Ever had a feeling of 'deja-vu'? You might, if you've been reading this blog.
Last weekend, FA Cup fifth round tie: Everton v Swansea, at Everton's Goodison Park.
Right. Everton, as every football fan knows, play in royal blue. Swansea, as most football fans will know, play in white. Fine. So, why do Swansea run out in their 'away' kit, which, for this year at least, comprises dark blue (almost purple) shirts with garish sections of yellow on them, and yellow shorts?
Yes, we've visited this rant before, when Spurs played Inter-Milan in a European tie. It can only be for commercial reasons. There aren't that many sides who play in white (which would necessitate a change of strip by the away team) so it must be that Swansea have to take every opportunity to play in their away kit, to please their sponsors - and particularly if the game is being shown live on ITV, of course.
Trouble is, those dark blue shirts (even with the hideous yellow section across the shoulder), surely constituted more of a 'colour clash' with Everton's royal blue than their standard all-white kit would have done.
If I was the referee for that game I would have gone into the dressing room and said: "Sorry, in my eyes this is too much of a clash - put your proper first kit on".
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