Rip-off league

THOUGH Manchester City’s plum- coloured away strip is attractive compared with some other teams’ garish horrors, why is it necessary? Man City plays in light blue and white, while last weekend’s opponents, Watford, play in yellow, black and red, so there would not have been a colour clash.

It’s all about flogging expensive replica shirt strips to their fans that are replaced the following season. MARTYN CURTIS,

Reading, Berks.