Away Kit : Why ?

[adiebunn]

It used to be the case that the 'away' kit was worn only when the home kit clashed with a team when we played away from home.
How come that we now seem to wear it at away matches regardless of the home kit clashing or not.
In my opinion Stoke should wear the red & white stripes whenever they can.
Is it an FA rule or something that the kit makers/sponsors insist on ?
Cheers,
Adie

[salopstick]

yellow shirts with the red shorts looks ridiculas

[A-teen_six_T3]

I thought it was mainly to do with the fact that we change our kit every year and are expecting fans to shell out on 2 kits costing £90 and fans would moan that "well they only wore it twice" at least if they get an equal 19 games fan can't really moan!!

[stokey97]

I dont see how you can favour the home kit with the away.We wear it and play that is it!DONE!

[stokey97]

I dont see how you can favour the home kit with the away.We wear it and play that is it!DONE!

[rambo61]

Stokey 97.. Do you repeat every post??? ???

[rambo61]

Stokey 97 do you repeat every post?? ;D

[offthewall]

anyone repeating posts should be banned

[offthewall]

anyone repeating posts should be banned

[offthewall]

Do'h

[Coll40]

I think I once read that away kits have to be worn at least 8 times per season, to keep the kit manufacturers happy

[robin1302]

Well haven't we already worn ours 8 times?

Bolton - didn't need too
Cheltenham
Middlesbrough
Liverpool
Wigan - have worn red and white in the past
Man United
Blackburn - Didn't need too
West Ham - Have worn red and white in the past

And tomorrow?

Surely it's going to be the McDonalds kit again no doubt.

[ronvelig]

It's in the Premier League Rules:

www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/f4/20/0,,12306~139508,00.pdf

[jbstokie]

When we played Chelsea at home they wore their home kit with blue socks, so...

We SHOULD wear our home kit with red socks at Stamford Bridge? Pretty sure we won't though

[fisty lizard]

Official Premier League ruling states: Teams can wear away kits NO more EIGHT times a season.

We've worn the yellow kit 6 times already this season, and with arsenal, sunderland, and villa (whom surely we will wear yellow against as they have the same colours as West Ham) left to play away. This is potentially 9 games in yellow, which would technically be breaking league rules... will be intresting to see what would happen.

[Olgrligm]

The problem with the damn thing is that it's hideous. The home shirt is also hideous and not a proper Stoke shirt, but not on the scale of the insipid lemon mess.

[hudson2greenhoff]

Premier League Rules

Home and Away Strip
13. Each Club shall have a home Strip and an away Strip which shall be worn by its Players in
League Matches in accordance with the provisions of these Rules.
14. The logo of the League shall appear on each sleeve of both home Strip and away Strip shirts.
15. Neither the home Strip shirt nor the away Strip shirt shall be of a colour or design alike or
similar to the outfits of Match Officials.
16. Not later than 4 weeks before the commencement of each Season each Club shall register its Strips by submitting to the Secretary Form 9 together with samples of its home Strip, away
Strip and goalkeeper’s Strip complying with these Rules and a brief written description of each
and the Secretary having entered the descriptions in a register will cause the same to be
printed in the handbook of the League.
17. Each Strip submitted for registration in accordance with Rule F.16 shall have on it:
17.1 the shirt number and name of any Player in the Club’s first team squad, displayed as
required by Rule F.7;
17.2 any advertisement for which the approval of the Board is either sought or has already
been given under the provisions of Rule F.28.1.
18. If pursuant to Rule F.16 a Club seeks to register a Strip which does not comply with these
Rules:
18.1 the Board shall give to that Club notice in writing to that effect giving full details of the
changes required to achieve compliance; and
18.2 the Strip in question shall not be worn by that Club’s Players until a further sample has
been submitted to and approved in writing by the Board.
19. Subject to Rule F.20, Strips of the description thus registered shall be worn throughout the
Season immediately following and no changes to it shall be made except with the prior
written permission of the Board.
20. On the occasion of a Club’s last home League Match in any Season an alternative Strip may be worn provided that:
20.1 at least 7 days’ prior written notice of intention to do so is given to the Secretary and
the Visiting Club together in each case with a sample of the Strip intended to be worn;
20.2 the alternative Strip shall be subsequently registered as the Club’s home or away Strip
for the following Season.
21. Subject to Rules F.20 and F.22, when playing in League Matches the Players of each
participating Club shall wear its home Strip unless the home Strips of the participating Clubs
are alike or similar or are in the opinion of the referee likely to cause confusion in which event
Players of theVisiting Club shall wear its away Strip or a combination of its home Strip and its
away Strip. In the event of any dispute with regard to the Strip to be worn by either Club, the
referee’s decision shall be final.
22. Players of theVisiting Club may wear its away Strip when playing in League Matches provided that they shall not do so on more than 8 occasions in any Season, including those occasions, if any, when required to do so by virtue of the foregoing provisions of Rule F.21. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Rule shall limit the number of occasions a Club may be required to change its Strip pursuant to Rule F.21.
23. At least 7 days prior to each League Match the Visiting Club shall notify the Home Club on
Form 9A of the Strip it intends its Players (including for the avoidance of doubt its goalkeeper)
to wear. If the Home Club is of the opinion that this is likely to cause confusion it shall
immediately notify the League.
24. Subject to Rule F.20, no Club shall participate in a League Match wearing Strip other than its registered home Strip or away Strip or a combination of the two except with the prior written consent of the Board.
Third Strip
25. Each Club may have a third Strip in addition to its home Strip and its away Strip.
26. The provisions of Rules F.14, F.15 and F.16 shall apply to any third Strip as well as to home
Strip and away Strip.
27. A Club’s third Strip may be worn by its Players in League Matches only with the prior written consent of the Board.
Strip Advertising
28. Provided that:
28.1 the content, design and area of the advertisement is approved by the Board; and
28.2 it complies with the Football Association Rules for the time being in force;
advertising on Strip shall be permitted.

There we go lads, that's the whole rule section on strips.

Clear enough aint it.

[rambo61]

Hope you didn,t type all that. Must have wrists like Ted !!! Thanks for the info but who gives a fuck really? Its about selling tops to kids to wear with their jeans .Yellow looks good with denim(apparently) thats why our shirt is yellow and why we wear it as much as we do!!

[daverichards]

21. Subject to Rules F.20 and F.22, when playing in League Matches the Players of each
participating Club shall wear its home Strip unless the home Strips of the participating Clubs
are alike or similar or are in the opinion of the referee likely to cause confusion in which event
Players of theVisiting Club shall wear its away Strip or a combination of its home Strip and its
away Strip. In the event of any dispute with regard to the Strip to be worn by either Club, the
referee’s decision shall be final.
22. Players of theVisiting Club may wear its away Strip when playing in League Matches provided that they shall not do so on more than 8 occasions in any Season, including those occasions, if any, when required to do so by virtue of the foregoing provisions of Rule F.21. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Rule shall limit the number of occasions a Club may be required to change its Strip pursuant to Rule F.21.

Is it me or do these 2 things contradict each other ?

[Eastyorkspotter]

Exactly what I thought whilst reading through the rules on the EPL website, Dave. ??? ???