Comments on: Aston Villa v West Ham

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:48:36 +0000

Never mind lime green, when Derby revealed their current away kit it was officially described as slime green! Someone at Pride Park must be having a laugh!

Chelsea’s away kit from last season seems to have given other clubs the fluorescent away kit bug – as well as Derby, the likes of Everton, Wigan have brought out fluorescent yellow or lime green or whatever you wish to call it, and Oldham Athletic, not content with a fluorescent yellow kit also wore a glow in the dark shocking pink kit for charity against Leeds live on TV!

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:50:42 +0000

I also remember the lime green kit being very popular. It was difficult to photograph well though if memory serves. I’ve seen some pics where it looks distinctly yellow.

By: Chris Varney

Chris Varney — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:27:45 +0000

I still have my flourescent yellow Sheff. Utd shirt. It was worn from 89/90 and 90/91 season and was changed after the normal 2 year cycle.

I can remember some complaints re. the stewards but other clubs ( Barca, Chelsea) have had them recently and United has another in 98 and last year.

The Leicester away match in 1990 promotion season was a sea of flouescent yellow or lime green as it was called at the time.

By: john

john — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:33:23 +0000

i read a story about the sheff utd shirt too,that shirt sold by the bucket load judging by the amount of fans who wore it.

By: Andrew Rockall

Andrew Rockall — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:30:06 +0000

I reckon Cech’s shirt is exaggerated on TV which probably is why it has never been changed in a match, even when Chelski are being reffed by the overly officious Rob Styles!

Re Flouro kits, in the Eighties wasn’t there a move away from them due to Stewards and Police becomeing less visable in a crowd. I thought Sheffield United dropped their away shirt because of this.

By: Andy Burton

Andy Burton — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:59:06 +0000

I was at Palace/Derby game and the fluoro kit is SO bright it didnt seem to clash with Ref in normal lighting conditions

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:54:24 +0000

Thanks Amir – I had a feeling the Chelsea goalie top wouldn’t look so ‘red’ in the flesh.

By: john

john — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:37:07 +0000

spurs wore an all white kit for the 86/87 season but wore sky blue shorts from there away kit to avoid a clash with citys white shorts.it was all too much for the referee though!!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:15:30 +0000

Sorry Andrew I was referring to the Man City v Spurs match from the 90/91 season that Denis was talking about, Spurs turned up in yellow but Man City wore their maroon away kit.

I’m a little bit too young to remember the incident in 1986 though I know Spurs’ sky blue away kit at the time did look very bright under floodlights!

By: amir

amir — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:58:43 +0000

Good point Andrew about the Palace-Derby game. Noticed it, but never clicked that the ref and Derby’s kit were very similar.
Re: Chelsea goalie kit. Its not as bad in person and goalies should use long sleeves so you would probably see a bare arm vs a clothed arm at this time of year.