{"id":35969,"date":"2023-08-20T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1876104"},"modified":"2023-08-20T15:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T13:46:26","slug":"why-are-england-wearing-blue-in-the-womens-world-cup-2023-final","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/why-are-england-wearing-blue-in-the-womens-world-cup-2023-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are England wearing blue in the Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 final?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> England are wearing their away kit for the Women&#8217;s World Cup final 2023. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 20 August 2023 at 10:15 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p class=\"p1\">The Women\u2019s World Cup 2023 final is off and running and the entirety of England is asking the same question: why blue?!<\/p>\n<p>The Lionesses have emerged from the tunnel donning their blue away kits, a surprise considering Spain are wearing their traditional, iconic red shirts and navy shorts.<\/p>\n<p>Spain are the designated Team A in the final given the tournament tree to this stage, meaning they were given priority to select their kit for the final \u2013 an obvious choice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more football features: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/best-female-footballers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best female players in the world<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/best-female-football-players-all-time-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best female players of all time<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/football-live-on-tv-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live football on TV today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, FIFA rules meant that England couldn\u2019t wear their home kit due to clashing, similar navy shorts to Spain.<\/p>\n<p>This wouldn\u2019t have been an issue had England been playing in their all-white Euro 2022 kit, but the switch to navy means it cannot be worn alongside Spain in the final.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the worst result for England though, as the men\u2019s team famously wore their red change kit in 1966, the date of the first and last World Cup victory for either the men\u2019s or women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, if England do go on to win the final, nobody will care about dress sense in the scenes of celebration to follow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our <a 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