The latest piece of idiocy from the people who run football is apparently an effective ban on shirts with stripes on the back. It will start the season after next (2005-2006) in the English Premier League, but presumably they won’t stop there.
The reasoning is that the players names on the back of shirts (introduced a few years back) are hard to read when you have stripes. How did we all manage when not only did players not have their names on the shirts, but they were allocated numbers from 1 to 11 rather than having squad numbers. I suppose we used visual clues such as body shapes, heads, faces, hair styles and so forth. Admittedly the last one is now more difficult when the likes of David Beckham are always changing their hair styles, but even so – is it that much of a problem?
Come to that, couldn’t they redesign the lettering so that it was easier to read? A dark outline if the lettering is light, and a light outline if the lettering is dark, that sort of thing. It’s hardly rocket science.
If you agree that this is stupid, visit this website to register your support. Even fans of Manchester United and Arsenal are welcome.
Ordinary Gweilo 
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