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Yes that's right, Crystal Palace will not have a red and blue striped kit next season, unless they introduce it as a third kit at some stage, we'd have to wait and see with that one. The new home kit is very much like the Admiral kit worn between 1977 and 1980, and even the collar was going to be similar until Erreà modified it for what will be the finalised kit.
It's not the first time Crystal Palace have worn something other than red and blue at home and it probably wouldn't be the last either. To put a bit of history into the new design, the white kit with red and blue sash was first used by the club as an alternate away kit in the 1975/76 season when, as a third division side, Palace reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, but missed out on a trip to Wembley after losing to eventual winners Southampton. The kit was so popular with supporters that it became the home kit the following season, with the previous home kit of red and blue stripes becoming the away kit.
Between 1976 and 1987 Palace wore the same kit design, apart from the 83/84 season when they reverted briefly to red and blue stripes. The final change came in the 87/88 season when Admiral returned as kit suppliers for a second time and reverted the home kit once again to red and blue, which was how it stayed (up until now!). The sash design has returned as an away kit in the 89/90 season but was remembered for a certain night at Anfield (the 9-0 defeat to Liverpool), and the design wasn't used again until Le Coq Sportif reinstated it in 2001 for another away kit.
Anyway, red and blue were not always Palace's colours - up until 1973 the club wore claret and blue like Aston Villa and West Ham, though they did have a few white kits on a few occasions, with their last two kits before the radical change being a mix of white, claret and blue.
It's not the first time Crystal Palace have worn something other than red and blue at home and it probably wouldn't be the last either. To put a bit of history into the new design, the white kit with red and blue sash was first used by the club as an alternate away kit in the 1975/76 season when, as a third division side, Palace reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, but missed out on a trip to Wembley after losing to eventual winners Southampton. The kit was so popular with supporters that it became the home kit the following season, with the previous home kit of red and blue stripes becoming the away kit.
Between 1976 and 1987 Palace wore the same kit design, apart from the 83/84 season when they reverted briefly to red and blue stripes. The final change came in the 87/88 season when Admiral returned as kit suppliers for a second time and reverted the home kit once again to red and blue, which was how it stayed (up until now!). The sash design has returned as an away kit in the 89/90 season but was remembered for a certain night at Anfield (the 9-0 defeat to Liverpool), and the design wasn't used again until Le Coq Sportif reinstated it in 2001 for another away kit.
Anyway, red and blue were not always Palace's colours - up until 1973 the club wore claret and blue like Aston Villa and West Ham, though they did have a few white kits on a few occasions, with their last two kits before the radical change being a mix of white, claret and blue.
