Some stuck with it because they are common and very plain.There's a simple explanation, look at the years.
WW1 had been going a year and cutbacks were part of life. We played our part by choosing something cheap on colour dye, common and very plain.
Decent enough reply, but any post-war ‘cutbacks’, didn't stop the likes of Burnley and Morecambe getting colourful kits.There's a simple explanation, look at the years.
WW1 had been going a year and cutbacks were part of life. We played our part by choosing something cheap on colour dye, common and very plain.
Yep!When you say "youngsters" you mean under 70 on this site!
Very trueIn the 1948 FA Cup final, the team playing in Blue shirts and white shorts beat the team playing in white shirts and black shorts.
Some on here these days would have wanted them to stay in the first available safe country which was....err, Britain.We blew our dye budget in the 1914-15 season when we sported a red yellow and Black kit to support the towns Belgian refugees.