I always thought it came from the colour of Flag they raised at the end of two World Wars
Yes you are right - my son plays football whose Mother is German and she told about the Prussian flag. Coincidentally his Dad is from Dumfries and is a massive bear.Because of the Prussia flag, I always thought?
Wore it at Wembley in 1972 if I remember correctly. A month before we beat them in the ECWC semi final. Well, half of them anyway.
Blue I think ?Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?
Cracking kit that
World cup 1938 kit was a belter
BlueWithout googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?
Didn't know that. Is it true that the Germans away kit used to be green, for many years, as they were helped by the Republic of Ireland during WW2 ?
And beyond m8, for many yearsI remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.
My first Scotland game was v East Germany in 1984, a 0-0 draw at Hampden.Blue
OR SURRENDER !!Because white = peace
And 80s…wore it in 86 final I think.I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.
I remembered it as light blue and white so googled it. It was various shades of blue over the years with the lighter blue being associated with the mullet haircut.
Nice badge
World cup 1938 kit was a belter
And riddled with immigrants.The Germans are perhaps more like us Brits than we might think.
Unlikely to back down from a fight.
Proud of their country.
Football is their core sport.
Like a beer.
Big working class ethos
I always think of it as dark blue. Sticks out (along with Yugoslavia) because most of the other Eastern Bloc countries seemed to wear red and white (Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, USSR, Bulgaria, etc.). I think 5 or even all 6 of the pot 2 teams in the 1982 World Cup, (when they grouped all the communist teams plus Austria into pot 2 and the Western European teams into pot 3) wore red and white.
You missed Like a War or two.The Germans are perhaps more like us Brits than we might think.
Unlikely to back down from a fight.
Proud of their country.
Football is their core sport.
Like a beer.
Big working class ethos
Pretty sure that was Andy Gorams debut for Scotland. I was there as well that night. Terrible game.My first Scotland game was v East Germany in 1984, a 0-0 draw at Hampden.
CorrectPretty sure that was Andy Gorams debut for Scotland. I was there as well that night. Terrible game.
Blue. Probably Prussian blueWithout googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?
Yep totally untrue I'm sure it was Turkey they played first after the war as no other country would play them also Germany FA chose green as it was the colour of grass that football was played on (the latter may be a touch mythical) but in sure it was in the article I last readNah, that's a myth, mate. The green colour is the colour of the German FA.
Why does Germany wear green? The Ireland myth and the truth.
Why does Germany wear green? The Ireland myth and the truth.afootballreport.com
Blue , white cuffs and v neckWithout googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?
Now this makes sense!
Don't know if Green has some national significance but I remember their Police cars and uniforms were green in the 70's.Green away tops are because the *** colours are green. They wanted to pick a top that wasn’t linked with National Socialism after WW2 so ditched the red for green.
We shouldn't have allied with France against Germany in WW1.The Germans are perhaps more like us Brits than we might think.
Unlikely to back down from a fight.
Proud of their country.
Football is their core sport.
Like a beer.
Big working class ethos
The one used in Escape to Victory?
World cup 1938 kit was a belter
You’re right. It’s the colours of the German fa, they changed from red, Gold and black because they were too nationalistic. Green and white were chosen for the colour of grass and pitch lines.Yep totally untrue I'm sure it was Turkey they played first after the war as no other country would play them also Germany FA chose green as it was the colour of grass that football was played on (the latter may be a touch mythical) but in sure it was in the article I last read
French flag originally was white with Fleurs de Lys before the Revolution, but yeah, I agree with your original post shitebag Frog cunts (courtesy of my old Granda)France surely
White with Blue trim, blue shorts white socks. Change strip was a reverse.Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?
And originally wore dark blue only changing when they played Scotland.Northern Ireland wear green despite a white and red flag.
World cup 1938 kit was a belter
Away kit,they wore it at Wembley when Gunter Netzer tore us a new oneI remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.
They've had loads of green kits
Blue. Probably Prussian blue
Then we would have left the entire continent as a springboard for attack on Britain and a challenge to our mastery of the sea.We shouldn't have allied with France against Germany in WW1.
Aye that’s amazing
World cup 1938 kit was a belter
Tims and the truth, eh?We used to have times telling anyone who would listen that the
Irish FA gave them the shirts because they didn't have any.
And originally wore dark blue only changing when they played Scotland.
Scotland uses the Union Flag scheme also, blue shirts white shorts red socksNoted that as well mate, and they mentioned England as another nation wearing their county colours but if you’re being pedantic, their colours should only be red and white to match the England flag, rather than the current Union Flag colour scheme they use.
THanks bearYou’re right. It’s the colours of the German fa, they changed from red, Gold and black because they were too nationalistic. Green and white were chosen for the colour of grass and pitch lines.
Designed by Hugo Boss no doubt?
World cup 1938 kit was a belter
I thought it was white with blue collar and cuffs.Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?
The tims often have Orange in their tops even though it's not in their official colours and nobody in charge bats an eyelid.?