This might come as a shock to some - especially the youngsters 😳

[TangerineAde]

Back in the day - an aberration on our part - (playing in WHITE ) before Tangerine fully took over.

 

[CGP1]

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.

 

[Wizaard]

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.

Some stuck with it because they are common and very plain.

 

[TangerineAde]

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.

 

[Chunkylad]

How depressing that kit looks.

 

[Bluecabinboy]

Very few, if any, teams back in the day wore white socks as the dyes available around WW1 to colour & subsequently wash woollen socks were notorious for ‘running’ into other colours & ruining other kit in the wash.

Red dyes were especially susceptible to this, hence why teams such as Manchester United sport seemingly ‘illogical’ black socks in their kit to this day.

 

[hertfordseasider]

When you say "youngsters" you mean under 70 on this site!

 

[TheSeaWord]

So we had it first and they copied?

 

[1966_and_all_that]

In the 1948 FA Cup final, the team playing in Blue shirts and white shorts beat the team playing in white shirts and black shorts.

 

[TangerineAde]

When you say "youngsters" you mean under 70 on this site!

Yep!

 

[TangerineAde]

In the 1948 FA Cup final, the team playing in Blue shirts and white shorts beat the team playing in white shirts and black shorts.

Very true

 

[TangerineAde]

100 years of Tangerine since. Who’s for a centenary party?

 

[BFC_Aspie]

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.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

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.

Some on here these days would have wanted them to stay in the first available safe country which was....err, Britain.