Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
Bit of an extreme take, no? England have always worn blue shorts (I'm not sure why?) and the flag is red and white so it's hardly indicative of Celtic nations not counting. We've routinely had yellow on our kit, Germany's doesn't match their flag, nor does the Dutch or Italian. I'm not sure I'd look quite so deeply into it
I have always thought that the blue for England's shorts came from the Union Jack and of course the blue part of the Union Jack is from the Scottish flag.