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The best £4,000 ever spent. https://inparallellines.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/the-number-nine-in-green-who-scored-inside-a-minute-of-his-debut/

He was my hero. I think 30,000 other folk felt the same way.

The only Albion kit I've ever owned was (bought at the time in 1977) a Butkta home shirt with 8 on the back.

Shirts cost £5 to make in the Far East, clubs make just 7.5% commission, Nike or Adidas grab the lions share. Instead they pay a fixed lump sum kit deal to clubs. The Albion-Nike deal is guessed at £2.5m per year.

The profit margin on kit is very low (@El Presidente covered this in the past, when Manure fanboys exaggerated the profit in Ronaldo rejoining). Giving a loss to the club when unsold and discounted. So it’s a dilemma to club each close season on how much to order. No one knew it was going to...