30 Oct 2016 12:44:45
Hi Eds,

What is the actual reason for players receiving a yellow for taking their shirt off? Shirt sponsors getting annoyed that there logos are visible during goal celebrations?

{Ed001's Note - no it was because of the inner layers they used to have getting tangled up. Remember one Man Utd player took about 20 minutes to get his shirt back on? Well that was causing hold ups so they decided to ban it.}


1.) 30 Oct 2016
30 Oct 2016 14:04:04
Ah I see. What are you thoughts about the whole matter Ed?

{Ed001's Note - time to remove the ban, the game should be about entertainment, goal celebrations are a big part of that.}


2.) 30 Oct 2016
30 Oct 2016 14:10:55
Completely agree Ed.


3.) 30 Oct 2016
30 Oct 2016 15:19:49
Was it Forlan?


4.) 30 Oct 2016
30 Oct 2016 16:28:18
I always thought it was because some religions find a bare chest verging on the offensive, so Fifa brought in a mandatory yellow card for it. I'm sure that's what I read somewhere, but possibly tosh!

{Ed001's Note - it is tosh.}


5.) 30 Oct 2016
30 Oct 2016 19:44:03
The ban was brought in when forlan ended his goal drought. He took his top of to celebrate and could not get it back on.


6.) 31 Oct 2016
31 Oct 2016 00:04:02
The shirt-off ban should have been introduced when Ryan Giggs scored that wondergoal against Arsenal and celebrated bare-chested. i'm still amazed they were allowed to show that goal before the watershed without some kind of warning.


7.) 31 Oct 2016
31 Oct 2016 00:11:51
Yeah I remember Forlan. The disgrace that day was the officials let him play on and chase down our players with no shirt on! Referees were worse those days, they were scared to disobey Fergusson.