Aston Villa and adidas celebrate the club’s 150th anniversary with a special anniversary blacked out kit. 

In 1878, Aston Villa became the first team in the UK to put a crest on their playing kit, adopting the Scottish lion rampant. For the club’s anniversary release the original motif makes a return having been redrawn using the earliest visual sources available to the club. 

Along with re-upping their OG crest, Villa are running it back to the days they donned all-black kits before their famous claret and blue ones. For a period of time during the early years of the club's formation The Villans wore the colour black – it was even their kit colour of choice when they won their first-ever honour, The Birmingham Senior Cup in 1880. 

The black anniversary kit will be sold without shirt sponsors to give it that real old school feel, and arrives featuring adidas' Aeroready technology – perfect for those wanting to wear it on and off pitch.

The kit will be available to purchase via adidas and Aston Villa online stores as well as select retailers on Jan 9.

Take a closer look at the 150th anniversary shirt below.