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Post by syg on Jul 29, 2016 16:02:39 GMT
"In 1931 Rovers manager decided to adopt quartered shirts in the belief that these would make the players appear bigger. Apart from a period in the 1960s, Rovers have worn quartered shirts ever since".
Ive never heard this before, is it true? And do the quarters have that effect?
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Post by RD on Jul 29, 2016 16:05:02 GMT
"In 1931 Rovers manager decided to adopt quartered shirts in the belief that these would make the players appear bigger. Apart from a period in the 1960s, Rovers have worn quartered shirts ever since". Ive never heard this before, is it true? And do the quarters have that effect? Yes; makes your gut look bigger if you don't tuck your shirt in. |
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Post by newmarketgas on Jul 29, 2016 16:05:38 GMT
No, it makes us look fat !  |
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Post by socrates on Jul 29, 2016 16:07:09 GMT
It makes us looking fuc{ing brilliant that's for sure.
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Post by bs9trymer on Jul 29, 2016 16:36:00 GMT
I thought it was because blue and white quarters were the Duke of Beauforts jockeys racing colours ?
I have seen it said that Shankly changed Liverpool to all red to make the players look bigger/more imposing.
I started going in 1967 and Rovers wore blue shirts with white trim for the first 5 or 6 seasons that I went,imagine my shock when one day they turned out in quarters !..I have got used to them now but I cant honestly say that I like them.
Even worse is that soppy badge and the sponsors and kit makers name on shirts,tacky describes it well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 16:46:21 GMT
as a child watching rovers we wore plain blue shirts and i think changed to quarters 1973-74 season?
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 29, 2016 17:23:33 GMT
as a child watching rovers we wore plain blue shirts and i think changed to quarters 1973-74 season? That sounds correct to me, so is the article in the OP totally incorrect or just the dates wrong? I wonder why we decided to go back to the quarters in 1973? |
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Post by bs9trymer on Jul 29, 2016 17:40:39 GMT
as a child watching rovers we wore plain blue shirts and i think changed to quarters 1973-74 season? That sounds correct to me, so is the article in the OP totally incorrect or just the dates wrong? I wonder why we decided to go back to the quarters in 1973? Surely that's obvious ? the 70s were the decade of bad taste ! think of the 'fashions' back then..platform shoes,oxford bags,round collared shirts, hair to the shoulders,droopy moustaches...Boney M, the Sweet, Hillman Avengers etc etc...worst of all city in the 1st division ! |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jul 29, 2016 18:05:10 GMT
That sounds correct to me, so is the article in the OP totally incorrect or just the dates wrong? I wonder why we decided to go back to the quarters in 1973? Surely that's obvious ? the 70s were the decade of bad taste ! think of the 'fashions' back then..platform shoes,oxford bags,round collared shirts, hair to the shoulders,droopy moustaches...Boney M, the Sweet, Hillman Avengers etc etc...worst of all city in the 1st division ! And fringes:  |
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Post by bs9trymer on Jul 29, 2016 18:23:27 GMT
Surely that's obvious ? the 70s were the decade of bad taste ! think of the 'fashions' back then..platform shoes,oxford bags,round collared shirts, hair to the shoulders,droopy moustaches...Boney M, the Sweet, Hillman Avengers etc etc...worst of all city in the 1st division ! And fringes: Cant see Lindsay Parsons,Frankie Prince or Alex Munro in those shirts ! |
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Post by biggsy on Jul 29, 2016 18:37:42 GMT
I thought it was because blue and white quarters were the Duke of Beauforts jockeys racing colours ? I have seen it said that Shankly changed Liverpool to all red to make the players look bigger/more imposing. I started going in 1967 and Rovers wore blue shirts with white trim for the first 5 or 6 seasons that I went,imagine my shock when one day they turned out in quarters !..I have got used to them now but I cant honestly say that I like them. Even worse is that soppy badge and the sponsors and kit makers name on shirts,tacky describes it well. From 1897-1900 the club adopted the then Duke of Beauforts Blue and White 'Badminton Hoops but in 1900 changed to Black and White stripes up to the first world war.When the league resumed in 1920 and Rovers joined the football league they played in White shirts and Blue Shorts changing in the mid twenties to Blue shirts and White shorts until the then manager Capt.Albert Prince -Cox introduced quarters in 1931 to make the players appear bigger! The quarters were disbanded in 1962 the reason given was the shirts tore too easily along the line of the quarters. there then followed eleven years of Blue and White in various forms until in 1973 and by popular demand the quarters were revived ,the decision was received with general approval and the team celebrated by winning promotion in the first season. |
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Post by gastropod on Jul 29, 2016 21:04:39 GMT
