The Green and the Blue?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi, is there any idiomatic meaning attached to ‘the green and blue’ other than in Amy MacDonald’s lyrics with the same title? Here are the line:

Well the sky, it always grows and the lights they never fade. There’s magic In the air, I can feel it everywhere.

But the green and the blue come between me and you. But I will always be true to you.

Ah, looking at the lyrics again I think she refers to the Glasgow football teams who depending on whether they win or lose wear a shirt with either blue or green stripes. Am I right?

Many thanks,
Torsten

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–Never heard of that, Torsten. My guess is one of the couple is a Celtic’s fan while the other is a Glasgow Rangers’ (you provided their colors). A kind of a Montecchy vs Capuleti story…

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According to amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/biography/ you are correct about football shirts, except that the colours have nothing to do with winning or losing, but are the Glasgow teams’ regular shirt colours: green and white hoops for Celtic and blue for Rangers. The Rangers v. Celtic rivalry is also associated with protestant v. catholic.