Historic shirt design
Selected home-kit design eras
Twelve verified design periods show major changes in colours, patterns and crests without pretending to be a shirt-by-shirt catalogue.
| Period | Design | Scope and context | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | Orange and black stripesThe first recorded uniform kit, reported for the February 1867 match against Sheffield FC. | Earliest known dedicated Notts County team colours. | Historical Football Kits2026-07-19 |
| 1877–78 | Plain shirts with a civic badgePlain shirts carried a badge based on the City of Nottingham arms against a black field during the club’s first FA Cup campaign. | The exact badge attribution remains cautiously worded because county representative badges may also have been used. | Historical Football Kits2026-07-19 |
| 1880–90 | Chocolate and Cambridge blue halvesChocolate and blue halved shirts became the recognised first-choice colours through most of the 1880s. | The period includes documented change-kit exceptions, so it is not presented as every-match uniform coverage. | Historical Football Kits2026-07-19 |
| 1890–1922 | Broad black and white stripesThe now-traditional broad black and white stripes first appear in surviving reports from 1890. | The colours established the club’s enduring visual identity and Magpies association. | Historical Football Kits2026-07-19 |