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Happy Dosser Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 15 hours ago, SteelmaninOZ said: This is good I see our our claret and amber are explained as being Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's racing colours. Others claim we simply copied Bradford City's C&A, and this sounds plausible since they played first in yoked shirts and then stripes and so did we after we changed from blue (presumably because the latter was a common jersey in Scotland) in 1913. Anyone know anything definitive on the subject? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Happy Dosser said: I see our our claret and amber are explained as being Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's racing colours. Others claim we simply copied Bradford City's C&A, and this sounds plausible since they played first in yoked shirts and then stripes and so did we after we changed from blue (presumably because the latter was a common jersey in Scotland) in 1913. Anyone know anything definitive on the subject? The racing colours story was first relayed to me when I was wee by my late father, who began attending games in the late 1920s. He recounted that Lord Hamilton gifted us the land for Fir Park, as long as we adopted his racing colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said: The racing colours story was first relayed to me when I was wee by my late father, who began attending games in the late 1920s. He recounted that Lord Hamilton gifted us the land for Fir Park, as long as we adopted his racing colours. Yes, I've heard that before and that's what the video also said but other explanations are available, apparently 😂. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago The racing colours thing sounds more plausible to me. Changing colours is a huge thing and would need something major to justify it. A condition of being donated land to create a new Stadium comes across as more likely than adopting an English team's colours. Then again, maybe Lord Hamilton was a bid Bradford fan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, dennyc said: The racing colours thing sounds more plausible to me. Changing colours is a huge thing and would need something major to justify it. A condition of being donated land to create a new Stadium comes across as more likely than adopting an English team's colours. Then again, maybe Lord Hamilton was a bid Bradford fan. I actually have an enquiry pending at the Jockey Club regarding Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's racing colours. In my defence, I am retired and don't get out much, apart from my visits to Fir Park and GP 😱. Sometimes on holiday I have encounter Bradford City fans who are convince we nicked their colours, so i would like something categorical about our beautiful c&a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago I did a quick google search on racing colours once before and the Lord Hamilton colours I found from around that time were either Red & White or Blue. Hardly definitive, so will be interesting to hear the definitive answer from the Jockey Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Lord Hamilton colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 6 minutes ago, weeyin said: I did a quick google search on racing colours once before and the Lord Hamilton colours I found from around that time were either Red & White or Blue. Hardly definitive, so will be interesting to hear the definitive answer from the Jockey Club. If I get a reply from the JC I will let you know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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