This is a match shirt wth a difference. On the normal match shirts there was a white panel imprinted within the stripes on the back for the number to go. In the official replica shirts the back was all stripes. This shirt has a white patch applied over the top of the stripes and then the number applied. This could be a reserve team shirt as it doesn't have any league patches on the sleeves.
You can tell it is from the very beginning of the season as the Sandtex logo is printed onto a white flock panel that has been heat applied to the shirt. This shirt was made available in limited numbers at the very start of the 1997/8 season. After the beginning of the season the shirts had the Sandtex logo screen printed in red direct to the shirt. Anyone who bought this version was offered a correctly printed shirt free of charge once they became available.
Official Replica shirt. This shirt has been signed by many of the players past and present who attended Kerry Mayos testimonial game in July 2007. Signatures include Peter Ward, Steve Foster, Jimmy Case, Steve Melton, Gerry Ryan, Simon Rodger, Rod Thomas, Kerry Mayo (of course!) Lee Steele, Paul Brooker, Robbie Reinault, Richard Carpenter, Peter Smith.
