United and Hull kit clash

[Frank the tank]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

I thought the same

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Their second kit is white. Their third kit is black. They should have been told to wear black shirts and white shirts and socks

 

[Rufus Smalls]

It wouldn’t be difficult to remedy either -

Ref asks the teams to submit the kits they are going to wear to him a couple of days before the match. He can then decide whether there could be a colour clash by comparing the two. Both in stripes and both with black shorts in last nights case. He could then ask Hull to nominate a second kit, and so on.

It’s not rocket science but our football authorities are oblivious to common sense.

 

[Striker]

Totally agree about the clash of shirts, basically sums up the referees contribution last night.....woeful

 

[cahill]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

Yes, I did.

 

[cahill]

I would have nicked a few Hull scarves but i couldnt tell them from United scarves

 

[@thelane]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

I thought exactly the same

 

[bladesmanluke]

Thought it was absolutely fine

 

[Pegster]

They should have been told to wear the Colchester away shirt like we had to back in 1981 when we turned up at their gaff without an alternative shirt and we clashed with them. Importantly we played like them that day too and were 3 down in no time and crashed 5-2 (and we were on MOTD that night too which was rare for a 4th division game). Hull should have been made to play Keith Waugh in their net too last night, as he had a fuckin nightmare that day for us back in 81 at Layer Road.

Only good thing that day was being told by a copper that we had signed a cracking winger from Blackpool - Colin Morris .

 

[Ginger Gnome]

Weird thing with kit clashes is the inconsistency, some refs treat Hull's amber as clashing with red, others let Chelsea and Man City both wear their home kits. A few years back a ref decided black and amber clashed with back and white when Hull played at Newcastle, which might seem fair enough, but their away kit was silver and it was foggy.

 

[BrummieBlade70]

We were the same, it was terrible on the red button

 

[ATL Recs]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

Yes those around me and I said the same

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

We were the same, it was terrible on the red button

This red button thing is soooo English. Love it.
And yes the strips did clash.

 

[Snowflake]

They should have been told to wear the Colchester away shirt like we had to back in 1981 when we turned up at their gaff without an alternative shirt and we clashed with them. Importantly we played like them that day too and were 3 down in no time and crashed 5-2 (and we were on MOTD that night too which was rare for a 4th division game). Hull should have been made to play Keith Waugh in their net too last night, as he had a fuckin nightmare that day for us back in 81 at Layer Road.

...but we did get promoted I think that season!

 

[Doc Pace]

My old eyes really struggled. I spent most of the match looking at the socks instead of my usual struggle to see the players’ faces.

 

[Menage a petit pois]

Being a 4 eyed git and after a swift gallon before the match I can only say hand on heart I didn't have a scooby who anyone was... Which side was attacking which way and, for the life of me, I can't understand how we had 22 players on the pitch....

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Watching on TV in Cork it was very difficult at times to distinguish the players, 2 team's in stripes and black shorts, basic error by the officials

Plus colour TVs aren't widely available in Cork

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Played havoc with my eyes, not helped by interference from the flashing advertising hoardings.

 

[Bell4]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

Not a problem

They were gold and black

We were red and white

 

[blade53]

I thought it was just me! I actually find it hard to believe that they were allowed to wear that kit ,especially as most teams wear their away kits even when there is not a clash. But the stripes and black shorts made it difficult to distinguish between them , especially as the game wore on , and there is nowt wrong with my eyes I will add!

 

[jt64]

I've seen worse, but last night wasn't ideal. Either team wearing light shorts would have helped a lot

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

I watched it on Sky Red button last night (a trip up the M1 and a midnight finish was too much for me after 5 days at work) and I REALLY struggled to distinguish the teams on TV.

So you're not on your own

 

[petcharlie]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

I thought it was just me . Me to when they were at the far end . both in black shorts and the stripes became just all mixed up .

 

[Guesty]

Mixed opinions o whether the kits clashed. A bit like the debate about that dress that became an Internet sensation!

The dress - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

To this day I can't see the correct colours in the undoctored version of that photo.

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Contributed to another less than average sutv experiences also. Shit sound, buffering then the kit clash. One benefit of going up is the availability of all games live in HD with commentary and actual crowd noise!!

 

[MunXy]

TBH I've often said we should adopt the home team plays in its home kit, away team plays in a plain white kit,those that have white home kits excepted, that way if home team plays in white, away team plays in their home kit.
So teams can still make money, change away kit style, piping etc but stay predominantly white.
That way it will never clash with opponents or even officials

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Mixed opinions o whether the kits clashed. A bit like the debate about that dress that became an Internet sensation!

The dress - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

If the Hull team had worn this dress I'm sure they would have stood out.

 

[mattbianco1]

Maybe it was just me , but did anyone else have difficulty with the Hull and United kits looking similar from a distance? I was on the Kop and for the first goal I thought it was a Hull player on the ball and was (pleasantly) shocked when it went in. Yes maybe I do need my eyes testing!

Thought it immediately. Bet it was hard to watch on TV

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

I am so glad that I am not the only one who thought these kits clashed!

It's strange because sometimes when we've played away and had to wear our home kit we would rock up in white shorts instead of black. Hull were halfway there with the white socks.

The trouble with night matches is... well it is dark. Both teams with a lot of black really strained my eyes.