jsslatic Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Did someone forget to bring them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadam Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Did someone forget to bring them? What are you talking about????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoytonBlueLad Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 What are you talking about????? Northampton have white socks don't they. So does our blue kit. So we'll have had to use some different ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoasis Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 We all play in blue and maroon socks... blue and maroon socks!!! Clash of socks so we had to use Northamptons away socks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 won't that just be because of a fussy ref? seen the same colour shorts on both teams in many games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunteruk Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 won't that just be because of a fussy ref? seen the same colour shorts on both teams in many games... may seem like a fussy ref but if both teams had white socks on and you are contesting who kicked it out last for a corner or a throw how would you tell the difference???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoasis Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 may seem like a fussy ref but if both teams had white socks on and you are contesting who kicked it out last for a corner or a throw how would you tell the difference???? Not that it would have helped him yesterday .. he was shocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 may seem like a fussy ref but if both teams had white socks on and you are contesting who kicked it out last for a corner or a throw how would you tell the difference???? errr..its the refs decision not mine! most things happen during a game that are not set in stone,but are the refs decision... eg. if the linos swap lines for second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 won't that just be because of a fussy ref? seen the same colour shorts on both teams in many games... Some refs are easily confused, remember Chaddy the Owl being ordered to move away from the pitch a few years ago cos the referee thought he might mistake him for one of our players? think the quote in the programme at the following game was "In fairness i did have the same kit as the players but on the other hand i do have a giant furry head". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Ronnie Moore Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 We're those socks Northampton's away socks or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 check the fishal site,mr hardy is complaining about the refs lack of knowledge on sock colours now,seems to me as if hes found a straw and is now picking at it latest excuse in defeat incorrect socks cost us victory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 as i said,obviously a fussy ref..sound like he rubbed hardy up the wrong way with his "im a ref i am"official stance,and alan is having none of it! go get him!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Sockgate Socks, lies, and ref's head must roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatpaste Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Is it not true that one of Latics worst FA Cup results, at the hands of the mighty South Shields in 1969 is also remembered because the opposition all wore different coloured socks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnoid Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 why didn't we play in orange socks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 why didn't we play in orange socks? Because we only brought our home kit as seemingly Northampton were supposed to be playing in maroon socks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspiral_Carpet Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Here's Mike Yarwood's take on "Sockgate" in today's Chron. Got to say that his recent match reports (particularly for the recent dull games) have been highly amusing. Claret and blue! ANYONE who went to Athletic’s game at Northampton expecting a dull, end-of-season scuffle between two mid-table teams had their preconceptions blown away quickly. Yes, the match itself was one to forget, but this was a day of shock, drama and suspense . . . . this was the day of Sockgate. Northampton, you see, have officially registered claret-coloured socks as part of this season’s home kit, so Athletic duly packed their usual white for the trip to Sixfields. But — and here’s where the drama becomes gripping — Northampton recently altered their strip to include white socks, and they refused to change back to claret for one day despite the anguished protests of visiting officials. Too many white socks for one football pitch but, in a Shakespearean twist, Northampton then crumbled like some mighty empire: “We’ll do it!” they cried. “We’ll wear claret, you wear white!” Tragically, it was too late. And so Athletic, in the biggest fashion disaster this side of Su Pollard, were condemned to matching claret socks, borrowed from their opponents, with an otherwise all-blue kit. Talk about excitement. You want to know what happened when a game of football broke out? Trust me, you don’t, because Athletic were abysmal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoasis Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 It gets more complex as they forogt to tell their mascots they had changes to white as they had the same kit with maroon socks!!! http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Galle...1273741,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLH1993 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 and were complaining to the league now accordind to the os latics blast ref Drysdale ...how ironic northampton town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I hope they dock points from Leeds from this! Seriously though we mock Man Ure for using the excuse they couldn't see their grey shirts and thats why they lost, this is almost as bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYLEOAFC Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I got home today just before 1pm for a bit of lunch and I switched on sky sports news. Who's on there but non other than Oldham Athletics Alan Hardy, he was explaining the whole issue of socks, the sky news presenters thought it was hilarious. They even asked Alan at the end what were the reasons for our poor season this time round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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