In the lunchtime event on Sunday at Flipside, the author Alex Bellos talked to Susie Nicklin from the British Council, about the Brazilian defeat in the 1950’s World Cup to Uruguay.  As old footage was shown, Bellos commentated and explained the coverage which focused both on the pitch and the animated and excited crowd.  He told the audience at Flipside, that after the defeat all aspects of that game were considered, even the fact that the team wore white and there was a thought that this was the wrong colour for a Brazilian team.  This prompted a competition to be developed with the condition that all four colours of the…