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    Looks like the Reds are feeling rather blue!!!

    As you are very much the old shirt guru I shall probably have to end up bowing to your experience, but according to my "Brighton and Hove Albion kits through the ages" print (which I've got on the wall) from 1901 to 1903 we played in what looks like a light green almost jockey colors. Could be a...
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    Looks like the Reds are feeling rather blue!!!

    Yes it was! The change of shirt color in itself is a relatively minor thing. As has been pointed out we originally played in green, and two others I know of: Don Revie changed Leeds' colors from gold and blue (I think it was) to all-white to copy Real Madrid, and also Newcastle Utd for a while...
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    Looks like the Reds are feeling rather blue!!!

    Indeed, but they're currently top of the Championship and looking nailed-on to be in the top division for the first time since the 1920s or 30s or whenever it was. Like when Pompey were doing well fans get a bit myopic and tend to just embrace the success without asking too many questions or...
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    Looks like the Reds are feeling rather blue!!!

    It's not a 'silly' little thing, it's actually the nub of the matter. The new owners want to sell the club to Malaysians, hence the rebranding, the red shirts, the new badge, the new 'dragons' nickname, etc. They knew that the existing Cardiff fans would pretty much swallow it anyway; sure...
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    Looks like the Reds are feeling rather blue!!!

    I think them worrying about the color of their shirts is part of them worrying about the owners; it's a symptom rather than the cause. They realise that at the very best the new owners don't 'get' Cardiff, with this talk of fusion of Malayan and Welsh colors and imagery. The Cardiff City don't...

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