Sometimes, the obvious answer is the right one – this is their home kit for 2026-27.
“The game’s gone!” I hear you cry, “This is woke nonsense!”
Well, in fact this kit is marking the 50th anniversary of the first time they wore the white shirt with blue and red sash as their primary outfit. Apart from 1937-38, red and blue stripes had only been seen three years before that.
Palace’s original colours are claret and sky blue, worn by the 1905 iteration from their foundation, but if they were turn out in such a strip now, it’s likely they would be unfavourably compared with Aston Villa, Burnley or West Ham United.
We all have different ideas of what’s traditional – as outlined by our friend Jay Mansfield in this article.
