What to wear to Football Match
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What to wear to Football Match
We purchased hospitality tickets to the museum section of the Chelsea hosting Newcastle game and I am confused by the “smart casual” dress code requirement. Here is the relevant section from the Chelsea website:
What are “smart jeans”? My fiancé is planning on wearing dark jeans and his Chelsea football jersey. I don’t think that my jeans would qualify as they have designer “rips” in them.
If I go with a pale blue dress, can I wear black tights and black flats? Would that be considered wearing Newcastle colors? As the match will be freezing, I do have a dark blue coat - will that be ok?
If I can’t wear the pale blue, would a grey green or burgundy dress be ok?
In most hospitality areas at Stamford Bridge we operate a smart casual dress code, the only exception to this is children under the age of 12.
Smart jeans and trainers are permitted. Tracksuits, shorts, offensive t-shirts, away club colours and any football shirts are not permitted in these suites. Wearing such items may result in refusal of entry.
The following suites are exempt from the restriction on football shirts, however the other items listed above are not acceptable: Captain’s Bar, Manager’s Bar, Centenary Club, Champions’ Club and The Museum.
No football shirts are permitted in UTB Sports Lounge.
Smart jeans and trainers are permitted. Tracksuits, shorts, offensive t-shirts, away club colours and any football shirts are not permitted in these suites. Wearing such items may result in refusal of entry.
The following suites are exempt from the restriction on football shirts, however the other items listed above are not acceptable: Captain’s Bar, Manager’s Bar, Centenary Club, Champions’ Club and The Museum.
No football shirts are permitted in UTB Sports Lounge.
If I go with a pale blue dress, can I wear black tights and black flats? Would that be considered wearing Newcastle colors? As the match will be freezing, I do have a dark blue coat - will that be ok?
If I can’t wear the pale blue, would a grey green or burgundy dress be ok?
Last edited by KathinJax; Nov 21, 2017 at 7:04 pm Reason: Edit to clarify it will be a Chelsea home team game
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Which bit of "no football shirts" confuses you?! Your fiance cannot wear a football shirt. This is for his own safety as the hospitality areas are not segregated.
This is the standard dress code in hospitality areas for Premier League football matches. Arsenal, where I got quite often on hospitality tickets, has identical rules.
In reality, in my experience ..... females can get away with wearing a home team football shirt. Men cannot. That's life (or at least at Arsenal). I doubt either sex would get in with an away shirt.
Jeans with rips are not acceptable.
Don't wear a dress, it will be very cold and probably windy! It does not count as Newcastle colours though! Only something clearly marked with the Newcastle name or crest would cause problems. If you wore a jumper with a zebra on it, for example, that would be OK :-)
This is the standard dress code in hospitality areas for Premier League football matches. Arsenal, where I got quite often on hospitality tickets, has identical rules.
In reality, in my experience ..... females can get away with wearing a home team football shirt. Men cannot. That's life (or at least at Arsenal). I doubt either sex would get in with an away shirt.
Jeans with rips are not acceptable.
Don't wear a dress, it will be very cold and probably windy! It does not count as Newcastle colours though! Only something clearly marked with the Newcastle name or crest would cause problems. If you wore a jumper with a zebra on it, for example, that would be OK :-)
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I would still bring a jumper to cover up the Chelsea shirt if required.
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Perhaps it is you that it confused??
OP stated they will be in The Museum section and the quote for the website clearly states that it is OK to wear football shirts (though not the away teams) in that section.
The following suites are exempt from the restriction on football shirts, however the other items listed above are not acceptable: Captain’s Bar, Manager’s Bar, Centenary Club, Champions’ Club and The Museum.
OP your dress, black tights and coat will be OK.
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Thank you everyone for your replies!
I edited the post to clarify that it is a Chelsea home game. Since I don’t want to buy more jeans, I will just wear the casual dress and tights that I had planned. I of course will be bundled up as it is predicted to be around 8 degrees and I will be freezing! We will make sure the my fiancé brings a sweater/jumper in addition to his coat in case they have a problem with his jersey.
I edited the post to clarify that it is a Chelsea home game. Since I don’t want to buy more jeans, I will just wear the casual dress and tights that I had planned. I of course will be bundled up as it is predicted to be around 8 degrees and I will be freezing! We will make sure the my fiancé brings a sweater/jumper in addition to his coat in case they have a problem with his jersey.
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Bet if you watch footy over the weekend you'll hear at least one pundit talk about "playing for the jersey" - though it probably will be a Scottish one!
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Just be yourself, without any expression of team support. I am more concern on the cold weather rather than the dress code.
Also - it can be a bad idea to wear a dress to Stamford Bridge.
Also - it can be a bad idea to wear a dress to Stamford Bridge.