I thought it was because blue and white quarters were the Duke of Beauforts jockeys racing colours ? I have seen it said that Shankly changed Liverpool to all red to make the players look bigger/more imposing. I started going in 1967 and Rovers wore blue shirts with white trim for the first 5 or 6 seasons that I went,imagine my shock when one day they turned out in quarters !..I have got used to them now but I cant honestly say that I like them. Even worse is that soppy badge and the sponsors and kit makers name on shirts,tacky describes it well. From 1897-1900 the club adopted the then Duke of Beauforts Blue and White 'Badminton Hoops but in 1900 changed to Black and White stripes up to the first world war.When the league resumed in 1920 and Rovers joined the football league they played in White shirts and Blue Shorts changing in the mid twenties to Blue shirts and White shorts until the then manager Capt.Albert Prince -Cox introduced quarters in 1931 to make the players appear bigger! The quarters were disbanded in 1962 the reason given was the shirts tore too easily along the line of the quarters. there then followed eleven years of Blue and White in various forms until in 1973 and by popular demand the quarters were revived ,the decision was received with general approval and the team celebrated by winning promotion in the first season. Yes. 1962-66 Rovers had blue and white stripes of varying thickness, and then all blue from 1966-73 before returning to the beloved and unique blue and white quarters. I always hated the all blue strip and was very happy to see the quarters return. See complete history of kit colours here. |
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Post by lmgas on Jul 29, 2016 21:08:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 21:12:32 GMT
as a child watching rovers we wore plain blue shirts and i think changed to quarters 1973-74 season? That sounds correct to me, so is the article in the OP totally incorrect or just the dates wrong? I wonder why we decided to go back to the quarters in 1973? i think the most famous rovers team of my dads generation with geoff bradford etc was the driving force to going back to the traditional kit but just my feeling on the subject |
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Post by Dr Gas on Jul 30, 2016 4:02:02 GMT
That sounds correct to me, so is the article in the OP totally incorrect or just the dates wrong? I wonder why we decided to go back to the quarters in 1973? i think the most famous rovers team of my dads generation with geoff bradford etc was the driving force to going back to the traditional kit but just my feeling on the subject I am puzzled by your thinking: You are on about the 1950's team, so I do not see where you are coming from about returning to the kit, as we carried on wearing it until the early 60s, when we got relegated..........and, as a matter of interest, I became a Rovers fan (hence my date of starting supporting them on my profile). *** I think we just had a more forward thinking marketing set up in the early 70s that realised that the quarters were special. *** A pirate then as Gasheads did not exist. I have heard two versions of why we stopped wearing it: One is because we got relegated in it; The other, which I much prefer, is that we used to have a full back called Gwyn Jones. To me he looked about 50 plus when he played, due to his lack of hair. The story goes that when Rovers played in all blue, he was so shortsighted that he could not tell the difference between a team mate and the ref, so he frequently passed the ball to the ref. Obviously. the second instance cannot be correct as who would keep such a player in the team?..................... oooh, hang on, we are on about Rovers here, innit  |
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Post by bs9trymer on Jul 30, 2016 5:23:18 GMT
I thought it was because blue and white quarters were the Duke of Beauforts jockeys racing colours ? I have seen it said that Shankly changed Liverpool to all red to make the players look bigger/more imposing. I started going in 1967 and Rovers wore blue shirts with white trim for the first 5 or 6 seasons that I went,imagine my shock when one day they turned out in quarters !..I have got used to them now but I cant honestly say that I like them. Even worse is that soppy badge and the sponsors and kit makers name on shirts,tacky describes it well. From 1897-1900 the club adopted the then Duke of Beauforts Blue and White 'Badminton Hoops but in 1900 changed to Black and White stripes up to the first world war.When the league resumed in 1920 and Rovers joined the football league they played in White shirts and Blue Shorts changing in the mid twenties to Blue shirts and White shorts until the then manager Capt.Albert Prince -Cox introduced quarters in 1931 to make the players appear bigger! The quarters were disbanded in 1962 the reason given was the shirts tore too easily along the line of the quarters. there then followed eleven years of Blue and White in various forms until in 1973 and by popular demand the quarters were revived ,the decision was received with general approval and the team celebrated by winning promotion in the first season. That's interesting and I enjoyed reading it up until 'by popular demand' I certainly don't remember any chants about changing the shirts or seeing any petitions. I suppose that you will never please everyone so 'general approval' could be correct, I remember quite a bit of moaning when the quarters were reintroduced probably from people my age who were used to the plain shirts. Although the vast majority of Rovers supporters identify with the quarters,Retro Rover t shirts based on the old blue with white trim kit have been a steady seller and are occasionally seen being worn at games complete with old style club crest.
