EPL PL ban away kits at home on boxing day

[Sarge]

Idea was to support homeless charitiy ( Shelter) on boxing day - but the Pl are having none of it

EFL clubs ( 17 so far) have got the ok from the efl powers that be to wear away kits at home games on boxing day , which will , hopefully, embarrass the scroogelike PL administrators

Boxing Day away kit idea blocked by league

The Premier League has blocked its clubs wearing their away kits at home on Boxing Day to raise awareness around homelessness.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Malc]

They have to let the clubs know who is the boss

 

[Bath Yellow]

See Portsmouth have been given permission to change along with Cardiff. As we have Pompey away Boxing Day, anyone remember what their away strip is, we will probably play in white unless it clashes.

 

[oufc1991]

See Portsmouth have been given permission to change along with Cardiff. As we have Pompey away Boxing Day, anyone remember what their away strip is, we will probably play in white unless it clashes.

Portsmouth FC | Away Kit

Order your 23/24 Away Kit Now

pompey.clubstore.co.uk

 

[OUFCGav]

in some ways I can see the reasons for them saying no. It opens the can of worms to be like baseball when the home kit can change depending on day of the week.

 

[Bath Yellow]

Portsmouth FC | Away Kit

Order your 23/24 Away Kit Now

pompey.clubstore.co.uk

Looks like the dark away kit for us then,

 

[oufc1991]

Looks like the dark away kit for us then,

Or play in yellow

 

[Essexyellows]

in some ways I can see the reasons for them saying no. It opens the can of worms to be like baseball when the home kit can change depending on day of the week.

Glad somebody else spotted it.

So we then end up with more kits and more marketing/income.

 

[MarkG]

I don't know if EPL clubs have different home and away kit sponsors, but as Boxing Day will probably get the highest attendances and I guess some of the most watched games for TV rights or MOTD, home sponsors might be miffed to find they get two fewer matches advertising than the equivalent away sponsor. So on league games alone, 18 instead of 19, and away sponsors get 20 instead of 19.

 

[m]

They might be more miffed if they didn't have a house to live in.

 

[SteMerritt]

Or play in yellow

Saying that reminds me there was a very good interview on the podcast 'The Price Of Football' (which, if you haven't given it a go it is definitely worth downloading) a few weeks back talking about the impact of kit choices to fans who suffer with colour blindness. Apparently around 1 in 12 males suffer with some level of colour blindness. Now, if we were to play in Yellow against a Pompey side in White, and there was (conservative estimate) 12,000 there, you'd have around 1,000 in the ground who were struggling to tell the shirts apart, and you could expect one or two players also to be struggling.

It was a very interesting listen.

 

[Wallop]

Saying that reminds me there was a very good interview on the podcast 'The Price Of Football' (which, if you haven't given it a go it is definitely worth downloading) a few weeks back talking about the impact of kit choices to fans who suffer with colour blindness. Apparently around 1 in 12 males suffer with some level of colour blindness. Now, if we were to play in Yellow against a Pompey side in White, and there was (conservative estimate) 12,000 there, you'd have around 1,000 in the ground who were struggling to tell the shirts apart, and you could expect one or two players also to be struggling.

It was a very interesting listen.

Whenever I see a Swindon away shirt I still see red.

 

[Bath Yellow]

Or play in yellow

Of course, forgot we can play in our home yellow

 

[oufc1991]

Whenever I see a Swindon away shirt I still see red.

See whenever I see a Swindon shirt it reminds me I need to buy a pack of toilet rolls