Every Stolen Football Kit Colour, Explained

Juventus play in stripes that came from Nottingham. Ajax changed shirts because of a rule. Boca Juniors, so the story goes, took theirs off a Swedish ship. 16 famous football colours that were borrowed, bought, lent or taken, and the verdict on each story: true, legend or busted. Chapters 0:00 Stolen colours 0:33 Boca Juniors 1:14 Athletic Club 1:54 Atlético de Madrid 2:35 Eibar and Levante 3:25 Barcelona 4:01 Ajax 4:50 Nottingham Forest 5:27 Arsenal 6:08 Sparta Prague 6:42 Independiente 7:23 Burnley and West Ham 8:13 Blackpool 8:51 Real Betis 9:27 Fiorentina 9:58 Leeds United 10:42 Juventus Sources Flags of the World: Boca Juniors: https://www.fotw.info/flags/ar@cabj.html Mediotiempo: Boca Juniors and the Swedish ship: https://mediotiempo.com/futbol/boca-j... Athletic Club: how Athletic turned red and white: https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news... LaLiga: the origin of Barcelona's and Atlético's colours: https://www.laliga.com/es-AR/noticias... Atlético de Madrid: 110 years in red and white: https://www.atleticodemadrid.com/noti... Goal: why Atlético are the Colchoneros: https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/por-... FC Barcelona: SD Eibar: https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/2... FC Barcelona: the origin of the club's colours: https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/noticia... Ajax: the history of the Ajax shirt: https://english.ajax.nl/articles/the-... Sparta Rotterdam: about Sparta: https://sparta-rotterdam.nl/english/a... LeftLion: Garibaldi and Nottingham Forest: https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2018/... The Arsenal Collection: Arsenal's red shirts: https://thearsenalcollection.org.uk/?... Sparta Prague: the club's jerseys: https://sparta.cz/en/klub/history/jer... Forza Garibaldi: Nottingham Forest's 1905 tour: https://www.forzagaribaldi.com/?p=30493 El Economista: why Independiente play in red: https://eleconomista.com.ar/deportes/... CONMEBOL: Independiente's seventh Copa Libertadores (1984): https://www.conmebol.com/noticias/el-... Flashscore: the story of claret and blue: https://www.flashscore.com/news/flash... KUMB: West Ham's claret and blue: https://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=2698 Blackpool Supporters' Trust: did you know: https://blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/... Historical Football Kits: Blackpool: https://historicalkits.co.uk/Blackpoo... Real Betis: the club's history: https://realbetisbalompie.es/club/la-... LaLiga: the origin of Sevilla's and Betis's colours: https://www.laliga.com/en-ES/news/ori... ACF Fiorentina: history: https://www.acffiorentina.com/en/palm... Leeds Libraries: Leeds United and the myth of the white strip: https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2025/0... Yorkshire Post: Don Revie and the all-white kit: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/... Juventus: black and white brothers, in the name of Tom Savage: https://www.juventus.com/en/news/arti... LeftLion: Tom Gordon Savage, Notts County and Juventus: https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2021/... Trent Bridge: an anniversary story with a tragic end: https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbr... Sports Illustrated: Juventus open their new stadium (2011): https://www.si.com/soccer/2011/09/09/... Credits Stock footage: Pexels Archive photos and engravings: Wikimedia Commons (public domain) Flags: public domain (flagcdn.com) Maps: Natural Earth (public domain) #Football #Soccer #TheKitRoom