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Kit archive
Tottenham's white-and-navy is tied closely to the cockerel crest. This archive traces six defining eras, from the club's changing early colours to the current Nike partnership.
Club season 2026-27
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Founded
1882
FKB archive pick
1981 FA Cup final Le Coq Sportif home (no sponsor)
Current manufacturer
Nike
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Nike · 2026-27 · Home · Official
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Source review
Reviewed 2026-07-13
FKB checked the broad chronology against the sources below. The archive deliberately groups notable periods; it does not claim to catalogue every season, variant or match-worn detail. Source links are editorial references, not buying routes.
Historical Football Kits · specialist secondary · checked 2026-07-13
A source-linked, decade-by-decade guide to Tottenham Hotspur’s shirt evolution, manufacturers, sponsors and notable designs.
1880s–1950s
Light blue and white in early years. Adopted white shirts, navy shorts in 1898 — the Preston North End tribute. Cockerel crest from 1921.
Tottenham's founding decade was one of colour experimentation — navy and light blue halves, chocolate brown and gold halves. The decisive switch to white shirts and navy shorts in 1898 was an explicit tribute to then-dominant Preston.
Era sources
1960s
Bill Nicholson double-winning team. Clean white shirts, navy shorts, cockerel crest stitched onto the left breast. V-neck collar.
Spurs's 1960-61 Double — the first league-and-FA-Cup double of the 20th century — was achieved in a clean white Umbro shirt with navy shorts. Blanchflower, Greaves and White defined the era.
Era sources
1970s
Admiral experimented with tramlines and elaborate trim. Le Coq Sportif arrived in 1980 and produced the sponsor-free 1981 FA Cup-winning kit.
The sponsor-free 1981 FA Cup final kit, worn by players including Ardiles and Hoddle, is the defining shirt of this period. Spurs won the replay 3-2.
Era sources
1980s–1990s
Holsten first appeared in 1983. Hummel chevrons defined the later 1980s; the 1991 FA Cup-winning Umbro home used navy-and-white shadow striping.
Spurs changed manufacturer several times across these two decades. The 1991 FA Cup home, worn during Gascoigne's tournament before his cruciate injury, and the 1992-93 Umbro home are strong collector reference points.
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2000s
Thomson (2002-06), Mansion (2006-10), Autonomy (2010-11), Aurasma (2011-13) and HP (2013-14) marked successive front-of-shirt eras.
Juande Ramos's 2008 League Cup-winning kit (Puma) and the Harry Redknapp top-4 finishes were in clean Puma blues and whites. Bale's left-foot era began in Under Armour in 2012.
Era sources
2015–2026
Nike arrived in 2017 with AIA on the front. The 2018-19 Champions League-final home is a defining modern reference.
The 2019 Champions League-final home and the shirts from Harry Kane's final seasons are clear identities from Nike's tenure. Kane's departure in 2023 closed one player era while the Nike partnership continued.
Era sources
Nike has made Tottenham's kits since 2017-18 and continues to supply the current 2026-27 range.
Tottenham adopted white shirts and navy shorts in 1898 — the same colours worn by then-dominant Preston North End, whose success Spurs wanted to emulate. The colours have stayed.
The sponsor-free 1981 FA Cup-winning Le Coq Sportif shirt is an FKB archive pick. Other strong references include the 1991 FA Cup-winning Umbro Holsten home and the 2019 Champions League final Nike shirt.
Holsten first appeared as Tottenham's shirt sponsor in 1983, returned after an interruption in the late 1990s, and became one of the sponsors most closely associated with the club's retro shirts.
Collector decision
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