As soon as Stefan White and his friend Tom Renshaw graduated from university, they set to work making their pub snacks empire a reality.
29.05.2022 - 18:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One of the world's most iconic sportswear started with humble beginnings in a sleepy Cheshire village. To be more exact, inside a cupboard upstairs of one of Mobberley's popular pubs.
The Bull's Head, on Mill Lane, is the birthplace of Umbro, the brand that has kitted out major football teams for their finest hours on the pitch. The gastropub, now famous for its 'steak and wobbly ale pie', was once owned by the parents of Harold and Wallace Humphreys.
Harold, who was born in 1902, left school at the age of 13 to clean for a textile firm in Manchester and quickly worked his way up to the haberdashery department. He later secured a position as a salesman at Stockport sportswear brand Messrs Bucks - later known as Bukta.
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In 1922, Harold launched his own sportswear retail business, initially trading out of a cupboard in the back room of his parents' pub - The Bull's Head. With the help of his brother Wallace, the pair formed Humphreys Brothers Ltd in 1924 and moved to a workshop in Wilmslow.
The name was abbreviated to Umbro - taking the 'um' from Humphreys and the 'bro' from brothers. In the decades that have followed, the brand has provided kits to some of the world's biggest teams and was once referred to as the 'Dior of the football world'.
Ten years after forming the company, Umbro supplied kits to both teams in the FA Cup final, played out in front of 93,000 spectators, CheshireLive reports. Portsmouth, in a black and white kit, would lose 2-1 to Manchester City, who wore maroon.
By 1966, the vast majority of English teams would play in their shirts. When the World Cup arrived that year, 15 out of the 16 teams competed
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