Snatch_81
28 Apr 2007, 05:13 AM
Hi,
I´ve heard that Bocas colours have something do to with the swedes. Can someone tell me more about that?
Dr. Know
28 Apr 2007, 01:06 PM
The original jersey colour was pink, which was quickly abandoned for thin black-and-white vertical stripes. The legend has it that in 1906 Boca played another team that used these colors, to decide who would get to keep them. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to subsequently sail into the port at La Boca. As the boat was from Sweden, yellow and blue were adopted as the new team colours. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Juniors