00:00Have you ever wondered why Barcelona wear red and blue? It's one of the most iconic
00:04colour combinations in the game and it has its origins here. Let me explain.
00:09The colours for FC Barcelona were decided at a meeting of club officials in 1899.
00:14Present at the meeting was legendary founder Joan Gamper along with two Englishmen,
00:19Frederick and Ernest Witte. The Witte brothers were very involved in those early days of the club.
00:24It's thought that it was they who suggested the red and blue colour combination as a tribute to
00:28rugby kit of their former school Merchant Tailors in Crosby near Liverpool.
00:33That link was not announced at the time but Frederick's grandson Michael has said that he
00:38was told that Merchant Tailors was the inspiration for the Barcelona colours.
00:42More than a century on in 2016 the club officially gave support to this theory,
00:47linking one of the world's most iconic jerseys to a school rugby team in England.
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