Manchester United will play in a historic strip next season – in honour of a player who helped them win their first major trophy.

The kit is based upon a 100-year-old design supplied by one of the club’s own players, Billy Meredith, before the 1909 FA Cup Final.

A century on, United’s kit makers Nike have been asked to rework Meredith’s shirt – using high-tech materials rather than heavyweight cotton and with a white sash on a red shirt instead of 1909′s red-on-white.

Meredith, a former Welsh coalminer, earned £4 a week at United – then three times a miner’s wage but just £298 a week in today’s money. As a sideline he ran a sports shop and became the club’s kit supplier. For the Wembley final with Bristol City, both sides had to change from their usual red shirts.

Meredith quickly arranged for a set of white lace-up shirts with a red V to be made, and United went on to win 1-0. – mirror.co.uk

V-shape design is UGLY! Nike must do a lot of works to make it acceptable by United fan. Siigghhh..