1903/04 FA Cup Semi-Final

[derby1884]

I have this photograph along with a match report in the March 24th, 1904 edition of "Sporting Sketches" magazine - but I'm really not sure whether Derby are playing in the dark shirts or the striped shirts.

I'm being a bit lazy here - could research it but thought it might be quicker to throw it over to the Forum's expertise



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[Ruud Van Driver]

Looks like Derby County are possibly the team in the stripes...

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Derby_County/Derby_County.htm
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[derby1884]

Thank you very much for that. I think you're right.
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[Pete’s Picture Palace]

So Bolton were in all blue or all red?

That means both teams changed when there was a clash, I mentioned that a while ago to someone here and whoever it was hadn't heard that before.

How long did that practice continue?

[NWM Football]

A recent addition to my collection was the programme from the Tottenham v. Preston F.A. Cup 6th round tie from March 1937. It was clearly still the practice in the years directly before the war, as these lines from the programme illustrate....

"Change of Colours"

"This afternoon the Spurs are playing in red and Preston in blue. They are not the registered colours of either club. Usually both play in white shirts and blue knickers. The rules of the competition provide that when the two clubs have similar colours both must change. If the clubs cannot agree on the colours to be worn the Football Association settles the matter for them. There was no difficulty about it today".

Can't see Spurs being quite so eager to wear red shirts today ! For the record they wore blue shorts, while Preston wore white shorts.

Anyone got any later examples other than for finals/semi-finals ???