Comments on: Almost Weekly Blog (23rd March)

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:49:35 +0000

Hello Denis – yes the socks make NO sense to me at all! Going back to NUFC, I’ve got a feeling it will take more than a change of kit to save them from the drop – Shearer or no Shearer.

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:11:02 +0000

I saw someone on a forum do a Photoshop job of the players in Saturday’s game with navy shorts, looked class.

BTW, anyone seen the alternative socks? Top half red and bottom half white, look odd.

Re Gullit changing Newcastle’s socks to white, didn’t really work did it?! Ruud also seemed to forget that the Netherlands having orange socks didn’t do them much harm in Euro 88.

By: john

john — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:04:10 +0000

think the england kit definateley needs navy shorts and the peeling off of the tracksuits just before the anthem was a touch too far!!

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Its always been my suspicion that it was to do with floodlight/night games – which may have been why they favour them in the Champions League when most games are floodlit. I think a lot of it is to do with match officials – clearly differing sock colours are very important when it comes to decisions/tackles and especially offsides – that extra visibility really makes a difference. Plus there are instances of ‘lucky’ white socks. Southampton have gone through a couple of phases of changing sock colour mid-season for ‘luck’ and wasn’t it Ruud Gullit who changed Newcastle socks to white saying ‘I win things with teams who wear white socks’. I think the visibility aspect for the players is very important. Thanks for posting it Denis.

By: john

john — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:50:59 +0000

cheers denis for that link,the white socks has been bugging me for some time,thing is if white is so ’stand out’ why not go the whole hog and wear a white kit? not exactly worked for leeds united has it?

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:34:12 +0000

Yes Ian the player issue shirts weren’t reversible, as I remember replicas could only have numbers on one side too

By: Denis Hurley

Denis Hurley — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:11:41 +0000

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2343802.ece

Interesting piece, it mentions why United sometimes wear white socks

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:23:33 +0000

Sorry Ian – yes, they definitely wore both but they were two separate sets of shirts.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:42:11 +0000

Didn’t Man United have a gold/white reversible? They definitely wore both versions. Are you telling me that they didn’t simply turn one shirt inside out??

Another illusion shattered then.

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:14:01 +0000

The reversible shirts were only ever produced as replicas as they were too ‘heavy’ to be worn in matches. The jerseys worn by the players were not reversible.