Why is the Celtic's football strpes green and white?

Answer 1

AS A MARK OF RESPECT FOR THE IRISH PEOPLE DURING WORLD WAR TWO, WHO HELD THEIR NEUTRALITY. BENNY MAGEE

Wrong. Germany was unified under Bismark. He unified the Kingdoms of Prussia, Hanover/Saxony and Bavaria.

http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2001_p2/baker_lg_bp_pd.2/bismarck.htm

The biggest kingdom was Prussia, whose flag was white with black borders on the top and bottom and a crest containing yellow and red. These are the colours of the first strip.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Prussia_1892-1918.svg

The second biggest kingdom was Hanover/Saxony.

The flag of saxony is green and white with a crest. These are the colours of the old second strip.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saxony_(state).svg

I am Irish and wish the urban legend were true but it has nothing to do with Ireland.

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Answer 2

The colors of the German away jerseys changed from time to time.

It was mostly green, because gree is the color of the German football association (DFB).

But they had also for a short time red away jerseys.

At the World Cup 2010 they will have black away jerseys. This was the color of the jeresys worn at the first football match of a German team in 1898.

Answer 3

It is believed that the Republic of Ireland soccer team was the first team to play Germany after World War II when many teams refused to do so. The German football association appreciated this gesture and in honour declared they would adopt a green jersey as their away jersey as this was the colours of the Republic of Ireland. This is incorrect because Switzerland was actually the first to play against the German soccer team post-WWII.

The true reason for the selection of green as the away kit color is because the use of green and white in the German Football Association (DFB) logo which makeup the colors of the football pitch.

Answer 4

It was the traditional color of Prusia and was used for German athlets, not only soccer, already before World War 1.

This tradition survived the times.

Answer 5

After World War 2 , the republic if Ireland were the first team to play Germany , Germany wear green out of respect towards the Irish

Answer 6

The first choice for the German team is white jerseys and black shorts.

Answer 7

The shirt or jersey colours for the German team is white with black shorts.

Answer 8

The white, as well as the eagle on their crest, came from the Prussian flag, who were a part of Germany.