves through un-stitching the replica version circled-R threads and then restitching a bigger one by computer embroidery. Note that the UMBRO rhombus is also bolded on the players shirt. That means, there is less space left in the filings area within the rhombus outline. Don't be misled by just the presence of bigger circled-R.


In fact the difference in size of the circled R is quite compicious if you take a close look for the front side of the shirts.