South shore lad
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Not match related but is no one else honestly arsed that our kit isn’t tangerine anymore? It’s a dark orange that’s just not tangerine
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South shore lad
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Hard to sing about the tangerines when the kit isn’t tangerine isn’t it!
Costero Poderoso
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what is tangerine. 
South shore lad
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Tangerine is closer to B but the kit we play in currently is closer to A.
Either way, the colour we play in currently isn’t tangerine.
P t Barnum
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Tangerine has got to be A that's a stand out colour like it always was
Costero Poderoso
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I told my designers when we had a new logo that i had to have tangerine in the colour palette, but they didnt understand the difference. Im surprised the club hasn't actually set the colour because it is very unique, but i couldnt tell you which of those colurs from a b or d is actually tangerine.
South shore lad
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This is tangerine. We used to play in this colour but we don’t anymore. It’s lighter than the dark orange we now play in.
Macseasider
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I'd always thought tangerine being lighter than orange but then you can get light and dark versions of both.
South shore lad
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There’s no light or dark version of tangerine mate, tangerine is a specific light shade of orange and we don’t wear it anymore
Jimmy Jazz
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I see shades of colour differently with each eye so with one it's 'a' and one it's 'b'.
Costero Poderoso
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if i was going to be drawn on it. a is orange b is more or less tangerine but its a bit too yellow c is terracotta and d is orangey yellow
Macseasider
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poolseasider
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Come on lets not kid ourselves we wear orange and it has been many different shades over the years but we call it Tangerine.
It should be darker but every club plays in different shades of blue/red etc.
It should be darker but every club plays in different shades of blue/red etc.
Macseasider
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It's irrelevant isn't it. Unless Mr Saddler cares (which I'm sure he doesn't).
20togo
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i always thought it was darker than orange so I'd say A in those four shades.
poolseasider
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Totally agree the O/P probably wouldn't buy one in the first place and the shade of colour who cares and if your willing to have Wonga plastered across the front who gives a fuck.
The Catcher in the Rye
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I have just eaten a tangerine and have held it up to the colour chart and can confirm the answer is A.
dutchpoolfan
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CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t
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It’s not keeping me up at night to be honest.
We played in salmon pink in 89/90.
We played in salmon pink in 89/90.
Allmodcons
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So for the avoidance of doubt, we play in dark orange, light orange and every shade inbetween - but as long as we call it tangerine no-one actually gives a fuck.
Archibald Knox
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Yes, but apparently the shirts very quickly faded in the wash. Hence tangerine.
kuriousoranj
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Nearly every poster on this thread started watching Blackpool when we played in cotton shirts, either during the 50s,60s or 70s. What happens to cotton coloured garments after 2/3 washes? They fade and in my opinion not in a very nice way. Look at my sons shirt in the photo, thats after 3/4 washes and prior was much more vivid more like 'A' in the sample chart someone posted.
My two retro shirts (60s/70s) as well as my children's are now a weird, insipid, washed out tangerine (not very attractive) but that's the colour Blackpool played in for most of their history (just before, during and after the war through to the mid 70s). Below is a British Colour Standard No55 mug someone bought for me recently. Its much more like 'A' than the more 'warm gold' colour some posters want tangerine to be. Tangerine is a very bold colour, not too dissimilar to Orange.
My two retro shirts (60s/70s) as well as my children's are now a weird, insipid, washed out tangerine (not very attractive) but that's the colour Blackpool played in for most of their history (just before, during and after the war through to the mid 70s). Below is a British Colour Standard No55 mug someone bought for me recently. Its much more like 'A' than the more 'warm gold' colour some posters want tangerine to be. Tangerine is a very bold colour, not too dissimilar to Orange.
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td53
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I agree. It can look almost red on telly and I want tangerine. It's easy to answer the question 'what is tangerine' - just look at a tangerine.
kuriousoranj
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Even though your profile picture of Bob Hatton wearing a nylon shirt looks a lot closer to orange?
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kuriousoranj
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Looks more like Wolves/Hull than Blackpool. We never played in that colour.
Dundee United are known as 'The Tangerines' We are The Seasiders!!
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1966_and_all_that
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Our perspective comes from a time of permanent dyes. Back in the day shirts that started off deep orange would not stay that way, becoming washed-out over time. I believe that led to the crowd's ironic singing of 'yes, we have no bananas'.
It is also the case that sports clubs used to take pride in the uniqueness of their choice of colours and one way of reinforcing that was to use unique descriptors. So, Warrington rugby league describe their colours as primrose and blue instead of simply yellow and blue. Wolves play in 'old gold' and, in football, dark maroon has long been called claret.
It's part of the rich tapestry of the game's history and we refer to our varying shades of orange as tangerine. That's fine by me.
