I think from the above you could summise that it is a No 7 shirt from the time Peter Sterling was at the club because:-
* He did wear a shirt with 'Shopacheck' on it made by Umbro and the away shirt would have been made same company with the same design.
* This shirt is made by Umbro and the post 1987 shirt was made by Matchwinner with a similar design. (The Matchwinner shirt was actually different because it had a raised small collar on it and the sponsors badge etc were made out of a sort of foam rubber rather than stitched/embroidered - I let you draw your own conclusions on the quality of 'Matchwinner' gear)
* In between 1985 and 1987 the shirt was a single irregular hoop with ABI sponsorship.
* Shopacheck were the first sponsor and there wasn't any sponsorship before then. The shirt before this was the very old Irregular V Design
The problem is did Peter Sterling actually wear it. It is unlikely that there is more than one of these shirts as they seldom made spare 'away' kits. It was therefore probably the away shirt worn at the time by who ever played at No 7 in specific away matches.
I think the best place to look would be away matches against Featherstone, Halifax & Oldham as they are the most likely kits to have clashed(I think). Any photo from these matches during 83 and 84 showing a Hull player wearing this kit and confirmation that Sterlo played in the match would give us a winner.
The alternative is to see if Sterlo has a facebook page and ask the great man himself. Unfortuantely this is beyond my technical know how.
Also, as a thought was Shopacheck sponsorship crucial in getting Sterling over here in the first place as it was a major coup. As the start of sponsorship ties in just about exactly with him arriving?
During Sterling's time at Hull, Shopacheck were only sponsors in January 1985 - including the JPS semi photo earlier in the thread - before the sponsorship deal with ABI Caravans. We were wearing ABI sponsored shirts at the start of the Challenge Cup run that season. Looking at the club website we only played three times that month - the semi, the JPS final and at home to Widnes.
We didn't have a sponsor in 1983-84.
This all suggests that it certainly isn't a Peter Sterling worn shirt.
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