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

[SpandauBear]

World cup 1938 kit was a belter

Wonder if there were any “swastika peels after first wash” complaints at the time.

 

[Sunnyvale_Loyal]

Then we would have left the entire continent as a springboard for attack on Britain and a challenge to our mastery of the sea.

It’s a reasonable point however.

Germany had no interest in attacking Britain in 1914.

 

[Mustang mad]

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.

see you!! i just spent about an hour reading on the history of the Italian Monarchy. Turns out they had nothing to do with the savoy centre in Glasgow.

 

[GersGuy]

Some pretty good kits to be fair... maybe not the swastika ones

 

[Handyman]

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

Yes exactly m8.
Not like those SNP lazy, idle, skirt wearing, non shaving(washing) facists and the dug.. Lot..

 

[Walkers Loyal]

Scotland uses the Union Flag scheme also, blue shirts white shorts red socks

Yep, that’s true.
Another team not wearing their flag’s colours is Northern Ireland.

 

[i Will Maintain]

Some pretty good kits to be fair... maybe not the swastika ones

Its actually originates from India ...think it means well being or something.

 

[Ibroxkev]

Scotland don’t wear their flags colours

 

[Bumplittledipper]

Does anybody know why Australia play in gold and green and New Zealand black and white?

 

[Ced's Atomic Dustbin]

East Germany Kit History - Football Kit Archive

East Germany Football Kit History. See all old and new East Germany soccer jerseys on Football Kit Archive.

www.footballkitarchive.com

That's insane. I would have bet a decent amount that the East Germany kit was blue. Aparently I only ever saw them in their away kit The pinstripe one mainly.

 

[Barwon]

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.

They wore dark blue in 1974 World Cup finals where they defeated the eventual tournament winners West Germany 1-0

 

[bearmind]

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

An Uncle of mine who fought and survived in WW2 used to say the German's, 'Lost the war but won the peace'. The infrastructure of (West) Germany and their strong economy is/was much superior to the UK after WW2. The same could easily be said of the one of the other Axis countries after WW2 that is Japan. The USA invested heavily in those countries after WW2 but the UK got their investment from USA at the beginning and during of WW2.

 

[rinosprayer]

Germany had no interest in attacking Britain in 1914.

Perhaps not but they did fancy a place in the sun.

 

[Sunnyvale_Loyal]

Perhaps not but they did fancy a place in the sun.

Their interests were continental. We could've easily have just stayed out of it altogether.

 

[Damask_Rose]

Does anybody know why Australia play in gold and green and New Zealand black and white?

Since the 1960s, Australia has based their kit on the acacia plant.

 

[Damask_Rose]

Why are some World Cup team jersey colors different from their national flags?

Italy: It is no secret that the color of the Italian football team is blue, which is often worn with white shorts, while Italy’s flag consists of

www.google.co.uk

 

[sprally]

I’ve got a Scotland v East Germany programme signed by Danny Mcgrain.
My uncle gave me it after the game.
Cheers