Ireland Kits and Apparel

[colonelwest]

Anyone know any vaguely reputable sites doing the retro kits? Looking at picking up a Euro 88 or Italia 90 jersey if at all possible. Found one or two online but looking crazy money for the real ones!

[tetsujin1979]

O'Neill's are doing a nice line in retro jerseys, pricey though: https://www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/soccer/ireland.html
TOFFS have their own selection: http://www.toffs.com/retro-football-shirts/international-teams/republic-of-ireland

[BonnieShels]

O'Neill's are doing a nice line in retro jerseys, pricey though: https://www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/soccer/ireland.html
TOFFS have their own selection: http://www.toffs.com/shop-by-team/football/international/republic-of-ireland

This is a thing of beauty:

http://www.toffs.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/c96a280f94e22e3ee3823dd0a1a87606/h/0/h0047_1_1.jpg

[BonnieShels]

WE're getting "bench" tees.



http://www.footballshirtculture.com/images/1football/umbro-republic-of-ireland-bench-shirt-green.jpg


http://www.footballshirtculture.com/Equipment/umbro-republic-of-ireland-bench-shirt-green.html

[BonnieShels]

This in green thank you very much...

http://i1.wp.com/footballfashion.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/serbia-2016-2017-umbro-kit-12.jpg

https://www.footballshirts.com/fans/serbia-201617-umbro-home-away-shirts_38599

[BonnieShels]

The Ringer tee which I had coveted so long since I saw a lad wearing it in Paris last year and just never had in stock in my size in store has now been reduced on Lifestylesports.com
€25.00 now down from €40.00


http://www.lifestylesports.com/content/ebiz/shop/invt/57639730/57639730medium.jpg
It's a beaut!

Picked one up last night.

http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/restofworld/republic-of-ireland/mens-fai-ringer-tee/invt/57639730

[DannyInvincible]

That is nice. Cheers for the heads up. What sort of fit/length is it? Slim-fitted longer length would be ideal. Might order one myself.

[jbyrne]

Inspired by Euro 88 Ireland kit

in that its green??

[BonnieShels]

That is nice. Cheers for the heads up. What sort of fit/length is it? Slim-fitted longer length would be ideal. Might order one myself.

That's pretty much the fit. The medium fit me but the large was much nicer in length so plumped for that.


in that its green??

And the badge. I miss that badge in all it's shoite glory.

[DannyInvincible]

That's pretty much the fit. The medium fit me but the large was much nicer in length so plumped for that.

I rang the local Life Style Sports this afternoon and they said they had one left in a large size so I decided to trek up the town to try it on and decide then, but it was gone by the time I'd gotten up to the city centre. In fact, all their Ireland gear was sold out. I probably picked a bad day to go buy something green, it being the eve of St. Paddy and all.

I may order both a medium and a large from online now and just return the one that doesn't fit best.

[BonnieShels]

Good plan. I'd reckon you're a large son. You're in the TOWK ball park of 6'0"?

[DannyInvincible]

Aye, 6'1". I've ordered the two sizes from online anyway and will return the one I don't want. Sorted. :D

[DeLorean]

Thanks BS... picked one up as well. Nice job alright and can't go too far wrong at that price.

[BonnieShels]

The umbro logo on the one that I got delivered has a bit of a pull on it./ Not happy at all at all.

[DeLorean]

If I don't like mine I'm retracting my 'thanks'. :)

[BonnieShels]

B4stardo

[Kingdom]

Saw the Lifestyle link yesterday evening, ordered immediately, arrived at 07.30 this morning; it is beautiful. And for €25 a steal. Thanks guys. Now all I need is a ticket....time to play the waiting game.........




..the waiting game sucks, let's play hungry hungry hippos!

[BonnieShels]

I'm not happy with the pull. I might order another and return the original.

[DeLorean]

Happy enough with mine too. A bit snug maybe, very self conscious about my bulging six pack.

[DannyInvincible]

I went for the medium size in the end and returned the large one that I'd also ordered. The medium is a bit shorter but it is a much sleeker and tidier fit. Lovely jersey. I shall be wearing it today.

[BonnieShels]

I should've gotten you to hold onto that one and I could have returned mine with the pull.

[tetsujin1979]

Toffs are selling this now, and it's just lovely: http://www.toffs.com/republic-of-ireland-1978-retro-football-shirt-32557
http://www.toffs.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/c96a280f94e22e3ee3823dd0a1a87606/3/1/3107_3.jpg

[BonnieShels]

That one has always been on my list as well. I reckon a summer purchase is ahead.

[IsMiseSean]

Looks like it's the end of Umbro. New Balance taking over in August.
Umbro deal coming to an end (http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/umbro-to-end-23year-association-with-the-fai-reports-35586337.html)

Haven't been a huge admirer of the Umbro kits for the last few years. The two Euros kits were nice (2012 & 2016) and the v-neck kit of 2010/11 were the best.

