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Eusebio - squad number 11 Started conversation Jun 17, 2001
Why is Germany's away (or second) kit green and white?
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Orcus Posted Jun 17, 2001
Someone left the old one in the washing machine 
They borrowed it from Cletic 
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Orcus Posted Jun 17, 2001
Whoever Cletic are 
Seriously, is it to symbolise that their country is catholic?
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Ormondroyd Posted Jun 17, 2001
Some early pioneers of football in Germany were Irish, so they copied the Republic of Ireland team's colours?
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GreyDesk Posted Jun 17, 2001
I reckon its got something to do with traditional national colours.
The standard German black and white strip is definitely Prussian in origin (a bit like France and Italy and their national flags represented in their 1st strip).
So is the green and white based upon the colours of another German principality?
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Future World Dictator (13) Posted Jun 17, 2001
Just thought I'd register my presence. Unfortunately I can't even think of a witty answer, let alone one that might actually be right.
Apart from the fact that the colours of Bavaria are black (or maybe blue) and white so if it is a region it's not bavaria.
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GreyDesk Posted Jun 18, 2001
Thank you SWISS, I'm convinced I'm on the right lines here with regions. How about Rhineland?
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GreyDesk Posted Jun 18, 2001
Or Baden Wuttemburg?
(I've now run out of German regions that I know the name of.)
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Future World Dictator (13) Posted Jun 18, 2001
Dunno. I've already run out of regions I know the colours of.
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Steviebab (Squad No. 8) Posted Jun 18, 2001
The story I heard is that after the 2nd world war Germany's first international match was against Ireland. As a mark of thanks to the Irish for being the first nation to play them they adopted their colours.
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Livzy Posted Jun 18, 2001
Green and white?
Anyone remember "Pacers"?
they were green and white and I heard that Rumminige used to munch a couple of packets during the warm ups....
(demonstrates his lack of football knowledge and advancing years in one hit)
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Eusebio - squad number 11 Posted Jun 18, 2001
Another sterling performance from Steviebab ... the first nation willing to play against Germany (or West Germany as they had become) following WWII was Ireland and as a mark of thanks, the Germans adopted the green and white kit as their second choice.
Well done Steveibab, have a point and a 
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Steviebab (Squad No. 8) Posted Jun 19, 2001
Thank you - much needed I must say! I read that somewhere a while ago and if I could remember where I would give them a too
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- 1: Eusebio - squad number 11 (Jun 17, 2001)
- 2: Orcus (Jun 17, 2001)
- 3: Orcus (Jun 17, 2001)
- 4: Ormondroyd (Jun 17, 2001)
- 5: GreyDesk (Jun 17, 2001)
- 6: Future World Dictator (13) (Jun 17, 2001)
- 7: GreyDesk (Jun 18, 2001)
- 8: GreyDesk (Jun 18, 2001)
- 9: GreyDesk (Jun 18, 2001)
- 10: GreyDesk (Jun 18, 2001)
- 11: Future World Dictator (13) (Jun 18, 2001)
- 12: Steviebab (Squad No. 8) (Jun 18, 2001)
- 13: Livzy (Jun 18, 2001)
- 14: Eusebio - squad number 11 (Jun 18, 2001)
- 15: Steviebab (Squad No. 8) (Jun 19, 2001)
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