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Author:  jordan057 [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:52 pm ]
Post subject:  shirt colours
hello,

i'm an italian football fan and i'm interested at the origin of football teams

could you tell me about the origin of the City shirt?
why the club adopted sky blue and white colours?

thanks.

Gianfranco
Author:  gibbonicus_andronicus [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:54 pm ]
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was originally a blakc shirt with white maltese cross, as it was a church team founded to try and deal with alcoholism.

that worked.
Author:  Danny's Studs [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:02 pm ]
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...but that was not for very long GA as the players complained the shirts caused an optical illusion type effect and confused most of the players (doesn't take much in fairness). It was in 1886 they adopted the green background with yellow lightning bolts to represent the local cultural clashes of Moss side. Again that didn't last very long.
Author:  Squidge [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:03 pm ]
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Danny's Studs wrote:
...but that was not for very long GA as the players complained the shirts caused an optical illusion type effect and confused most of the players (doesn't take much in fairness). It was in 1886 they adopted the green background with yellow lightning bolts to represent the local cultural clashes of Moss side. Again that didn't last very long.


Even though they didn't play in Moss Side?
Author:  Danny's Studs [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:05 pm ]
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Squidge wrote:
Even though they didn't play in Moss Side?


They knew about the impending move to Moss Side long before they played there. It was considered very thoughtful at the time that a sporting team soon to start playing in the area was 'in touch' and sensitive to local affairs.
Author:  Emigre [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:18 pm ]
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Danny's Studs wrote:
They knew about the impending move to Moss Side long before they played there. It was considered very thoughtful at the time that a sporting team soon to start playing in the area was 'in touch' and sensitive to local affairs.


I believe they began playing in sky blue in the early 1900's when the then manager, Wally Arbuckle Findlay Beauchamp the third, travelled to Italy to watch a game in Rome and, during the second half, snuck in to the changing rooms and stole all of Lazio's spare kit.
Author:  slart [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:27 pm ]
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Emigre wrote:
I believe they began playing in sky blue in the early 1900's when the then manager, Wally Arbuckle Findlay Beauchamp the third, travelled to Italy to watch a game in Rome and, during the second half, snuck in to the changing rooms and stole all of Lazio's spare kit.


That is a popular myth but it is wrong. Around this time The Wythenshaw Warriors (shortly to be named Manchester City) played in an all white kit. Wally Arbuckle Findlay Beauchamp the third invented the Lazio theft story because he was too embarrassed to admit to the players that he put a pair of his undies in with the white wash and didn't have a pack of Vanish in his house to rectify the damage.
Author:  Emigre [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:57 pm ]
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slart wrote:
That is a popular myth but it is wrong. Around this time The Wythenshaw Warriors (shortly to be named Manchester City) played in an all white kit. Wally Arbuckle Findlay Beauchamp the third invented the Lazio theft story because he was too embarrassed to admit to the players that he put a pair of his undies in with the white wash and didn't have a pack of Vanish in his house to rectify the damage.


I did not know that. I do happen to know that the red and black striped kit came about when AC Milan played City at Maine Road in a UEFA cup game back in the sixties. The bodies were only discovered after City moved to Eastlands and the old Moss Side ground was demolished.
Author:  hesherehesthere [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:24 pm ]
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I have heard it is due to our past links with the Freemasons, with whom blue is traditionally associated with.
Author:  jordan057 [ Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  shirt colours
thanks for your kind replies,

i'm working at a site dedicated at the origin of football clubs colours, here the English page

http://www.spanglefish.com/footballclubsco...p?pageid=121915
Author:  degele [ Thu May 30, 2013 1:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: shirt colours
I personally think blue color relatively bright . In football it easy to distinguish .
Author:  ozmancityfan [ Thu May 30, 2013 3:02 am ]
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slart wrote:
That is a popular myth but it is wrong. Around this time The Wythenshaw Warriors (shortly to be named Manchester City) played in an all white kit. Wally Arbuckle Findlay Beauchamp the third invented the Lazio theft story because he was too embarrassed to admit to the players that he put a pair of his undies in with the white wash and didn't have a pack of Vanish in his house to rectify the damage.


I don't care if this is right or wrong - as far as I am concerned this is the truth and is what I will be quoting!! Gold. :D
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