WHAT DOES YOUR TEAM SHIRT COLOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL?

AVEC WHAT DOES YOUR TEAM SHIRT COLOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL? We've put together a study to find out what football team colours really represent and what it could mean to the success (or otherwise) of a club. This study was conducted on match result data since the start of English football until the end of the 14/15 season across clubs in the Football League and includes FA Cup and League Cups. CHOOSING A KIT COLOUR FOR YOUR TEAM OR A TEAM TO SUPPORT? This is what you need to know: For An Exciting Team And Winning Team To Feel The Thrill Of Promotion Season After Season Of Woe And Relegation CLARET AND BLUE GREEN AND YELLOW AMBER AND CLARET LET'S START WITH THE BASICS.. WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON KIT COLOURS? TTTTTTTTT1 M1 = 2 TEAMS %3D 39% of clubs wear either RED or BLUE Why are red and blue so popular? Maybe because they are primary colours? Well if that was the reason we would expect green only kits to be much higher than 1%. So it must be to do with what the colours represent. RED BLUE GREEN Red is the colour of energy, power, war and danger. The effects of this make it an intense colour which raises metabolism and respiration rate. calm. When creating a football It is also highly visible. The perfect combination for a football kit colour?! Blue represents loyalty, confidence and intelligence. It is beneficial to the body and mind by installing a sense of Whereas green symbolises harmony, safety and freshness. It is seen as restful on the eye and can indicate a lack of experience. This could explain why so few clubs select it as a colour for their kit. club and deciding a kit colour these would be great traits to include. WHAT ARE THE MOST EXCITING TEAMS TO SUPPORT? We have counted up domestic league and cups with promotions and relegations to find out what the most exciting colours to support are. EVENTS (WEIGHTED AVERAGE) 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 TEAM COLOURS BEST CHANCES OF WINNING Here we have looked for the teams with the most total league and cup wins combined. HIGHEST CHANCE 1ST - CLARET AND BLUE 2ND - RED 3RD - WHITE 2.2 6.3 TEAM COLOURS TOTAL TROPHY WINS WEIGHTED AVERAGE 6.3 3.9 2.2 3.9 CLARET AND BLUE RED WHITE BLUE BLUE AND WHITE AMBER 2.1 GREEN AND VELLOW RED AND WHITE BLACK AND WHITE GREEN AMBER AND CLARET BURGUNDY AND BLUE PINK AND GREY RED AND BLUE 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 10 0.3 AMBER 10 LEAGUE ONLY WINS By looking at League only, we can see which team colours are more likely to win. HIGHEST CHANCE 1ST - CLARET AND BLUE 2ND - RED 3RD - BLUE 0.8 2.3 TEAM COLOURS LEAGUE WINS WEIGHTED AVERAGE 9 2.3 CLARET AND BLUE RED BLUE BLUE AND WHITE RED AND WHITE WHITE BLACK AND WHITE AMBER 19 08 1.9 07 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 FA CUP ONLY WINS We then also analysed figures relating to the FA cup, and which team colours have the higher chance of winning.. HIGHEST CHANCE 1ST - CLARET AND BLUE JOINT 2ND - RED JOINT 2ND - AMBER 0.3 2.8 TEAM COLOURS FA CUP WINS WEIGHTED AVERAGE CLARET AND BLUE 11 2.8 RED AMBER 1.3 1.3 WHITE BLUE AND WHITE AMBER AND CLARET BURGUNDY AND BLUE GREEN PINK AND GREY BLUE BLACK AND WHITE RED AND WHITE RED AND BLUE 10 n9 09 0.3 LEAGUE CUP ONLY WINS Don't forget the League Cup! Here we investigated the League Cup to find out if Team Colours affected a team's winning average. HIGHEST CHANCE 1ST - GREEN AND YELLOW 2ND-CLARET AND BLUE 3RD - RED 0.7 20 TEAM COLOURS LEAGUE CUP WINS WEIGHTED AVERAGE GREEN AND YELLOW CLARET AND BLUE RED AMBER BLUE WHITE BLUE AND WHITE RED AND WHITE 2.0 13 20 0,7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 PROMOTIONS FROM MAJOR LEAGUE Could the colour of your kit determine whether your team gets a promotion this season? WEIGHTED AVERAGE 10 HIGHEST CHANCE 1ST - GREEN AND YELLOW 2ND - AMBER AND CLARET 3RD - CLARET 8 5 TEAM COLOURS RELEGATION Ok, so that's enough of the winning. How about the losers? Who gets relegated the most? WEIGHTED AVERAGE 10 HIGHEST CHANCE 1ST - AMBER AND CLARET 2ND - CLARET 3RD - GREEN AND YELLOW 9 8 5 4 3 2 TEAM COLOURS PRESENTED BY AVEC SPORT wWW.AVECSPORT.COM GREEN AUNI 1981 18 GREEN AND YELLOW AMBER AND CL CLARET CLARET A RED AND BLACK RED AND WHITE BLUE AND W MBER BLACK AND WHITE GREEN AND WHITE AMBER RED AND BLUE AMBER AND BLU YELLOW AND BLACK