Season 2013/14
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season


The Season in brief

David Moyes, along with most of his back-room staff from Everton, took up his position as nited's manager on July 1st. The summer transfer window was a farce, with Moyes' task not helped by the departure of Chief Executive David Gill in the summer. Moyes failed to sign any of his reported targets and on deadline day paid £27.5million for Everton's Marouane Fellaini. Juan Mata joined from Chelsea for a club record fee of £37.1 million the following January.

On the pitch United made a poor start to the new campaign, beaten at Anfield and then at the Etihad. By January a succession of home defeats had left them out of the title race and both domestic Cup competitions. Humiliating home defeats by arch rivals Liverpool and Manchester City andknocked out the Champions' League quarter-final effectively ended the season in early April. Moyes was sacked on April 22nd with Ryan Giggs taking temporary charge. .

Nike produced new designs for the home and change kits which were both launched in the summer of 2013. On the inside of the home shirt neck is a woven label featuring a red devil, 'Striving for Glory'. Last season's black and gray gingham check design is included under the collar and on the twin side vents on the hem of the shirt. The change kit, launched on the club's pre-season tour at Cerezo Osaka, featured a bigger, bolder gingham check. According to Nike the gingham check represents Manchester’s proud industrial past when the check was produced in the city’s booming cotton mills in the 18th century.