West Ham star forced to make major wardrobe change mid-match after breaking little-known kit rule
12/10/2024 03:39 AM
CRYSENSIO SUMMERVILLE was forced into a mid-match wardrobe change after breaking a little-known rule.
The West Ham winger started the 2-1 victory against Wolves at the London Stadium on Monday night.
Summerville, 23, put in an impressive performance from the left wing but did have to exit the action in the first half temporarily.
This was because the Dutchman broke a little-known Premier League kit rule.
The former Leeds man started the game wearing white sleeves under his West Ham home shirt.
However, the sleeve colour must match that of the worn shirt’s sleeves.
With the Hammers’ home kit having light-blue sleeves, the referee ordered Summerville to remove them.
The summer arrival then ran off the pitch to the touchline to change his kit before just whipping them off and returning to the action.
Fans found the moment hilarious as they reacted on social media.
One posted: “Summerville had to step off because his sleeves didn't match the colour of his shirt, haha.”
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A second wrote: “Summerville not even wearing a base layer, just a couple of sleeves, is the funniest thing I've seen.”
A third commented: “lmao they for real made Summerville take his sleeves off.”
West Ham claimed a valuable victory against Gary O’Neil’s side to ease pressure on Julen Lopetegui.
Reports claimed that former Chelsea boss Graham Potter was open to replacing the Spaniard should he be sacked at the London Stadium.
Summerville was also involved in the Hammers’ players’ tributes to Michail Antonio before the game.
The stars wore pre-match jackets in honour of the forward who was injured in a horrifying car crash on Saturday.
Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen made their own touching tributes after scoring in the match.
At full-time, tempers flared as a huge brawl broke out after Bowen and Mario Lemina clashed.
Soucek also revealed that Antonio had a video call with the team before the match started, during which he was cracking jokes.
FA rules on undershirts
Here is what the FA rules state about undershirts in football...
Undershirts must be:
- A single colour which is the same colour as the main colour of the shirt sleeve; or
- A pattern/colours which exactly replicate(s) the shirt sleeve
Undershorts/tights must be the same colour as the main colour of the shorts or the lowest part of the shorts – players of the same team must wear the same colour.
