{"id":19087,"date":"2013-04-06T22:43:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T22:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=19087"},"modified":"2013-04-06T22:43:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T22:43:47","slug":"day-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/06\/day-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 96: Palace Against Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today flew by in the blink of an eye. A quick trip to ASDA<\/a> to pick some things up for Mrs Pitts was closely followed by a trip to see dad. Then,\u00a0somehow, it was lunch time. A tiny bit of work later, I was ready for the disappointment of the Grand National<\/a> – I fell asleep half way through as is becoming something of a regular thing at the moment – then Pointless<\/a><\/em> was on after something Mrs Pitts had on the Sky+<\/a> box. After that Doctor Who<\/a><\/em> – a reasonable episode, which could have been ten or so minutes longer to make the\u00a0resolution\u00a0to this evening’s problem more satisfying – it had just got going when it ended. Just as the music had faded for that, a beautiful meat and potato pie was presented to me made by Mrs Pitts for tea. Some more work was done – I’m finding it hard to motivate myself right now, despite next week filling up quicker than a small bath with a fast tap – then we\u00a0settled\u00a0to watch The Inbetweeners Movie<\/a><\/em> on DVD<\/a>, just because we were in that kinda mood.<\/p>\n

Overall, I can’t quite place exactly where time has whizzed away to today. I really need to get my head in gear tomorrow and get something done.<\/p>\n

In other news, I spotted as something interesting about football while writing this. Hold on to your eyes, this may well be the only time football gets mentioned here.<\/p>\n

In a match today, both teams wore the same kit –\u00a0Barnsley forced to borrow Crystal Palace kit for a match against Crystal Palace:<\/p>\n

Barnsley were forced to wear Crystal Palace\u2019s<\/a> away kit<\/a> on Saturday as the pair clashed \u2013 quite literally \u2013 in a Championship match at Selhurst Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The visitors were told that their own kits were too close in colour to Palace\u2019s by referee Kevin Stroud, and that it would cause confusion.<\/p>\n

Neither of Barnsley\u2019s kits \u2013 their home red, nor their away blue-and-black – were distinct enough to stand up against Palace\u2019s red and blue stripes.<\/p>\n

Their kitman bought 18 pairs of white socks in an attempted compromise, but it still wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

But remarkably the Crystal Palace staff were able to quickly print the Barnsley players\u2019 names on the backs of the shirts before kick off.<\/p>\n

Only Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele (pictured in black, below) was able to wear his own kit.<\/p>\n

It was arguably the most significant incident of the match, which ended in a 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re wondering how the sides coped with the situation when they met at Barnsley earlier in the campaign, the answer is simple: Barnsley played in their home red, and Crystal Palace were in the same away kit that the Tykes<\/a> wore today…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/center>Why didn’t Crystal Palace just wear their away kit?! And is it just the top tier of teams that have third kits? I thought most clubs did these days… but I know nothing about football.<\/p>\n

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