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(Q1) Look at the photograph of Blackburn Rovers below (A1). It is one of the first photographs taken of a football team. Make a list of the ways that footballers look different today to those who played over 120 years ago.

(A1) Photograph of Blackburn Rovers in about 1880.
(Q2) Why do you think someone has written numbers on this photograph? The same numbers also appeared on the back of the photograph.
(Q3) Visit this website Blackburn Rovers Football Kits. Describe the ways that the Blackburn Rovers football kit has changed/stayed the same, since 1880.
(Q4) Look at the photograph of Preston North End below (A2). Then look at the photograph of Blackburn Rovers above. Can you find two ways that football kits changed between 1880 and 1888.

(A2) The Preston North End team that won the Football League title in 1888-89.
(Q5) Look at the photograph of Newton Heath below (A3). Compare it with the photograph of Preston North End (A2). Can you see the new addition to the player's kit?

(A3) Newton Heath in 1892.
(Q6) Look at the photograph of West Ham United in 1902. Why are some of the men not wearing football kits?
(Q7) Visit this website West Ham United Football Kits. Describe the ways that the West Ham football kit has changed since 1895.

(A4) West Ham United in 1902
(Q8) Look at the photograph of Manchester United below (A5). Why do you think this photograph was taken?
(Q9) Visit this website Manchester United Football Kits. Describe the ways that the Manchester United football kit has changed since 1885.

(A5) Manchester United in 1908.
(Q10) Look at all five photographs. This includes both the players and the men who were the managers, trainers and directors of the clubs. How have fashioned changed since 1880?
(Q11) Look at the photograph of Charlie Roberts, the captain of Manchester United, taken in about 1890. Roberts football kit upset the Football Association and in 1904 they passed a new rule about football kit. Why do you think the FA was upset with Roberts.

(A6) Charlie Roberts in about 1900
(Q12) Alex James played for Preston North End and Arsenal between 1925 and 1937. Look at the photograph of James taken in 1936. How does his appearance differ from that of Charlie Roberts.

(A7) Dixie Dean and Alex James in August 1936

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