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I wonder why we changed to a plain white top for the Autumn of '48 but then went back to hoops in the winter of the same year.
Quote from: Superspy on July 29, 2015, 01:34:10 pmI wonder why we changed to a plain white top for the Autumn of '48 but then went back to hoops in the winter of the same year.I'm a bit dubious about whether we did change. The Football League had pretty strict regulations about changing kits and generally speaking these were not permitted during the season.For example, in the 60s Billy Wright, the manager, opted to change Arsenal's shirts. They abandoned the white sleeves and had red shirts with white collars and cuffs. When Wright was sacked, Bertie Mee wanted to bring back white sleeves but the League refused permission. The season hadn't actually started, but the colours had been submitted to the League. So Arsenal had to stick with red sleeves for another season.More likely, the white was our change strip and we wore it at home due to an unexpected colour clash. Also, I seem to think that in the event of a colour clash in the FA Cup in those days, both clubs had to change.