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[Albion] Why do we keep wearing the yellow kit?



Wozza

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Jul 6, 2003
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It was explained earlier in the season that the Premier League decides what kit teams will wear. We happen to have an away kit that suits every away game except Watford. Stoke's away kit is blue, so they couldn't have worn that at the Amex.

So you're saying clubs have to wear an away kit unless there's a clash?

In which case, why didn't West Ham change to all-black last week?

(Edit: I bet Man Utd will wear red at the Amex too...)
 


Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
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On a related subject, the away kit was supposed to have black socks but apart from the Leicester game I believe they've always been yellow.
 


Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
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So you're saying clubs have to wear an away kit unless there's a clash?

In which case, why didn't West Ham change to all-black last week?

No, I'm saying that the Premier League makes the call. How they come to their conclusions is anybody's guess.
 


Sussex Nomad

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Aug 26, 2010
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I've often wondered why one team always wears white in NFL games. It's not as if there's any difficulty spotting the difference between, say, Kansas City red and Seahawks blue. So I suppose it's a throwback to the days of black and white TV.

I don't know how true the fact is nowadays, but I always remember being told 80% of the world has no electricity. I doubt it's quite so bad, but even if it were 50%, that's still a lot of world, so black and white tv's wouldn't be that hard to imagine.
 


GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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It was explained earlier in the season that the Premier League decides what kit teams will wear. We happen to have an away kit that suits every away game except Watford. Stoke's away kit is blue, so they couldn't have worn that at the Amex.
We still shouldn't have to wear it when there's no clash with the home team - that would mean only wearing it at Chelsea, Leicester, Everton, West Brom, 'Udders and maybe Newcastle - half a dozen times a season.
And why are we so behind the times? Time was when almost every club seemed to have yellow for their change kit - now we're the only mugs in the PL still doing it! If having a yellow second strip is holding us back from establishing our blue and white identity in the new markets opened up for us by being in the PL, we'd better change it for next season. All red should do it.............
 




GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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I don't know how true the fact is nowadays, but I always remember being told 80% of the world has no electricity. I doubt it's quite so bad, but even if it were 50%, that's still a lot of world, so black and white tv's wouldn't be that hard to imagine.

Black and white TVs don't work without electricity either!
 


perseus

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Jul 5, 2003
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Sūþseaxna
I don’t mind the design, personally, BUT the team keeps wearing it when it’s not necessary.

A change of socks to blue would have done today, for example.

Annoying thing is: Millions of TV viewers around the world will have seen Albion for the first time this season. Surely we want the blue and white brand/identity to stick in minds?

Was particularly crazy that we changed at Man Utd.

The yellow kit will be 3rd kit next season, so the club shouldn’t be THAT desperate to flog it now, surely?

Makes you wonder if some weird agreement is made with Nike at the beginning of the season.

Anyone got a better explanation?

I don't like it and we are missing an image trick not playing in second colours of white. Albion = white.
 


Bodian

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May 3, 2012
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Maybe as a club we have decided that although we don’t have to we prefer there being a defined difference between the kits.

Maybe when making fast counter attacks Chris wants them to be able to see clearly with a fraction of a second exactly where the players are.

The yellow is very distinctive and with the more counter attacking we play away from home there may be some research that shows its 5% easier.

Or - it could just be to sell more yellow kits as the home is running low?

Maybe we should wear yellow at home as well then!
 




Paul Reids Sock

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Nov 3, 2004
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Maybe we should wear yellow at home as well then!

haha just trying to think of what bizarre reason there may be other than the obvious 'to sell more'. We know that Tony loves the numbers games and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a boffin somewhere that said it was a certain percentage easier to see our players
 


Wozza

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Jul 6, 2003
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haha just trying to think of what bizarre reason there may be other than the obvious 'to sell more'. We know that Tony loves the numbers games and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a boffin somewhere that said it was a certain percentage easier to see our players

I love this idea.

Unfortunately, I think they wear it simply because they have shedloads in the warehouse...
 


Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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Maybe as a club we have decided that although we don’t have to we prefer there being a defined difference between the kits.

Maybe when making fast counter attacks Chris wants them to be able to see clearly with a fraction of a second exactly where the players are.

The yellow is very distinctive and with the more counter attacking we play away from home there may be some research that shows its 5% easier.

Or - it could just be to sell more yellow kits as the home is running low?

Blue is faster than red,

https://sports.yahoo.com/blue-faster-red-cause-science-123120594.html

Norwegian scientists have thrown caution to the wind by proclaiming that the fastest color in the ever-evolving color-to-speed Olympic algorithm is in fact, blue.

“It’s been proven that blue is faster than other colors,” according to a sprint specialist for the Netherlands, Dai Dai Ntab, quoted in an article by (yes, seriously) the New York Times.
 




Nobby

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Sep 29, 2007
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GOM

living vicariously
Aug 8, 2005
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Leeds - but not the dirty bit
It’s in the contract with Nike to wear it a certain number of times a season.

Most kit sponsorship deals for teams like ours make the sale of shirts pretty much secondary as it’s the fee we get in from Nike rather than the profit/margin on each sale therefore to protect their revenue Nike will insert clauses to make us give airtime to their designs.
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Ah someone in the know with inside knowledge of the shirt sponsorship deal we have with Nike. Perhaps there are a few other interesting things in the contract that you could share with us. Or are you just guessing like the rest of us ?
 










Barham's tash

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Jun 8, 2013
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Rayners Lane
Ah someone in the know with inside knowledge of the shirt sponsorship deal we have with Nike. Perhaps there are a few other interesting things in the contract that you could share with us. Or are you just guessing like the rest of us ?

An educated guess based on my own reading. Plenty of articles describing the nature of kit sponsorship deals.

Especially premier league ones.


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Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
Yellow kits became popular as a choice for away kits on the back of the success Brazil had in international football after they changed to yellow shirts.
 






Sep 5, 2017
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Montana USA
I've often wondered why one team always wears white in NFL games. It's not as if there's any difficulty spotting the difference between, say, Kansas City red and Seahawks blue. So I suppose it's a throwback to the days of black and white TV.

You will see both NFL teams in color uniforms on the dreadful Thursday night "color rush" games. Usually a hideous third uniform for both teams.

Color-Rush-jets-Bills-NFL-11-13-15.jpg


In other random American uniform notes, when I was growing up, the home team in the NHL always wore white, so you'd see a variety of colors from the various visitors. Now the home team almost always wears the colored uniform, which means the visitors wear white (mostly), which makes the games all look the same. Basketball (both college and NBA) was probably the most ingrained with the "white at home" ethos, but even that is changing some. It's more common to see both NBA teams wear color uniforms, and I've seen some college games this year as well with both teams in their colored get-ups.
 



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