Why do Barcelona wear red and blue shirts ?

Question

I know for a fact that Juventus wear black and white shirts coz they played Notts county in a friendly and copied them, but can anyone confirm that barca wear red and blue because they were founded by to business men from the Crosby area of Liverpool. and chose red n blue as they where the colours of the rugby shirts of the private school they had attended, Merchant Taylors. This could also explian the st georges cross on the badge quoted in someones earlier question.

Answer 1

100%
FACT

Answer 2

Futbol Club Barcelona, popularly known as Barça, was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, British and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fc_barcelona

If you click this link you'll see the official logo, which has the enlish flag, the catalan redyellow stripes AND the red blue stripes from Basle, a city in Switzerland. You ever saw FC Basel in the Champions League? They are the original "azulgranas".

Answer 3

I don't know isn't it something to do with Barcelona classing themselves as Catalan not Spanish and the colours of the Catalan flag are red and blue.

Answer 4

there's a rule pointing out that if the two communities have a equipment the place the referee ought to mistake a participant from one group for a participant from the different group, then between the communities has to alter. this is often the away group that has to alter their equipment. They the two ought to play of their 'away' equipment, or if their away equipment additionally clashes with the homestead equipment, then they ought to play of their option (or 0.33) equipment. there is likewise the undeniable fact that back interior the days whilst televised soccer fits have been shown in black and white, that one group had to alter their equipment so as that the visitors on T.V. ought to tell the version between the homestead group and the away group. to illustrate, if the homestead group performed in blue, and the away group performed in black, then the away group might ought to placed on a mild-colored equipment (e.g. white), so as that the T.V. visitors have been in a position to tell the version between the two communities.

Answer 5

why does holland wear orange?
why does italy wear blue?
why does france wear white?
so many questions in this world
i know for a fact that some countries or clubs wear according to there flags
but i am not sure

Answer 6

Cool that makes it ok for them 2 be my 2nd team. They are great and god does play for them.

Answer 7

their first shirt was red and blue.