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Author Topic: Argentine connection?  (Read 5434 times)

Offline Bent Neilsens Screamer

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2025, 08:39:56 PM »
Colorado Rapids



I say this with the full expectation of being ridiculed, but...... I love those kits 😍 who needs blue sleeves!

Edit - they refer to it as burgundy, apparently.

Looks pretty smart to me.

Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2025, 09:38:00 PM »
Any other foreign teams play in claret and blue? Loads probably but I can only immediately think of Trabzonspor.

Absolutely tonnes!

Caxias do Sul (Brazil), there's another team in Turkey, other than Trabzonspor. AB Argir (Faroes), Galway Utd (Ireland), Enosis Neon Paralimni (Cyprus), not sure about Eston Villa, Weiche Flensburg (Germany).

Quite a lot of others in England too.

Galway Utd? Erm, no. That’s Galway maroon same as the GAA teams.

Offline Brazilian Villain

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2025, 09:52:21 PM »
Galway Utd? Erm, no. That’s Galway maroon same as the GAA teams.

Their kits can vary from the current (dark) maroon to reddish burgundy to claret and blue. They've had some shockers.
https://www.footballkitarchive.com/galway-united-kits/#2010s

However, if you look at the colours on their crest, most people would say they were claret and blue.


 

Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2025, 09:57:30 PM »
But not from the Villa.

Offline ADVILLAFAN

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2025, 10:00:32 PM »
Didn't say it was, just claret and blue teams.

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2025, 04:06:56 PM »
Atlético del Rosario (from same city as Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys) play in Claret and Blue (hoops).

More known for it's rugby team, but has readopted football as a sport.

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2025, 04:14:11 PM »
Any other foreign teams play in claret and blue? Loads probably but I can only immediately think of Trabzonspor.

Absolutely tonnes!

Caxias do Sul (Brazil), there's another team in Turkey, other than Trabzonspor. AB Argir (Faroes), Galway Utd (Ireland), Enosis Neon Paralimni (Cyprus), not sure about Eston Villa, Weiche Flensburg (Germany).

Quite a lot of others in England too.

Galway Utd? Erm, no. That’s Galway maroon same as the GAA teams.

There was always a Galway flag in the Holte back in the late '70s into the '80s.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2025, 04:35:30 PM »
Pre-Deacy?

Offline algy

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2025, 04:55:46 PM »
Drogheda United play in claret & blue.

Colwyn Bay also play in claret & blue - currently claret body blue sleeves, but their kit design is all over the place - think normally theirs looks more like a late 1970s / early 80s West Ham shirt


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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2025, 06:17:23 PM »
Weymouth and Chelmsford City are 2 more.

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2025, 10:28:28 PM »
Chelford City .... is that down to us signing Nigel Spink from them for a set of tracksuits or such like?
Or were they C&B beforehand?

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2026, 09:26:46 PM »
Hounslow Eagles also play in claret & blue.

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2026, 10:14:54 PM »
South Shields play in claret and blue as well I think.

Offline MorrisNielson

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2026, 11:21:28 PM »
I must have missed the opening post regarding the Argentine connection.
What's interesting is Tom Pank, one of our early players from the late 1870 - early 1880s, had a brother Frank. He also played for us (mainly for the second team). Frank's son, also named Frank, moved to South America. Argentina I think. An engineer by trade, possible with the railways. You never know......

Offline Skipper_The_Eyechild

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Re: Argentine connection?
« Reply #29 on: June 03, 2026, 11:30:38 PM »
Colorado Rapids



I say this with the full expectation of being ridiculed, but...... I love those kits 😍 who needs blue sleeves!

Edit - they refer to it as burgundy, apparently.

Looks pretty smart to me.

AV84 knew what he was talking about 😉.

 


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