>> |
Anonymous File :-(, x)
>>171114 because in american sports there are standardized colors for home and away. in baseball, the home team is always in white, and the away team is always in gray (normally). in soccer, there are no such rules or standards. the home team gets to choose what they want to wear (usually their traditional patterns), and the away team has to wear something that is distinct from that.
let's take your example, the rovers. they are playing at home, and everton is in town. the rovers get first choice, so they choose their blue-and-white halves kit. everton, whose away jersey is solid white, cannot wear them, because they are too similar. they also can't wear their home jersey, because it is solid blue, and would still be too similar. so they have to break out their third jerseys for the match (very dark blue).
the same goes for if blackburn was playing at manchester united, they couldn't wear their away jerseys (black and red halves) because they are too similar to united's solid red shirts. and since blackburn doesn't have a third jersey, they are forced to play in their home jerseys.
|