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LONDON (AFP) - Football clubs with red team strips are more successful than those with other colours, according to a study released Wednesday.

The fact that English clubs Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal regularly top league tables is not a coincidence, say the experts from Durham University and the University of Plymouth.

Red shirts give the team an advantage due to deep-rooted biological response to the colour. "In nature, red is often associated with male aggression and display," they said, giving the example of the red-breasted robin.

"It is a testosterone-driven signal of male quality, and its striking effect has even been harnessed by soldiers in the past," added the researchers, after analyzing data on English football league results since World War II.

They concentrated on home matches, because teams usually wear their main kit colour there. Curiously, the correlation between colour and success only happens when the teams are playing at home.

"The results were surprising," they said, citing significant differences in success levels between red, white, blue and yellow/orange teams. Red teams won more often, while teams wearing yellow or orange had the worst record.

Professor Robert Barton from Plymouth said there were two possible reasons: the first being that, over time supporters may have been subconsciously more attracted to a club wearing red.

"Secondly, there may be a positive psychological boost from wearing red, or being associated with a red team, that is reflected on the field of play. Competing against a team in red could also impair performance," he said.

The flood of foreign money into football in recent years was also studied as for possible influence.

"It is certainly true that the influx of wealthy foreign owners has changed the resources available to some teams and this should result in increased success, regardless of their shirt colour," said Dr. Russell Hill.

"Nevertheless, in close matches where teams are evenly balanced, we still predict that wearing red could tip the balance between success and failure and the red advantage will still persist."

The research was carried out before the latest round of European Champions League matches, in which three red-shirted English teams -- Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool -- won through to the quarter finals.

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It seems to me that Arsenal, Man U and Liverpool have a whole lot more GREEN than most other clubs. Also, how is it possible for Celtic to dominate in Scotland?  What color are out road uniforms this year?  What about all the crap teams that wear red?

Was somebody actually getting paid for this "study"? 

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Without a doubt the most ridiculous conclusion of any study, anywhere, in the whole entire world.People who do "studies" should be shot. Failing that, poisoned.

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Thats a load of rubbish the reason the reason we dont win at home is because we cant score.

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RudolPHUCKER, your Hannibal Lecter thought process is rather disconcerting.  Do you hang around at truck stops?  Do you have a thing for fat chicks, ones who you could use a la Ed Gein?

Bring back Earnshaw, or start Evans since he''s willing to shoot.

 

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