Anybody know the rules on kit colour clashes?

[East Enclosure Row N 2,823]

Surprised to see referee and our keeper both in black outfits today - I thought there always had to be a clear contrast? Saw both keepers in yellow a couple of weeks ago - but unlikely they are going to be together on the park.

Any body know the rules on this?

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

I believe keepers can wear any colour as long as it doesn't clash with either teams outfield kit.

I think the same generally applies for referees although they should ideally wear a different colour to the keepers as well.

[Drumloyal 14,966]

4 minutes ago, LaudrupsPatrickBoots said:

I believe keepers can wear any colour as long as it doesn't clash with either teams outfield kit.

I think the same generally applies for referees although they should ideally wear a different colour to the keepers as well.

Yep, think the keeper needs to be distinguishable from both teammates and opposition outfield; refs are never going to be in a position to be confused with the keepers. 

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

Was it even an issue?

[Big Al 55 9,248]

I think if you avoid matching different primary colours you should be fine.

Generally shades inbetween work great together.

[ElBufalo20 7,889]

Couldn't of worn the yellow or red one cos it clashes with Partick.

Couldbt wear the blue cos of our home strip so the black was the only other option

[G.E.C. 18,751]

Good thing Fod is black.

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

10 hours ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

Was it even an issue?

He never said it was an issue, he only asked a question.

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[RFC55 108,801]

10 hours ago, LaudrupsPatrickBoots said:

I believe keepers can wear any colour as long as it doesn't clash with either teams outfield kit.

I think the same generally applies for referees although they should ideally wear a different colour to the keepers as well.

At amateur level our goalie top was red and the ref had his red referee top and he made our keeper wear a yellow bib on top of his goalie top

 

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

1 minute ago, LaudrupsPatrickBoots said:

He never said it was an issue, he only asked a question.

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You've been waiting a week to type that ??.

That's a proper daftie thing to do.

[Sonnybear1972 8,130]

25 minutes ago, G.E.C. said:

Good thing Fod is black.

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

4 minutes ago, Rfc52 said:

At amateur level our goalie top was red and the ref had his red referee top and he made our keeper wear a yellow bib on top of his goalie top

 

I've never experienced it with any of my teams. I arrange a charity match every year though and our ref always makes a point of asking what colour all of the strips are before the game so he can choose his colours.

I think that's just a wee bit OCD on his part though as it's unlikely hes ever going to get confused with the keepers.

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

3 minutes ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

You've been waiting a week to type that ??.

That's a proper daftie thing to do.

Don't kid yourself. That argument has been getting quoted all week

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,715]

3 minutes ago, LaudrupsPatrickBoots said:

Don't kid yourself. That argument has been getting quoted all week

Not in new Cumnock it hasn't.

[Sid2103 285]

Worst case of this was the Raith Rovers game last year at Ibrox. They were playing in black and dark green ref was in all black. Couldn't tell them apart at all.

Regardless, fuck the green goalie kit.

[G.E.C. 18,751]

Worst kit clash I've ever seen was Real Madrid and Celtic. Both wore their home kits.

[rbt1548 1,839]

Both goalkeepers are not allowed to wear the same colour of jersey in case, for some reason, they were to be close together and one was to handle, for example a corner as sometimes happens late on in games. They also should not clash with officials but that seems to get ignored these days.

I remember going to Scotland v Brazil friendly in 1973 and thinking there was something odd about big Peter's jersey. This one gets complicated, see picture of big Peter below,

1973 Scotland V Brazil at Hampden, Brazil play in yellow and the Scotland goalkeepers top is yellow so he has to change,  the Scotland keeper's change strip is red,  he can't wear red as the officials are wearing red due to the fact that their normal black is too close the Scotland's jersey colour of navy blue. The Brazil goalkeeper also has to change from their normal blue to grey because of colour clash with Scotland's jersey.

It all ends up with big Peter wearing a green Queens Park jersey resplendent with big Queens Park badge!

[Dickie1963 2,352]

The team I am involved in wears Aston VILLA style strips but our age group wore sky blue tops not sure why. Team we were playing wore purple but when they turned up they had their new Argentina strip. Then the ref turned up with a sky blue top because he assumed we would wear maroon. The ref wore a red bib and the opposition wore a mix of coloured bibs. It looked ridiculous. We had phoned them and ref to agree colours in advance but ref got changed at last minute. 

[plumbGER 24,518]

As we were home team the result should be over-turned in favour of a 3-0 away win.

Then an enquiry.

Then demoted to division 3.

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

12 hours ago, East Enclosure Row N said:

Surprised to see referee and our keeper both in black outfits today - I thought there always had to be a clear contrast? Saw both keepers in yellow a couple of weeks ago - but unlikely they are going to be together on the park.

Any body know the rules on this?

http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football.cfm?page=3597

Rule 4 :

Colours
• Each goalkeeper must wear colours that distinguish him from the other players, the referee and the assistant referees

Suppose that the two keepers are players, then their colours canny clash.

 

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

2 hours ago, G.E.C. said:

Good thing Fod is black.

I seen what you just did there 

[East Enclosure Row N 2,823]

Couple of home games ago - both keepers had yellow shirts on.