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I may be a couple years behind the times but 17:02 - Sep 24 with 1466 views

Since when did Sheff Wednesday stop having a striped shirt?

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I may be a couple years behind the times but on 17:13 - Sep 24 with 1441 views

SitfcB

They went to pin stripes a couple of years back I think.

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I may be a couple years behind the times but on 17:22 - Sep 24 with 1423 views

yorkshireblue

It's because it's their 150th anniversary, and is a throwback to their old shirts.

I may be a couple years behind the times but on 22:59 - Sep 24 with 1234 views

The_Last_Baron

Wednesday wore blue with white sleeves for years. It's only since the 70s they wore stripes.

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I may be a couple years behind the times but on 02:09 - Sep 25 with 1170 views

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I may be a couple years behind the times but on 22:59 - Sep 24 by The_Last_Baron
Wednesday wore blue with white sleeves for years. It's only since the 70s they wore stripes.

Wednesday, like most clubs, have played in various combinations of quartered, striped, hooped and plain coloured shirts. However, for the vast majority of our history, it has been various forms of blue & white stripes.

During the mid to late sixties, stripes were abandoned in favour of a blue/white version of the Arsenal shirt of the time, Royal blue body with white sleeves. This was/is THE shirt for me as I first saw Wednesday play in this kit when I first started going in 1968. . . . . For those (few) remaining fans who are older than me, it is hated. For those many fans younger than me, it is hated!! We reverted to stripes again in the early 1970's

Also, apparently, the incumbent Thai owner dislikes stripes, so we had the subtle pinstripe thing last year, and this masterpiece for this! This is our 150th anniversary (The Wednesday FC formed 1867), and the current shirt, though 'retro', bears no relationship of any kind to that fact really.

We also look a bit like ITFC, but no longer defend nearly as well*

*As written before I read of your perceived 'defensive lapses' at Leeds, perhaps i should have said 'no longer defend as well as a Mick McCarthy side would normally do'!

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