MisterGoal's Football Facts No 89

Genoa F.C. was founded by Englishmen the first ever colours of the club resembled that of the England national football team. Not long into the club's footballing history, the kit was changed to white and blue stripes in 1899; the blue was chosen to represent the sea as Genoa is a port city. Finally the club settled for their most famous red and blue halves shirt, this gained them the nickname of "rossoblu" (red-blue)!!!!!