Football facts that you didn’t know

Stephen230 said:
I've never heard it about Notts County before, but it used to be a regular bullshit quiz question about which team(s) didn't have to wear an away kit, and the answer used to be either Preston ( first winners of the league ) or Reading ( because they're in the county of Royal Berkshire ) Or sometimes both. It's all nonsense anyway.
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Unless I’m very much mistaken, Argyle didn’t have to wear an away kit, as they’re the only English team that plays in green.
 
Vienna_70 said:
Unless I’m very much mistaken, Argyle didn’t have to wear an away kit, as they’re the only English team that plays in green.
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A fair point.
But I'm sure I remember goalkeepers nearly always wore green jerseys (as they were called then).
I imagine goalkeepers had to change their colour top, when they played Plymouth Argyle ?
Also, Bradford Park Avenue (who used to play in Green), were once in the Football League, so a similar situation to PAFC...
 
Platt Lane 59 said:
A fair point.
But I'm sure I remember goalkeepers nearly always wore green jerseys (as they were called then).
I imagine goalkeepers had to change their colour top, when they played Plymouth Argyle ?
Also, Bradford Park Avenue (who used to play in Green), were once in the Football League, so a similar situation to PAFC...
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I think Park Avenue were expelled from the Football League the year i was born; 1962.
 
Platt Lane 59 said:
A fair point.
But I'm sure I remember goalkeepers nearly always wore green jerseys (as they were called then).
I imagine goalkeepers had to change their colour top, when they played Plymouth Argyle ?
Also, Bradford Park Avenue (who used to play in Green), were once in the Football League, so a similar situation to PAFC...
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It used to be a regulation that keepers had to wear a green jersey unless they were an England international and thus allowed to wear (I think) yellow.
 
KS55 said:
It used to be a regulation that keepers had to wear a green jersey unless they were an England international and thus allowed to wear (I think) yellow.
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I think that's another myth to be honest.

There doesn't appear to be any record of football authorities ever insisting a goalkeeper wear green. In the very early days it seems that goalkeepers wore the same kit as the rest of the team but wore a cap to distinguish themselves from the rest. A lot of articles on the subject suggest that when they began wearing different colours, initially they were limited to blue, white and scarlet and then green was added to the list at a later date and quickly became the most popular choice, due to it rarely clashing with any team's regular shirts. . But even this never appears to be verified with a source. I'm pretty sure I recall Keith MacRae wearing a white shirt for City in the 70s.
 
KS55 said:
It used to be a regulation that keepers had to wear a green jersey unless they were an England international and thus allowed to wear (I think) yellow.
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I seem to recall back in the 60s and 70s goalkeepers were restricted to four colours; green, yellow, black and either blue, white or red. The first three made sense as few teams wore those colours. Then the laws were changed so the keeper just had to wear something that clearly distinguished them from outfield players of both side.

Edit: Found a link. It seems the four colours were "green, blue, scarlet and white tops except for international matches, where yellow or black were allowed". This rule came into force in 1921.

A history of goalkeeper kits and football shirts | Goalkeepers are Different

A rough guide to the history of goalkeeper shirts, football kits and the players who wear them
www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com
 
East Level 2 said:
I seem to recall back in the 60s and 70s goalkeepers were restricted to four colours; green, yellow, black and either blue, white or red. The first three made sense as few teams wore those colours. Then the laws were changed so the keeper just had to wear something that clearly distinguished them from outfield players of both side.

Edit: Found a link. It seems the four colours were "green, blue, scarlet and white tops except for international matches, where yellow or black were allowed". This rule came into force in 1921.

A history of goalkeeper kits and football shirts | Goalkeepers are Different

A rough guide to the history of goalkeeper shirts, football kits and the players who wear them
www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com
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Interesting article. Although my nerdness took over and I did spot one mistake.

"Alex Stepney wore a blue goalkeeper shirt in 1976 when Manchester United famously lost to Second Division Southampton in the FA Cup Final."

He wore green in that game. But did wear blue the following year when they beat Liverpool.

Sorry, I annoy myself sometimes.
 
Stephen230 said:
Interesting article. Although my nerdness took over and I did spot one mistake.

"Alex Stepney wore a blue goalkeeper shirt in 1976 when Manchester United famously lost to Second Division Southampton in the FA Cup Final."

He wore green in that game. But did wear blue the following year when they beat Liverpool.

Sorry, I annoy myself sometimes.
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Alex Stepney and goalkeeper in the same sentence?


Hmmm…
 
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