Comments on: Newcastle United v Hull City

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:45:12 +0000

I know what you mean Anto, I’m not a fan of that either. Looks like a different team when they turn round!

By: anto

anto — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:17:33 +0000

i really hate the recent habit of kits with different front and backs, ie newcastle black and white front, plain black back, reading blue white front & all-blue back etc. its ridiculous. how do clowns who design jerseys, or uefa who make colour clashing rules, think jerseys being different on the front and back is a good idea. its really really a pet hate of mine.
rant over.

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:59:20 +0000

Hello Pete M – it seems reading through this feature that most people prefer away kits to be used only when necessary, and third kits only when really really necessary – I certainly do. I’m guessing the reason why Hull changed is due to the shorts clashing with Fulham’s but also, as we’ve seen in this thread, short clashes rules aren’t consistent either and if a club don’t favour change shorts (such as Liverpool, Arsenal) then an away kit has to be donned.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:23:08 +0000

Yeah I remember that, it was really difficult to watch on TV. It wasn’t the worst kit clash I’d ever seen in rugby though, seen plenty in rugby league over the years.

Here’s another shocker for the collection – Busan I’Park from South Korea taking on Chivas, and another colourblind ref…

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1047/751998544_62d503b37c.jpg

Busan have got quite possibly the most disfunctional away kit ever. Their home kit is red and white quarters with a plain red back and sleeves, but the away is also red and white quarters, but with a plain white back and sleeves.

Chivas, as previously mentioned in the comments are no strangers to bad kit clashing, here’s two instances of games between them and Tecos UAG from 2007 and 2008…

http://i.esmas.com/image/0/000/005/997/TECOS-CHIVAS-370×270.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Zf3dVKYww0/SJW91SfFXUI/AAAAAAAAApI/MCqPyjkn3gM/s400/tecos_chivas3.jpg

Oh dear!

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:30:25 +0000

Ouch…nice spot Jon. Different coloured backs on the shirts are just plain daft aren’t they? Reminds me again of the Scotland/All Blacks rugby match last year (I think) where the All Blacks changed to grey with a massive black panel on the shoulders. Scotland’s home kit was of course navy with loads of white. It was a nightmare to watch!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:47:47 +0000

Funny how we mentioned the USA and their old tradition of one light and one dark shirt to avoid colour clashes and make them distinguishable on television. Well I’ve found proof that the MLS’s decision to abolish the age-old tradition has certainly backfired!

Take this, from FC Dallas v Chicago Fire the other day…

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8462/85548970.jpg

It’s bad for two reasons – one, the most obvious, the plain white back on Dallas’ shirt, and secondly, for me a red and white hooped shirt against a white shirt with a red band is a clash. Even more shocking is that FC Dallas have an away kit which resembles an old adidas QPR shirt from the 80’s, blue and white hoops with 3 adidas stripes in red, but also a plain white back! Worse, the replica Dallas shirts have the hoops on the back!

This plain back nonsense just gets worse!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:33:38 +0000

It’s a real oddity as to why Hull wore the grey away kit the other night.

Anyway Lincoln City were involved in another kit clash at the weekend, this time at rivals Grimsby Town. It was exactly the same problem that the Imps had at Port Vale, by wearing the rather superfluous white away kit against Grimsby’s shirts which are plain white on the back (apart from black sleeves). And again how did the referee let that one go by?

By: Pete M

Pete M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:55:45 +0000

Last night, Hull City played at Fulham in their grey away / changed strip. Why?. How can Fulham’s white shirts clash with amber & black stripes?

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:37:52 +0000

That Mexico game is a classic Jon! I know I keep harping on about it, but shirts have to be functional don’t they? They have to do their job!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:21:33 +0000

It’s mad isn’t it? How the referees in those games let it go by I don’t know, yet just a few weeks ago of course we had the story about Brighton having to borrow a set of shirts from Leicester.

The referee felt Brighton’s navy and yellow striped kit clashed with Leicester’s blue, so he forced the change. Why Brighton didn’t wear their all-white fourth kit is another curiosity, but even more baffling is that they wore the navy and yellow kit at Oldham and that was passed as OK.

Talk about inconsistent!

But nothing is as bad as this one from Mexico in 2002, Guadalajara versus Necaxa, and no doubt a myopic referee…

http://mx.geocities.com/chivasrayadasno1/chivasnecaxa2003-1.jpg

Necaxa that season had a stupid choice of kits, the home was their traditional red and white stripes (but mostly white), and the away was white with red sleeves, but the red single stripe on the front gave the effect of broad stripes, and no third kit. Thankfully a few seasons later they finally decided on a change kit which wasn’t predominantly red or white.