Why would we not want Blue & White hoops? That's like saying do we want to be called Bradford ! Andrew Hardcastle might be able to help me out here but I believe that we had red and white as an alternative kit because it was the original proposed kit and didn't arrive in time for the first game. We then found some blue and white instead and kept with it! Not that anyone would call me a traditionalist but Halifax to me is blue and white hoops, nothing else seems the same