ARSENAL will revert to a design based on their 1971 Double-winning kit for next season to celebrate the Gunners' 125th anniversary, it can be revealed.
Nike and the club are said to have agreed on a design based on the traditional red shirts with white sleeves much to the relief of supporters who had feared the club were set to abandon the white sleeves altogether.
It was thought they were set to produce an all-red shirt similar to those donated to the Gunners by Nottingham Forest after the outfit was founded in 1886.
But they gone with the shirt worn by players such as Charlie George (pictured against Leeds), John Radford and George Armstrong when Bertie Mee's side won the Division One title and the FA Cup.
And fans are delighted that the club have produced a kit with such historical importance. 'That simple red and white kit is iconic with the Arsenal and will sell like hot cakes,' said season-ticket holder Chris
Adsett, 36.
'We've had many variations on the home shirt but the essence of all things Arsenal can be found in the '71 home top and we can only hope some of the success of that era returns to us next season.'
Arsenal set aside their traditional red shirts with white sleeves in 2005 when they quit Highbury for the Emirates Stadium and adopted a redcurrant shirt, the colour they wore during their first season at the old ground in 1913.