Home kit 2021-22 | Our History. Our Hoops.

The blue and white hoops in our 150th anniversary year are based on the club’s first ever kit

The Royals’ home strip for our 150th anniversary season has been officially launched and is available to purchase online or in store NOW!

The inspiration was easy. Nearly 150 years ago this club first played competitive football and the players took to the field wearing thin blue and white hoops, white shorts and hooped socks. In our anniversary season, we will pay homage to our 19th century beginnings with a design based on the first ever kit worn by those who first represented Reading.

There are a few less moustaches in 2021 and the colour of the boots has changed for many of the players. But to honour those who first lined up for Reading Football Club, our hoops are thinner and our socks are hooped.

Some of the names of former players who have been inducted into our Supporters Trust’s Hall of Fame have been sublimated into the blue hoops, front and back. A tip of the cap to the generations of players who have bled blue and white ever since those 1871 beginnings.

The crest is woven in gold, while ‘1871-2021, 150 YEARS’ is written on the back of the home shirt and on the calf of our home socks.

Let’s not forget our official goalkeeper kit for 2021-22 – which is modelled on a classic strip worn by one of our goalkeeping greats…Steve Death.

Death was a mainstay in the Reading first team during the entirety of the 1970s, once breaking a Royals record at one stage in making 156 consecutive appearances for the club. He also helped Reading set another record, refusing to concede a goal for 1,074 minutes of competitive football in 1978-79.

The goalkeeper’s shirt has a retro look and feel, green in colour with a ribbed collar and ‘1871-2021, 150 YEARS’ again embroidered in the back of the shirt.

All sizes are available to buy NOW and the Fanstore is open both today and tomorrow to welcome Royals fans who wish to pick up their home shirt in person.

Please note, to ensure social distancing is possible at all time, the Fanstore is still limited to 6 people at a time. However an additional outdoor store will be situated in the car park for those that want to avoid queuing to get into the store. Fitting Rooms will be closed, but our Click & Collect service will be available from the outdoor store.

Customised names and numbers can be printed on the shirts in store or player names can be added when shirts are ordered online. However, please be aware that squad numbers for the coming campaign have not yet been announced and will remain subject to change.

As for our official away kit for 2021-22, you’ll have to wait just a little longer…