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  "path": "/2026/04/25/southampton-wearing-yellow-kit-no-names-man-city-fa-cup-28112161/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T14:15:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Southampton have enjoyed an impressive FA Cup run (Picture: Getty)\n\nSouthampton are wearing a commemorative yellow kit without names for their FA Cup semi-final clash with Manchester City at Wembley today.\n\nThe Saints have enjoyed a superb cup run this season, upsetting Fulham in the fifth round before knocking out Premier League title contenders Arsenal to book their place at Wembley.\n\nTonda Eckert’s side have been in superb form since the German took over permanently, and now find themselves in automatic promotion contention in the Championship.\n\nBut they will park their league ambitions this weekend as they look to cause another cup upset and book their spot in the tournament’s final at Wembley next month.\n\nThroughout their FA Cup run this season, eagle-eyed viewers would have spotted Southampton wearing a yellow kit without names on the back, instead of their usual red-and-white-stripped home kit.\n\nThe kit, only worn in this competition, was released by the club to mark 50 years since Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976.\n\nThe yellow and blue shirt is a modern remake of the one worn in the final against Manchester United, made with input from some of the players from the 1976 squad.\n\n##  Get personalised football updates every day\n\nSign up to our daily football newsletter and choose your team to get the latest news, rumours and more about your favourite team.\n\nThe yellow shirts don’t have names on the back (Picture: Getty)\n\nThe shirt also has the signatures of the 15 players who featured in the cup campaign (Picture: Getty)\n\nGreg Baker, chief revenue officer at the club, previously said: ‘Our 1976 FA Cup victory remains the greatest achievement in the club’s history and this anniversary gives us a unique opportunity to honour the players, supporters, and traditions that define Southampton FC.’\n\nThe new shirt also features the signatures of the 15 players who featured in the cup campaign, as well as manager Lawrie McMenemy.\n\nFront-of-Shirt Partner P&O Cruises still features on the on-pitch kit worn by players, but fans are able to buy the commemorative kit without the branding online.\n\n## Man City vs Southampton TV channel, live stream and kick-off time\n\nMan City vs Southampton kicks off at 5.15pm this afternoon (25 April).\n\nYou can watch the match live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It will also be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 with streaming also available through the HBO Max app.\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Why are Southampton wearing yellow kit with no names against Man City in FA Cup?"
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