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Remembering When The Foxes Wore White

In 72/73, we adopted, for one season only, an all-white home kit with blue trim - a move away from the blue home kits which have been synonymous with Leicester City both before and after.

2026-06-09T11:35+01:00

by John Hutchinson

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Remembering When The Foxes Wore White

In 72/73, we adopted, for one season only, an all-white home kit with blue trim - a move away from the blue home kits which have been synonymous with Leicester City both before and after.

John Hutchinson

2026-06-09T11:35+01:00

Remembering When The Foxes Wore White

In 72/73, we adopted, for one season only, an all-white home kit with blue trim - a move away from the blue home kits which have been synonymous with Leicester City both before and after.

John Hutchinson

2026-06-09T11:35+01:00

Remembering When The Foxes Wore White

In 72/73, we adopted, for one season only, an all-white home kit with blue trim - a move away from the blue home kits which have been synonymous with Leicester City both before and after.

John Hutchinson

2026-06-09T11:35+01:00

Remembering When The Foxes Wore White

In 72/73, we adopted, for one season only, an all-white home kit with blue trim - a move away from the blue home kits which have been synonymous with Leicester City both before and after.

John Hutchinson

2026-06-09T11:35+01:00

The shirt featured below is the only known surviving home shirt from that season. It has an embroidered crest and was manufactured by Bukta.

The blue ‘10’ on the back indicates that it was probably worn by Frank Worthington, who adorned the No.10 white home shirt on 18 occasions that season. A previous owner of the shirt, thinking that it might have been worn by Alan Birchenall, got him to sign it a few years later. It could possibly have been worn by the Birch but, for most of that season, he wore the No.8 shirt.

The man behind the decision to adopt an all-white home strip was Leicester Manager, Jimmy Bloomfield, who was influenced by some senior players. They were inspired by the example of Real Madrid and Leeds United, who had both achieved great success wearing all-white.

An impressive array of City players wore this white home shirt. In addition to Worthington and Birchenall, they included Steve Whitworth, Dennis Rofe, Alan Woollett, Malcolm Manley, John Sjoberg, Graham Cross, Jon Sammels, Keith Weller, John Farrington, Len Glover and Mike Stringfellow.

In January 1973, the Directors, realising that fans weren’t happy with the white shirts, resolved to revert to blue for home matches the following season.

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