I thought I might draw your attention to a little piece I wrote for Umbro in conjunction with their new Diamond Icons range of leisurewear. The post concentrated on a pivotal moment in both Scotland’s and Umbro’s history:
You can read it here:
http://blog.umbro.com/post/ticker-tape-and-taping-%E2%80%93-the-legacy-of-argentina-%E2%80%9878/
Love this design and esp the filled in version. hope umbro can recreate this in the future. they had a few filled in diamonds in 2008 which was nice to see but still too modern and cluttered.
umbro just released some t-shirts with the diamonds on the sleeves,very nice too.
Hi John, anyone know why Scotland & Holland both wore similar coloured socks when they played each other in the last group game? Scotland wore red socks & Holland orange, but on the telly they looked very similar.
Scotland had worn white socks with those navy shirts & white shorts on a few occasions, definitely when Scotland played Wales in a World Cup Qualifying match in October/November 1976 at Hampden Park & in at least 2 or 3 other matches as well.
Holland also wore white socks, when they played Italy in the last match of the 2nd-Round Group (effectively the semi-final), so either Holland or Scotland could’ve worn white socks when they played each other.
could you post a link to the diamond t-shirts john b?
Are they like these John?
Sorry forgot link. Are they like these John?
http://www.umbro.com/umbroNS/uploads/images/darren_bent-1200×750-11813.jpg
yes there the ones,seen a nice orange/black one.