England's new kit

[JamesWales]

Remember the 70s/80s "England" kits with red,white and blue?

Like they thought the whole of the UK was actually England,. Celtic nations didn't count.

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

[tpcnw]

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.

[tpcnw]

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

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 the Blues.

The Dutch play in orange because the Dutch royal family is the House of Orange.

Germany play in white and black because it was the colours of the Prussian flag.