Shirt Clash

Derek1952

If I have missed this,sorry, but who will change their strip for Wembley as they both play in red.

Henry Irving

We're in red as we finished above Sunderland

PopIcon

Sunderland will be in BLACK!

hawksmoor

We're technically 'at home' because we finished higher, so it'll be Sunderland.

Derek1952

Thank You Henry

Derek1952

Hope that is a good omen as we wore our home strip in 1988

Macronate

Derek1952 said:

Hope that is a good omen as we wore our home strip in 1988

and 98.

heckington_reds

Need to try and find the top I had on that day..scraping the barrel for any sort of luck.

seth plum

The rules are that the higher finishing team play in their own colours, and can decide the colours of the opposition, Charlton (as I understand it) have instructed Sunderland to play in black and white stripes.

Swisdom

Macronate said:

Derek1952 said:

Hope that is a good omen as we wore our home strip in 1988

and 98.

I believe we had a home kit in 2008 too

the omens are good 

drewman

seth plum said:

The rules are that the higher finishing team play in their own colours, and can decide the colours of the opposition, Charlton (as I understand it) have instructed Sunderland to play in black and white stripes.

Can we make them wear any colour we like?!

Talal

hawksmoor said:

We're technically 'at home' because we finished higher, so it'll be Sunderland.

It that the rule now? Always thought it was a coin toss. 

Fumbluff

The Popo have ordered us to play in red for safety reasons, bet the mackems will whine at the end if we manage to win...

SoundAsa£

Talal said:

hawksmoor said:

We're technically 'at home' because we finished higher, so it'll be Sunderland.

It that the rule now? Always thought it was a coin toss. 

No.......it’s because we finished above them.

Callumcafc

Talal said:

hawksmoor said:

We're technically 'at home' because we finished higher, so it'll be Sunderland.

It that the rule now? Always thought it was a coin toss. 

Not sure when the rule changed. It used to be a coin toss (as in 1998) but now it’s done by league position and has been that way for at least a few years.

Talal

Callumcafc said:

Talal said:

hawksmoor said:

We're technically 'at home' because we finished higher, so it'll be Sunderland.

It that the rule now? Always thought it was a coin toss. 

Not sure when the rule changed. It used to be a coin toss (as in 1998) but now it’s done by league position and has been that way for at least a few years.

Better this way, any slight advantage should go to the higher placed team. 

HarryLime

we are in shirts, they are in skins

iaitch

Are the goalposts jumpers?

PaddyP17

There's no edges to the pitch, either. 

Addick Addict

Not a shirt clash but I've just switched over to the Oxford/Arsenal Cup tie and I have to ask how much the genius that designed the Arsenal strip was paid to do so with camouflaged numbers. Seriously, who thinks white on grey stands out?

ricky_otto

Addick Addict said:

Not a shirt clash but I've just switched over to the Oxford/Arsenal Cup tie and I have to ask how much the genius that designed the Arsenal strip was paid to do so with camouflaged numbers. Seriously, who thinks white on grey stands out?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-oxford-united-fa-cup-28907026.amp

Addick Addict

ricky_otto said:

Addick Addict said:

Not a shirt clash but I've just switched over to the Oxford/Arsenal Cup tie and I have to ask how much the genius that designed the Arsenal strip was paid to do so with camouflaged numbers. Seriously, who thinks white on grey stands out?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-oxford-united-fa-cup-28907026.amp

Thanks. It does explain the kit and that is extremely commendable but players need to be identified if only by the officials especially when an offence has taken place. Otherwise, what's the point of having numbers in the first place?