17-01-2021, 02:12 PM
You are obviously correct Deepblue, silly me for not noticing.
I presume that Pompey will have the opportunity to play in our traditional Blue and White strip when we are away to Oxford who play in Yellow shirts and Black shorts as I remember......but I’m not holding my breath, tradition isn’t something I associate with modern football (unless there’s some money to be made by invoking it).
Can anybody remember when the ‘rules’ were changed such that teams had to have different coloured shorts ?
I was certain that I saw Pompey in our Championship Years, playing against sides who had white shorts the same as us, so I dug out POMPEY by Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper and Doug Robinson and there on Page 56 (v Charlton), Page 57 (v Villa and and v Blackpool) and Page 58 (v Chelsea) were Pompey in white shorts as were the opposition.
In The Official Centenary book Page 123 has a photo of Brian Newman making his Pompey debut on April 16th 1955 being tackled by a Chelsea player, again, both teams wearing white shorts.
Looking at photos from later seasons it’s clear that a change had been made but nothing in the body copy mentions it.
Anybody know for sure when and why the change was made ?
I thrive on such trivia !
I presume that Pompey will have the opportunity to play in our traditional Blue and White strip when we are away to Oxford who play in Yellow shirts and Black shorts as I remember......but I’m not holding my breath, tradition isn’t something I associate with modern football (unless there’s some money to be made by invoking it).
Can anybody remember when the ‘rules’ were changed such that teams had to have different coloured shorts ?
I was certain that I saw Pompey in our Championship Years, playing against sides who had white shorts the same as us, so I dug out POMPEY by Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper and Doug Robinson and there on Page 56 (v Charlton), Page 57 (v Villa and and v Blackpool) and Page 58 (v Chelsea) were Pompey in white shorts as were the opposition.
In The Official Centenary book Page 123 has a photo of Brian Newman making his Pompey debut on April 16th 1955 being tackled by a Chelsea player, again, both teams wearing white shorts.
Looking at photos from later seasons it’s clear that a change had been made but nothing in the body copy mentions it.
Anybody know for sure when and why the change was made ?
I thrive on such trivia !