Why do Blackpool FC wear tangerine?
Bettye Lesch
2025-04-27 17:29:49
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Albert Hargreaves, who was both a director of Blackpool FC and a Football League referee, had recently officiated at an international match in Amsterdam between the Netherlands and Belgium. He was so impressed by the look of the ‘Oranjes’ that he persuaded Blackpool to adopt those colours and we have retained them ever since, with the exception of a five-year period just before World War 2. The exact shade has varied over the years. It was quite a deep satsuma hue in the 1920s but by the early 1950s had settled into the classic tangerine colour that has become embraced by the whole town and not just the football club as a marque of identity. Somehow it represents sun, sand and a zest for life. Our tangerine strip is something which makes Blackpool FC unique and instantly recognisable amid all of football’s reds, blues, blacks and whites.
Coy Kshlerin
2025-04-27 15:52:32
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The team first began wearing tangerine for this season, after a recommendation from referee Albert Hargreaves, who officiated a Holland-Belgium international match and was impressed by the Dutchmen's colours. For the 2023–24 season, Blackpool wore a specially designed shirt to mark their centenary in tangerine.