“FIFA and UEFA had previously sought to avoid both teams playing in dark or light shirts, as it made it more difficult for people watching on black and white television to distinguish between the two teams.”
Seriously?
The Republic of Ireland Will Wear Traditional Green In Their ‘Away’ Clash With Spain at EURO 2012 (RTE)
Thanks EMC
they should always wear green anyway, the “away” strip should only be used if there’s a clash of colours.
It’s been a long-standing FIFA rule, there since they first started broadcasting World Cup games.
+1 Old news this. Makes sense too with the majority of TV’s in developing countries being black and white.
But this is the Euros. How many B+W Tele’s is there still within UEFA’s catchment area?
Maybe in Coca-Cola and Nike ads. Been to a ‘developing’ country recently?
Why not Orange once in a while? Or even Blue, the historical colour of Ireland?
Or Orange and Blue, which would look great.
they’d look like boxes of jaffa cakes then.
lol
Thats the colour combination of curse!
See ‘Macedonia away 1997′
See Jason mcAteer delivering the worlds greatest Kung FU kick
Why not the German under-18s away strip?
Blue?
“And for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green.”
“For those of you watching in Black and White, Scotland are playing left to right, while Nigeria are playing right to left”
Ted Lowe. Comedy gold.
John Motson said something similar in 1977: “For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are playing in yellow”
Like they care.
The color White has probably been bought by the Real Madrid or something.
Greedy f**ks…
This is a test
This is another test
Of our patience?
Sorry, was blocked or something earlier, fixed now
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