[Albion] The end of the green away kit?

[Bry Nylon]

When we have back to back away games within a few days, we usually wear one colour for the first game and the other for the second. Makes it easier for the kit man to prepare rather than have to rush around the day after an away game.

Don't they get issued with brand new shirts for every game regardless?

 

[Wozza]

Lay off the booze.....

Bit harsh, that.

Any third kit is guaranteed an airing each season for "commercial reasons". Reckon Albion wear the third kit in December more than any other month.

And loads of studies have shown that wearing red gives an advantage in sport (not just football, but in Olympics etc).

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

I’m sorry but the green kit is awful. The “Australian “ yellow is marginally better but only just. IMHO, Albion should go back to its traditional classic yellow kits of the 80’s. That was our away identity. Think the FA Cup semi-final kit and around that era. Stop the constant chopping and changing and go back to Albion’s old yellow.

 

[Saunders]

Bit harsh, that.

Any third kit is guaranteed an airing each season for "commercial reasons". Reckon Albion wear the third kit in December more than any other month.

And loads of studies have shown that wearing red gives an advantage in sport (not just football, but in Olympics etc).

That red in sport is bollocks, Germany, Brazil, France...Real Madrid White

 

[Wozza]

I’m sorry but the green kit is awful. The “Australian “ yellow is marginally better but only just. IMHO, Albion should go back to its traditional classic yellow kits of the 80’s. That was our away identity. Think the FA Cup semi-final kit and around that era. Stop the constant chopping and changing and go back to Albion’s old yellow.

It's the 21st century. No club in the land sticks to 'traditional' away colours.

 

[BensGrandad]

Lay off the booze.....

Not drinking as not been well but why do you say that? What is the relevance as 1 point about Red is fact and the selling of shirts is a major form of income

 

[Wozza]

That red in sport is bollocks, Germany, Brazil, France...Real Madrid White

Great study. Are you an academic?

Take a read of this:https://www.researchgate.net/profil...ist-Red-Shirts-Aggression-and-Team-Sports.pdf

Personally, I'd take any minor advantage.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Bearing in mind how much Nike lay out, anyone any clue how much BHA make per shirt sold?

Not too much I wager.

 

[BensGrandad]

That red in sport is bollocks, Germany, Brazil, France...Real Madrid White

You have picked top teams to suit your argument but traditionally and said by colour and vision experts that Red is the best to wear for picking out players. When we play Liverpool if they wear Red it will seem as if they have more players on the pitch as it does with Man Utd. DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

 

[Saunders]

Great study. Are you an academic?

Take a read of this:https://www.researchgate.net/profil...ist-Red-Shirts-Aggression-and-Team-Sports.pdf

Personally, I'd take any minor advantage.

I have read it but as I say it is bollocks it is a typical study that sets out to prove a result without thinking about the real statistics. In football there are a lot of red teams and its not because they all win a lot of football kits especially in the UK were picked for how cheap it was to make the kits. Add in Tiger woods and the drugged up russian olympic years and you have an "academic". Look at the most successful Rugby teams, the most successful Baseball teams, the most sucessful Basketball teams and then the most succesful Work Cup teams and then the result equals bollocks.

 

[Superphil]

Don't they get issued with brand new shirts for every game regardless?

When I did the stadium tour hey told us that the shirts are normally washed and pressed in the laundry at the stadium after the games, ready for the next match. If they’re damaged I guess they get disposed of one way or another.

 

[Saunders]

You have picked top teams to suit your argument but traditionally and said by colour and vision experts that Red is the best to wear for picking out players. When we play Liverpool if they wear Red it will seem as if they have more players on the pitch as it does with Man Utd. DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

No thats what the "academics" did. Did these "vision" experts realise that the largest set of colour blindness is red-green they cant tell them apart. almost 1 in 10 men are colour blind.

 

[Eeyore]

Think we should have red as an away kit. Maybe yellow as a third. Remember the 'lucky' red away kit of 1986 ?

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Think we should have red as an away kit. Maybe yellow as a third. Remember the 'lucky' red away kit of 1986 ?

And where did we finish in the 'lucky' red away kit?

In our most successful seasons we have had yellow away kits (promotion to the old first division in 78-79, highest-ever finish in 81-82, FA Cup final 83, play-off semi-finalists in 13-14 and 15-16, last season), black (promotion in 16-17) or green and black (play-off semi-finalists in 12-13). You could just about claim the pink NOBO away kit was partly red (reached 1991 play-off final) but we spoiled it by changing to the nosebleed-in-a-gale/Chewits wrapper for the final and then went down in that the following season.

This red thing is nonsense. People link red with success in this country because some successful clubs wear it. But there are no very successful clubs in Italy or Spain who wear predominantly red shirts. And as you will see below, only one team has ever won a World Cup final wearing red shirts.

 

[BensGrandad]

Are we not all discussing Red Football kits in this country as opposed to Spain Italy etc. as I do not care about them.

 

[Eggman]

I’m sorry but the green kit is awful. The “Australian “ yellow is marginally better but only just. IMHO, Albion should go back to its traditional classic yellow kits of the 80’s. That was our away identity. Think the FA Cup semi-final kit and around that era. Stop the constant chopping and changing and go back to Albion’s old yellow.

That

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Are we not all discussing Red Football kits in this country as opposed to Spain Italy etc. as I do not care about them.

Yes of course. The natural laws of science respect man made boundaries. Thanks for letting us know.

 

[brightn'ove]

Whoever thought plain green was a good idea for a team kit, needs to run up and down the sidelines trying to pick out a crossfield pass to someone running on green grass!

At least the green and black stripes of 2010/11 stood out. Players need to have peripheral vision to be able to see their teammates.
It was also bad for those with colour blindness (not me, but have seen posts from those who are)

It’s bad from the stands, but at pitch level it really doesn’t clash with the grass - players don’t look down at the pitch. Many teams have played in green for their entire history. Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen, Plymouth Argyle etc...

 

[GOM]

I like the green shirt.......as a piece of casual wear, even on the terraces.........but not on the field.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

And where did we finish in the 'lucky' red away kit?

In our most successful seasons we have had yellow away kits (promotion to the old first division in 78-79, highest-ever finish in 81-82, FA Cup final 83, play-off semi-finalists in 13-14 and 15-16, last season), black (promotion in 16-17) or green and black (play-off semi-finalists in 12-13). You could just about claim the pink NOBO away kit was partly red (reached 1991 play-off final) but we spoiled it by changing to the nosebleed-in-a-gale/Chewits wrapper for the final and then went down in that the following season.

This red thing is nonsense. People link red with success in this country because some successful clubs wear it. But there are no very successful clubs in Italy or Spain who wear predominantly red shirts. And as you will see below, only one team has ever won a World Cup final wearing red shirts.

Perhaps the major reason we have won more games wearing yellow than red, is simply because . . . we have worn it much more often! We have adopted a yellow change kit much often than a red, since l started supporting the club in the mid 80's anyway.