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Kit clash farce looms as France set to wear special pale blue shirt against England France are to wear a special edition pale blue kit against England on Saturday, prompting fears of a colour clash

Kit clash farce looms as France set to wear special pale blue shirt against England www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

If they are both wearing what they wore 120 years ago and it wasn’t a farce then, it shouldn’t be a problem now.

12.03.2026 10:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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One yellow

12.03.2026 10:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I guess it how ‘we’ climbed to the top of the tree in the first place.

12.03.2026 09:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, more people should reflect of the consequences Des.

12.03.2026 09:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’ve been there. The roof left as a reminder of war.

12.03.2026 09:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Bonjour mon ami

12.03.2026 06:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He would be happy with a likeness of a frog.

12.03.2026 06:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If they use a frog on the new animal £10 notes you are going to be conflicted.

12.03.2026 06:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Try again next week

12.03.2026 06:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

3

12.03.2026 05:44 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Sshhh.

(I think I got away with it.)

12.03.2026 05:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Don’t be ridiculous!
In all seriousness nobody in their right mind thinks that will ever be acceptable!

12.03.2026 05:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! A brown note!

12.03.2026 05:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I never had a fiver at that age 😂

11.03.2026 19:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You tak the high road
And I’ll tak the low

11.03.2026 19:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But on no account mention muffs.

11.03.2026 19:24 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Minnie the dip was all for pockets in young ladies’ dresses.

11.03.2026 19:10 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I suppose as banks took them in over the years the amount in circulation gradually got fewer and fewer.

11.03.2026 18:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They replaced them ( the ones with the metal strip in, not the original ones) in 1957, the year I was born but I suppose they stayed in circulation after that. I can only remember the blue ones.

11.03.2026 18:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The BBC are really going out of their way to not call these The Peter Files.

11.03.2026 18:03 👍 2164 🔁 497 💬 23 📌 15

I was born twelve years after the war. I’ve always been glad I missed it and had hoped I wouldn’t see the next one.

11.03.2026 18:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bring back the old white fivers!*

That nobody alive can remember.

11.03.2026 18:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You need to be well over 80 to vaguely remember the war.

11.03.2026 18:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Bring on the badgers!

11.03.2026 18:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

King Charles strips 9 people of MBEs and OBEs - including famous sportsman The King has already stripped nine people of their honourary OBE titles just this month - and it comes after a famous sportsman was part of the group annulled

Hey King! Remember BARONESS Michelle Mone? 📣

#Honours

10.03.2026 22:15 👍 42 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0

Very cruel of his staff he can’t help looking unflattering.

11.03.2026 17:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

old illustration titled: thrashed by lady cyclist who is noted for her athletic powers

she should call me

11.03.2026 15:37 👍 240 🔁 34 💬 4 📌 8

Nips into the House of Lords to pick up his three hundred quid a day?

11.03.2026 16:33 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reinforcing the notion that he is never right about anything ever.

11.03.2026 16:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not trump’s fault! It’s them pesky
I ranians.

11.03.2026 16:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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