Hull City v Newcastle

[gordie_delini]

So in todays match against Newcastle United, Hull wore white Newcastle shorts and socks - anyone have an idea of why?

reference pic:

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/82801697....30A760B0D811297

[penguin20]

My guess is that somehow the equipment managers messed up and they were both going to be wearing all black and so hull wore newcastle shorts and socks so it would be easier for the players to differentiate between each other. I don't know if hull lost all their other uniforms but something was definately lost in communication.

[DEAD!]

From what I've read, the referee ordered Hull to change their shorts and socks before the game.

[penguin20]

From what I've read, the referee ordered Hull to change their shorts and socks before the game.

Why that wasn't sorted out before... but good on the ref, otherwise watching it would have been even more confusing than it was.

[officeglenn]

I was watching that game and thought it was awfully tough telling the teams apart ... had no idea the Tigers were wearing Newcastle gear, though. Huh.

[rmered]

Surely this would be less of a problem if Hull had worn their Amber & Black shirts.

OK, they still would need White shorts and socks, but their Away strip looks closer to Newcastle than the Home strip.

[MJWalker45]

That's the first thing I said! IF they weren't going to wear their homes they should have worn a third jersey. I'm sure we won't have this problem when they play again since Newcastle usually wears the stripes even when away.

[-kj]

How do you have an orange/black striped shirt as your primary, and a dark gray shirt for your change strip? Seriously? That's terrible.

It looks like at field level it was decent, at least according to that picture, but on TV it was pretty tough to tell.

In only vaguely related news, last night the Minnesota Thunder hosted the Charleston Battery. The Thunder wore their alternate navy and white stripes (their usual primary is solid navy) with navy shorts and white socks, while Charleston wore their primary black and yellow stripes with black shorts and black socks. Stripes everywhere, but it looked pretty obvious to me which team was which. When the second half started, the Thunder came out in their road white shirts, apparently on the request of the referee. It helped the Thunder more than Charleston, as they stretched a 1-0 half time lead to a 4-0 win.