Size? Team With PUMA to Celebrate 125 Years of Manchester City

This season leading sports brand PUMA craft a limited-edition capsule collection for the club’s devoted following – sold exclusively at Manchester-based footwear retailer size?.

2019 marks the 125^th anniversary of Manchester City Football Club, an English football club with a rich history based in the heart of Manchester.

In this spirt, official sponsors PUMA have crafted a limited-edition capsule collection. The selection fuses four pivotal stories in City’s history with classic silhouettes from the PUMA vault, dressing each rendition with detailing which honours the club’s landmark moments.

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Consisting of two drops, the first from the collection lands on Friday 4^th October using PUMA’s early ‘70s Crack as its canvas. Originally made in West Germany, the Crack silhouette was designed as an athletic training shoe. They featured a foot-hugging shape, soft suede uppers and a rubber outsole in the aim to gain traction to the track.

Part 1 of the first launch rewinds to 1880 when the club moved to the then newly built Hyde Road Stadium – located in Ardwick – where the club was renamed to ‘Ardwick Association Football Club’. This change of name marked the second chapter in Manchester City’s history.

PUMA pays tribute to the landmark event with a gold ‘AAFC’ brand patch to the sidewall. The Crack boasts a smooth suede upper complemented with a sky blue Formstripe branding to the sidewall, tied together with a white cushioning midsole underfoot.

PUMA’s second design honours Manchester City’s crowning moment in recent history, Sergio Aguero scoring a Premier League title-winning goal, 93 minutes and 20 seconds on the clock and deep into injury time on May 13^th 2012 to clinch it from the hands of city rivals Manchester United.

This edition of the Crack comes ornamented with a gold  ’93:20’ patch to the sidewall. The left shoe is detailed with a ‘93’, while the right reads ‘20’. Sumptuous suede uppers are decorated with a purple Formstripe to the sidewall, and a custom insole is emblazoned with ‘Limited Edition No. 00/125’ – nodding to the exclusivity and limited production run of the collection.

Part 1 of the PUMA MCFC Collection, which includes the AAFC and the 93:20, will be available in men’s sizes via the size? Manchester store on Friday 4th October.

Part 2 of the PUMA MCFC Collection will unveil the Kippax and Whitworth models, coming very soon.