why do Newcastle United play in black and white stripes?
341983
Because they are named after the bird, the European bird, the magpie.  Hence, they are called the Magpies.  The Magpie bird is black and white.\n\nYes, they are named after a bird....the chicken would have been better...ever see Shearer hide when Manchester United show up?
801182
They dont change their uniform after each game.  They change them according to home or away.  If they are playing at home then they will wear their dark jersey but if they are playing away then they will wear their light.  They will sometimes change their jeresy and wear the retro jersey just to change it up and get the crowd more into the game.
1029951
It is to help with the offside calls.\n\nAs noted by at least one, usually a lot of fields use different designs for purely aesthetic reasons, including circles, diamonds, etc.   As you've noticed, there has been a marked lack of variety in the field designs for the World Cup.  Only the striped patterns are used.
643394
The home uniform is the traditional white, with navy trim, and the classic "English D" on the left front of the jersey.  Their away colors are grey, with navy and orange trim.   \n\nAs far as their colors (for logos, T-Shirts, and other merhcandise) they are navy, white and orange.  Their well known off the field logo is a Tiger coming through the English D.
1088473
It will be white as we are the 'home' team for the match...\n\nie: It's England v Portugal not the other way around.\n\nIt's all to do with the way the groups are drawn and the table falls... \n\nEngland v Paraguay (home therefore white)\nEngland v Trinidad & Tobago (home therefore white)\nSweden v England (away therefore red)\nEngland v Ecuador (home therefore white)\n\nif we get to the Semi's and the Final we will wear Red as we'll be the 'away' teams...\n\nBrazil/France v England (away therefore red)\nGermany/italy v England (away therefore red)\n\nSo it could be a Germany in white and England in Red final... now where have I seen that before...?!?
828072
because they play better than the other team.\n\n:>peace
496154
I heard this explanation during a telecast:\n \nMost teams have 3 sweaters; one white, one dark, and a third alternative sweater for special occaisions (e.g. national televised games, holiday games, etc).  The third sweaters are also dark, with special graphics.  If dark jerseys are for away games, the teams would have to pack both the standard away and the alternative jerseys.  If white is the away color, it makes it easier; simply pack only the white jerseys for road trips.
1018907
I have heard that the reason that Germany wear green as an away strip is as a mark of respect to Ireland.  \n\nIreland were the first non-German speaking country that would play an international against West Germany following the war (in 1950).  As the national colour for Ireland is green, Germany said that they would have their 2nd strip in this colour as a thank-you.\n\nThis year Klinsman has changed this strip to red as wearing a red strip  statistically produces better results across the sporting world.
464201
Its a whiteout promotion, kinda designed to intimdate the other team and be a good home promotion.
440732
No,NO,No,Never we've had the jumper for 110 years. Every other club is just trying to cash in on it, trying to sell more jerseys. Let all the other clubs take advantage of there fans i know the pies wont.Nth Melb are probably the closest but there jersey is mainly white with blue stripes ours is mainly black with white stripes. I repeat what every Collingwood supporter should be saying no,no,no,never!
361549
royal blue and black stripes
1079916
The match has been played on daylight.\nHere is a rare picture, showing it.\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/photo_galleries/football/1963308.stm
1048155
Because that is the color of the National Team, called "Azzurri".\nThat is an historical tradition: before the creation of the Italian Republic, the Italian Regal Family (Savoia) had color "azzurro" (kind of blue) in their flag and that color was adopted by the soccer National Team to respect the Regal tradition.\nSince then the color has been kept in the Italian shirt, even though it is not a color present in their National flag.\n\nNOTE: the Italian flag is green - white - red and NOT red - white -green
923404
Respect is the main answer. Remembrance is a second factor too because the players have jerseys with the dates they wore the jersey on such as tomorrow Cristiano ROnaldo's jersey is going to say 26/11/06 because he lives in England the date is going to be written in that way. The players will remember that day in the future when they look into there closet of collections. Ronaldo is going to swap his with Ashley Cole or Joe Cole most probably because he plays on the Right Wing and Joe Cole or Ashley Cole will have the job to defend him as they work on the left side.
696247
Look how Chelsea turned out to have an international quality third choice goalkeeper, Hilario. Both Man U and Chelsea have lots of depth. Newcastle, who are reported to be down to 14 available players (admittedly through past waste of money on their team squad), must be very envious.\n\nI don't know the names of the people not getting into the first teams, but I am sure that you will find details on the Man U and Chelsea websites.
1132047
I can't give you a helpful answer but only my humble opinion.  I thnk thier present colour is fine. I think the colours of a teams national flag should be reflected on their jerseys and shorts whenever possible.  Brazil have perfect jerseys and shorts. Portugal, not really -- the wrong red and no green at all.
570586
lf you ask l will say that there is nothing like racism in football.what is football? you can believe with me that football is a round lader and it involves two parties and this two parties wants to win and in their teams they choose black and white peoples.\n the strategy to win a match is to make your oponent feel bad then some teams advised their fans to shout to the other oponent to anger with whatever they think.(EITHER THE FANS SHOUT ON BLACK GUY OR THEY INJURED THE WHITE GUY)LUIS FIGO IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT WHENEVER MADRID IS PLAYING WITH BARCELONA,Barcelona always throw bottle or any hard weapon on him. let me stop here.