Why is a team playing at home wearing their away kit?

I am Liverpool and we were hosting Man United in a Premiership match, for some reason we were playing in our away kit while Man United were playing in their red strip. In real Football when two teams kits are the same colour the away team always wear their second strip. Hence the term 'Away Kit'. Is this a bug in the game?

It happens a few times in real life.

As above but normally if the home kit clashes with both the aways teams home and away kits though.

It happens a few times in real life.

Like?

As above but normally if the home kit clashes with both the aways teams home and away kits though.

Isn't that the point of 3rd strips?

Isn't that the point of 3rd strips?

Generally yes, but not all clubs have them. Especially once you leave the top flight.

Boro v Palace in the Prem a few years ago. It happened at a Man City v Boro game as well, but god knows why. Last game of the season, maybe they wanted to show off next year's kit or something.

Third kits are need if the colour of home and away are too similar, Rushden and diamonds changed their kit a few years back Red home and Blue away, the blue kit got rather white two seasons later so they were forced to bring back their yellow kit as a third kit.

Now normality has returned and they play in white(home) and yellow(away) again, no need for a third kit now. not sure the exact rules however.

Boro v Palace in the Prem a few years ago. It happened at a Man City v Boro game as well, but god knows why. Last game of the season, maybe they wanted to show off next year's kit or something.

I think thats why it would have been done, no doubt the club shop will have been filled with them aswell!

As above but normally if the home kit clashes with both the aways teams home and away kits though.

If that happens the kit designer hasn't done a very good job. The Away kit should be completly different to the Home kit so they can't clash.

Bit harsh if the other team has stripes that use both of them?

Such as Newcastle coming up against a team with black home and white away.

Bit harsh if the other team has stripes that use both of them?

Such as Newcastle coming up against a team with black home and white away.

that happens all the time. look when man utd play anybody in red and white stripes. Normally have to wear the blue/black third kit (unless we play southampton then we can wear the invisible kit )

Exactly, hardly poor kit design as red and white clash.

And isn't the 3rd kit meant to be for European competitions mostly?

no a third kit is purely for when your home and away kits can both clash. You need a completely different alternative. That why man utd always have a blue/black third kit because there are quite a few teams that play in red AND white

Just Aberdeen didn't use one until we got into Europe.

But that's because nobody in Scotland clashed but somebody in Europe might. Turns out it was a good idea as we play in red at home and white away (I reckon SAF likes those colours ) and we ended up playing Atletico Madrid!

Just Aberdeen didn't use one until we got into Europe.

But that's because nobody in Scotland clashed but somebody in Europe might. Turns out it was a good idea as we play in red at home and white away (I reckon SAF likes those colours ) and we ended up playing Atletico Madrid!

well think of it this way, if you didnt have your new third kit, when you played away to Athletico Madrid they would have had to wear their black away top even when at home. So you could either wear your red or white kit

Bit harsh if the other team has stripes that use both of them?

Such as Newcastle coming up against a team with black home and white away.

Then they should know that they would clash with Newcastle and have enough sense not to have a white away kit.

Yes because everyone has to change because of one team?

I don't think so.