pozbaird Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Watching the World Cup has re-ignited a question in the recesses of my brain... what’s the deal with nations who play in a kit that doesn’t contain the colours of their flag? I have a vague idea about one or two of them, but no real definitive knowledge. Seeing as how I’m bored, there’s nae’ Stubbsy endorsed signings, and everything is all a bit Wank Tank at the moment... without Googling, anyone clever enough to know about any of these, or any I may have missed? England Norn Iron Japan Italy Germany Netherlands Australia New Zealand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Although obviously not in the World Cup this year, Scotland play in a kit that doesn't contain the colours of the flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, pozbaird said: Watching the World Cup has re-ignited a question in the recesses of my brain... what’s the deal with nations who play in a kit that doesn’t contain the colours of their flag? I have a vague idea about one or two of them, but no real definitive knowledge. Seeing as how I’m bored, there’s nae’ Stubbsy endorsed signings, and everything is all a bit Wank Tank at the moment... without Googling, anyone clever enough to know about any of these, or any I may have missed? England Norn Iron Japan Italy Germany Netherlands Australia New Zealand I believe the Netherlands play in that colour because it is their national colour . Scotland play in the colour they play in because the original Scotland strip was just a Queens Park strip with a Scotland badge on it , since all the players in the original Scotland squad played for Queens Park. . ETA - I believe that Italy and Australia also have a national colour for sports teams as their national cycling squads play in the same colours. . Edited June 19, 2018 by saintnextlifetime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, saintnextlifetime said: I believe the Netherlands play in that colour because it is their national colour . Scotland play in the colour they play in because the original Scotland strip was just a Queens Park strip with a Scotland badge on it , since all the players in the original Scotland squad played for Queens Park. . The Scottish flag is blue and white, the Scottish national team play in blue shirts and white shorts. Unless I’m missing something. I was more wondering about the likes of Japan, who have a red and white flag, always play in blue, or Germany, who play in black and white, having a national flag that is black, red and gold / yellow. There must be historical reasons for such a departure. Edited June 19, 2018 by pozbaird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Scotland shirts aren’t the same shade of blue as the saltire. Scotland’s socks have traditionally been red, there’s no red in the saltire. Scotland adopted the original colours of Queens Park as per saintnextlifetime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I believe the Netherlands play in that colour because it is their national colour . Scotland play in the colour they play in because the original Scotland strip was just a Queens Park strip with a Scotland badge on it , since all the players in the original Scotland squad played for Queens Park. . ETA - I believe that Italy and Australia also have a national colour for sports teams as their national cycling squads play in the same colours. . Dark blue seems to have been adopted as the colour of Scottish national sports teams as well, despite it not being the colour of the saltire. Wales only have the red from the dragon, the majority colour in their flag. Northern Ireland and England also don’t follow the colour of their flags. Its the rest of the world which is out of line in terms of using their flag colours for their strip. Apart from Germany, Italy, Holland, Australia, etc, etc....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 43 minutes ago, saintnextlifetime said: I believe the Netherlands play in that colour because it is their national colour . Scotland play in the colour they play in because the original Scotland strip was just a Queens Park strip with a Scotland badge on it , since all the players in the original Scotland squad played for Queens Park. . ETA - I believe that Italy and Australia also have a national colour for sports teams as their national cycling squads play in the same colours. . Ah, stupid old me has got it now. It’s a co-incidence we play in blue and white and have a blue and white flag. So happened Queens Park played originally in blue and that’s where we got it, not from the national flag colours. Right ye’ are. Apology offered, more caffeine needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 minute ago, pozbaird said: Ah, stupid old me has got it now. It’s a co-incidence we play in blue and white and have a blue and white flag. So happened Queens Park played originally in blue and that’s where we got it, not from the national flag colours. Right ye’ are. Apology offered, more caffeine needed. No apology needed , Paul . The fact that Scotland have blue in the flag and the team wear blue is a coincidence more than anything as it is that colour out of historical reference . The Saltire is supposed to be a different colour of blue . Last night England played in red which is certainly in their flag and they usually play in white which is also in their flag . .but I have seen them play in blue which they may be drawing from the Union flag. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleySaint Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 I think in both the Scotland and England cases colours are also taken from elements of their badges, hence previous yellow Scotland kits and the blue that England use is (I have no doubt) derived from the Union flag but is also the colour of the heraldic leopards in their badge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Question: When did Scotland change from Lion Rampant to The Saktire Edited June 20, 2018 by St.Ricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 On 6/19/2018 at 5:58 PM, zico said: Scotland shirts aren’t the same shade of blue as the saltire. Scotland’s socks have traditionally been red, there’s no red in the saltire. Scotland adopted the original colours of Queens Park as per saintnextlifetime Zico. When I was a lad the Lion Rampant was used rather than the Saktire. Not sure that helps at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykey Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Question: When did Scotland change from Lion Rampant to The Saktire As I understand it, the saltire is scotlands flag and the lion rampant is a royal banner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Just now, Mykey said: 16 hours ago, St.Ricky said: Question: When did Scotland change from Lion Rampant to The Saktire As I understand it, the saltire is scotlands flag and the lion rampant is a royal banner Thanks Mykey. Ties in with what I thought. 60+ years ago it was the Lion Rampant that was waved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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