Why Germany wear white, despite it not being a colour on their flag

[mdingwall]

Full story: www.sportbible.com/football/germany-kit-world-cup-football-flag-20221128?source=facebook

 

[Souness86]

And Italy wear blue despite not having it in their national flag as it was the colour of The Royal House of Savoy, the Italian monarchy.

 

[JorgAlbertz]

World cup 1938 kit was a belter

 

[robbieb]

Because of the Prussia flag, I always thought?

 

[cooprfc]

To go with the colour of their favourite flag?

 

[WinkieWATP]

The 1990 kit was a beauty. Probably my favourite non Rangers strip.

 

[Wee Dick's Hairnet]

To go with the colour of their favourite flag?

Of all the things you can accuse Germany off I don’t think that’s one of them.

 

[muttley]

I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.

 

[bud_light]

To go with the colour of their favourite flag?

France surely

 

[bud_light]

I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.

1990 away was also green

 

[julian candy]

I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.

They've had loads of green kits

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Because white = peace

 

[muttley]

They've had loads of green kits

I'm not that old, mate.

 

[rez1872]

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.

 

[Blue Lou Boyle]

I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.

Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?

 

[Wazza]

Worth a read, remember the badge having the eagle on from a trip there:

SC Preußen Münster - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[muttley]

Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?

Chocolate brown, the one that I had back then. ?

 

[Wittenberg]

No Google, I remember it as blue with white trim.

 

[km_2083]

Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?

Sky blue was it it not?

 

[muttley]

No Google, I remember it as blue with white trim.

I knew that cnut that sold me the white v-neck and chocolate brown shirt was shady.

 

[Square it!]

Of all the things you can accuse Germany off I don’t think that’s one of them.

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

 

[Souness86]

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

Maybe once they win a couple of wars first they can start comparing themselves to us.

 

[tazzabear]

France surely

France is a white cross on a white background.

 

[Timardim]

The tims often have Orange in their tops even though it's not in their official colours and nobody in charge bats an eyelid.?

 

[Polar bear]

White supremacy I would wager,they surely can’t claim that distinction
nowadays.

 

[Mr tangerineman]

I always thought the German away kit was green because nobody would play them after the war until ROI did, so they adopted their kit

 

[muttley]

I always thought the German away kit was green because nobody would play them after the war until ROI did, so they adopted their kit

Nah, 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

 

[dcbear]

World cup 1938 kit was a belter

Bet Toffs dont do a replica of that one.

 

[Teddy bear]

I'm not that old, mate.

They've have green away kits most years.
Most recently qualification for euro 2020.
The reason is green is 1 of the colours of the German FA.
The article about why they wear white claims the Holland strip, like other countries is because of the flag.

 

[EverySaturday1872]

The tims often have Orange in their tops even though it's not in their official colours and nobody in charge bats an eyelid.?

Its gold according to the mentally challenged... so thats most of their support.

 

[govanfront85]

I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.

Away is regularly green

 

[Square it!]

Maybe once they win a couple of wars first they can start comparing themselves to us.

I didn’t have any requests from Germany to make my high level and very general comparisons.
If I had I would have referenced their leadership failures in starting wars in the last century.

 

[mdingwall]

Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?

Blue.

 

[Coisty09]

Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?

Was it dark blue?
Remember, their athletes used to wear dark blue vests.

 

[Mustang mad]

Without googling it can you recall the colour of East Germany's top?

Blue?

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Maybe once they win a couple of wars first they can start comparing themselves to us.

In their defence, they did try to take on every c*nt.

 

[Walkers Loyal]

They've have green away kits most years.
Most recently qualification for euro 2020.
The reason is green is 1 of the colours of the German FA.
The article about why they wear white claims the Holland strip, like other countries is because of the flag.

Noted 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.

 

[1Hamburg]

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 used to have times telling anyone who would listen that the
Irish FA gave them the shirts because they didn't have any.

https://www.google.com/search?q=***&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[The simshill one]

World cup 1938 kit was a belter

Was it played in Veronica’s?

 

[Pirlo]

Johnny Cash wore black despite it not being on the US flag. He also competed at a few WC’s.

 

[bluedek]

Full story: www.sportbible.com/football/germany-kit-world-cup-football-flag-20221128?source=facebook

Netherlands use flag colours?

 

[HawfHeedHartson]

World cup 1938 kit was a belter

One for the collector there haha, recon one of those would be worth an absolute fortune now should any exist.

 

[mummymonkey]

Was it dark blue?
Remember, their athletes used to wear dark blue vests.

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.

 

[rez1872]

We used to have times telling anyone who would listen that the
Irish FA gave them the shirts because they didn't have any.

https://www.google.com/search?q=***&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I just realised it asterisked out me putting D.F.B lol

 

[Walkers Loyal]

I just realised it asterisked out me putting D.F.B lol

I was wondering what the asterisk meant!

 

[McQueen]

Netherlands use flag colours?

I just read a similar article about the Netherlands. They wear orange due to the House of Orange-Nassau.

 

[TQ3]

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.

Now this makes sense!

 

[vinnie]

I remember starting a thread on this sort of thing a few years back. Some fascinating stuff was posted about why certain teams wear what they do.

Football is great for tradition.

 

[Tommy48]

World cup 1938 kit was a belter

Really like that especially the badge. Oh no haud own just had a closer look. Oooops

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

I remember the Germans had a green shirt back in the 1970's.

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.