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Post by Gasshole on Jul 30, 2016 6:58:39 GMT
Can you get quartered underpants? if so I'll take 7 pairs extra large please.
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Post by lympstonegas on Jul 30, 2016 7:08:32 GMT
Shame they didn't show the away kits and rovers playing in red and white stripes and black shorts in the 60s and the orange kit of the 90s etc |
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Post by biggsy on Jul 30, 2016 8:38:39 GMT
From 1897-1900 the club adopted the then Duke of Beauforts Blue and White 'Badminton Hoops but in 1900 changed to Black and White stripes up to the first world war.When the league resumed in 1920 and Rovers joined the football league they played in White shirts and Blue Shorts changing in the mid twenties to Blue shirts and White shorts until the then manager Capt.Albert Prince -Cox introduced quarters in 1931 to make the players appear bigger! The quarters were disbanded in 1962 the reason given was the shirts tore too easily along the line of the quarters. there then followed eleven years of Blue and White in various forms until in 1973 and by popular demand the quarters were revived ,the decision was received with general approval and the team celebrated by winning promotion in the first season. That's interesting and I enjoyed reading it up until 'by popular demand' I certainly don't remember any chants about changing the shirts or seeing any petitions. I suppose that you will never please everyone so 'general approval' could be correct, I remember quite a bit of moaning when the quarters were reintroduced probably from people my age who were used to the plain shirts. Although the vast majority of Rovers supporters identify with the quarters,Retro Rover t shirts based on the old blue with white trim kit have been a steady seller and are occasionally seen being worn at games complete with old style club crest.
By popular demand I meant that in general supporters missed our tallismatic strip . Of course there wasnt any chanting or petitions but yes maybe general approval was a more accurate description of opinion, I was pleased they returned but , even though I'm very much a traditionalist I did like the plain Blue shirts and it wouldnt worry me if, one day we returned to them, but as you say you cant please everyone ,It might however shut the Sh*theads up as they,ve always referred our quarters as 'Rugby Shirts' |
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Post by althepirate on Jul 30, 2016 8:52:25 GMT
i think the most famous rovers team of my dads generation with geoff bradford etc was the driving force to going back to the traditional kit but just my feeling on the subject I am puzzled by your thinking: You are on about the 1950's team, so I do not see where you are coming from about returning to the kit, as we carried on wearing it until the early 60s, when we got relegated..........and, as a matter of interest, I became a Rovers fan (hence my date of starting supporting them on my profile). *** I think we just had a more forward thinking marketing set up in the early 70s that realised that the quarters were special. *** A pirate then as Gasheads did not exist. I have heard two versions of why we stopped wearing it: One is because we got relegated in it; The other, which I much prefer, is that we used to have a full back called Gwyn Jones. To me he looked about 50 plus when he played, due to his lack of hair. The story goes that when Rovers played in all blue, he was so shortsighted that he could not tell the difference between a team mate and the ref, so he frequently passed the ball to the ref. Obviously. the second instance cannot be correct as who would keep such a player in the team?..................... oooh, hang on, we are on about Rovers here, innit I think Topper is right in that the Rovers 50's side were iconic, IMO this is the team that was instrumental in future generations supporting the Gas to this day. The quarters were and still are iconic too they are our special identity as they are unique in top flight football. I would imagine they are a wonderful tool for a marketing expert. BTW Gwyn Jones was a excellent talented full back. I can't recall him passing to the referee often! Good story though. |
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