It is also the case that sports clubs used to take pride in the uniqueness of their choice of colours and one way of reinforcing that was to use unique descriptors. So, Warrington rugby league describe their colours as primrose and blue instead of simply yellow and blue. Wolves play in 'old gold' and, in football, dark maroon has long been called claret.
It's part of the rich tapestry of the game's history and we refer to our varying shades of orange as tangerine. That's fine by me.
kuriousoranj
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No-one sees colour the same.
Bluecabinboy
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Handy Household Tip: If you wash cotton garments inside-out, you’ll find they lose much less colour & thus stay looking better for longer.
Here to help.....
kuriousoranj
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Thanks auntie!
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TangerinePeel
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Tangerine is a massive part of our identity, it certainly does not belong to Dundee who didn't play in Tangerine/Orange until 1969. Compare that to us since the 20s!
"the Seasiders" also belongs to various clubs who play on a coast: Southend and Brighton for example. Tangerine is definitely our most unique attribute as a club so I can understand the debate
kuriousoranj
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I didn't say it wasn't, Dundee United's nickname is 'The Tangerines'. Brighton are 'The Seagulls'?
Southend - The Shrimpers.
TangerinePeel
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Dundee United's nickname is The Terrors before The Tangerines, just as ours is The Seasiders followed by The Tangerines. Your comment seemed to imply that Tangerine isn't as important to our identity as being "The Seasiders" which I don't think is true.
Brighton and Southend both refer to themselves as The Seasiders alongside their main nicknames, they even share the same chants as us such as "Sea, Sea, Seasiders".
SEASIDE2020
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I thought that Dundee had always played in navy blue ?
TangerinePeel
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That must be Dundee FC who Charlie Adam now plays for!
Dundee United play in Tangerine and Black
Macseasider
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This thread is hilarious.
If I thought it was children getting all flustered about a shade of colour then I'd understand - but these are men of a certain age. You couldn't make it up.
If I thought it was children getting all flustered about a shade of colour then I'd understand - but these are men of a certain age. You couldn't make it up.
poolseasider
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And washing tips by middle aged men to boot what next type of Fabric softener to use.
TommyHutch
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This is a brilliant thread. In July every year I wait to see whether we’ll revert to tangerine - every year it’s orange.
We appear to have an owner who cares and who listens to the fans. He’s also of an age that appears close to age of most on here.
My hair used to stand up when I saw 11 guys in tangerine shirts run out. It doesn’t do that now with orange ones (although there are of course two reasons for that
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Please Mr Sadler, get us back in tangerine.
We appear to have an owner who cares and who listens to the fans. He’s also of an age that appears close to age of most on here.
My hair used to stand up when I saw 11 guys in tangerine shirts run out. It doesn’t do that now with orange ones (although there are of course two reasons for that
).Please Mr Sadler, get us back in tangerine.
South shore lad
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We most certainly did used to play in that colour, just look at the retro shirts on the club website. This colour is why we’re known as the tangerines. Check your history mate!
1962-1967 Adult Retro Home Shirt
<div class="prodMainDesc"> <div class="std">Blackpool 1962-1967 Retro Football Shirt. <br><br>The classic Blackpool FC shirt worn between 1962 - 1967. <br><br></div> </div> <div class="short-description"> <div class="std">Regular Fit. Embroidered Badge. Long sleeve. Round neck.<br>Heavy weight...
shop.blackpoolfc.co.uk
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LimerickTangerine
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1966_and_all_that
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I have that shirt but, alas, the washing machine has done its job too well down the years.We most certainly did used to play in that colour, just look at the retro shirts on the club website. This colour is why we’re known as the tangerines. Check your history mate!
1962-1967 Adult Retro Home Shirt
<div class="prodMainDesc"> <div class="std">Blackpool 1962-1967 Retro Football Shirt. <br><br>The classic Blackpool FC shirt worn between 1962 - 1967. <br><br></div> </div> <div class="short-description"> <div class="std">Regular Fit. Embroidered Badge. Long sleeve. Round neck.<br>Heavy weight...
CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t
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It wasThat kit was bloody awful
kuriousoranj
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That late 50s early 60s shirt is nearer in colour to the current one, certainly nothing like the amber one put on here by Dollar Thief.We most certainly did used to play in that colour, just look at the retro shirts on the club website. This colour is why we’re known as the tangerines. Check your history mate!
1962-1967 Adult Retro Home Shirt
<div class="prodMainDesc"> <div class="std">Blackpool 1962-1967 Retro Football Shirt. <br><br>The classic Blackpool FC shirt worn between 1962 - 1967. <br><br></div> </div> <div class="short-description"> <div class="std">Regular Fit. Embroidered Badge. Long sleeve. Round neck.<br>Heavy weight...
kuriousoranj
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I think the British Standard Colour of Tangerine 1931 (my mug) is a good compromise.