Italy chose blue shirts because blue is the colour of the House of Savoy - the Italian royal family. The nickname for the Italians is the Azzurri or...
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...
First game was Brian Clark's home debut against Preston in February 1968. Used to post under another account called tpcnw, but had to re-register and lost all previous posts.