[DannyInvincible]

Looks like it's the end of Umbro. New Balance taking over in August.
Umbro deal coming to an end (http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/umbro-to-end-23year-association-with-the-fai-reports-35586337.html)

Not a fan of New Balance gear myself. It's typically garish.

[Fixer82]

According to the Indo, Ireland are to end their relationship with Umbro and start one up with New Balance for the Georgia game in September.

While I applaud leaving Umbro, I must say I don't like NB designs.
Liverpool and Celtic jerseys both look amateurish to me.

Thoughts?

[DeLorean]

Agree completely. Can't beat Adidas really.

[Fixer82]

Wouldn't mind seeing O'Neills get a crack at it either. Adidas jerseys were class back in the day. Wouldn't even mind seeing Nike or Puma have a go

[tetsujin1979]

posts moved to ongoing discussion on new jersey manufacturers

[SkStu]

Good plan. I'd reckon you're a large son. You're in the TOWK ball park of 6'0"?

thinking ill order this too - what would you recommend for me Bonnie? I'm XL for most jerseys.

[BonnieShels]

I'd go with an XL tbh

[BonnieShels]

Went into Lifestyle today to collect another of those fabled tees after I bought it last week, after the one I previously got had a dodgy Umbro logo on it and there were a couple of beauts just in:

http://www.lifestylesports.com/content/ebiz/shop/invt/57639330/57639330medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/restofworld/ireland/mens-ireland-retro-jersey/invt/57639330
More jersey like in appearance than that other tee. But very nice.

http://www.lifestylesports.com/content/ebiz/shop/invt/57625213/57625213medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/restofworld/ireland/mens-ireland-retro-ringer-tee/invt/57625213
This is much nicer in the flesh and isn't as dark.

http://www.lifestylesports.com/content/ebiz/shop/invt/57616930/57616930medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/restofworld/ireland/mens-ireland-retro-anthem-jacket/invt/57616930

Jacket much nicer than the last one with no "Éire" on the back.

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On the New Balance news. It was kinda inevitable given that Top Lion are distributors for both.

We're in need of a change anyway, Umbro missed a trick with our last couple after the retro beaut from 2011-12.

Hopefully NB see sense and do something along the lines of the 88 and 90 shirts to win us over early on.

[DannyInvincible]

Went into Lifestyle today to collect another of those fabled tees after I bought it last week, after the one I previously got had a dodgy Umbro logo on it and there were a couple of beauts just in:

http://www.lifestylesports.com/content/ebiz/shop/invt/57639330/57639330medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/restofworld/ireland/mens-ireland-retro-jersey/invt/57639330
More jersey like in appearance than that other tee. But very nice.

Ooh, what's that like size and length-wise? Identical to the other (http://foot.ie/threads/209282-Ireland-Kits-and-Apparel?p=1911725&viewfull=1#post1911725)?

[BonnieShels]

Pretty much. It's more jersey-esque so a bit more give. But I'd get the same size.

[DannyInvincible]

Pretty much. It's more jersey-esque so a bit more give. But I'd get the same size.

I went up the town and tried on both the medium and large sizes as the design is lovely, but I decided to leave it unfortunately as the medium was a bit too short for my liking and the large was a bit too wide/baggy.

[KrisLetang]

They're making these in cleat form:

http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/2809916/original/?width=630&version=2809916

[DeLorean]

Really like all of those. Not much point in getting the green tee though given Bonnie tricked us into buying such a similar (yet inferior) version so recently. :p

The black (or maybe not so black) one is class I think, if not the most patriotic.

Really like the jacket as well and fully agree it's a step up from the last one - and no Éire definitely a major bonus.

[BonnieShels]

Really like all of those. Not much point in getting the green tee though given Bonnie tricked us into buying such a similar (yet inferior) version so recently. :p

The black (or maybe not so black) one is class I think, if not the most patriotic.

Really like the jacket as well and fully agree it's a step up from the last one - and no Éire definitely a major bonus.

Surely you have more than one green tee already? You can never have too many.

The black tee is a defo. And tbh I'll probably end up with all three given how much I hate sponsored shirts.

[KrisLetang]

no Éire definitely a major bonus.

Why? Are American tourists like "What's Eerie on the back of your shirt?"

[DeLorean]

Surely you have more than one green tee already?

Not really, a couple of jerseys. Having a few items is handy in a tournament setting but I wouldn't really find the need otherwise. The games don't roll around that often and I wouldn't tend to wear them in everyday life.

Think I might invest in that black one alright though and the jacket could be useful.


Why? Are American tourists like "What's Eerie on the back of your shirt?"

Ha... not quite. I don't think many Irish people even relate to the word to be honest. When I hear it I always think of Terry Venables saying it from some reason (although that might be in my head from the Après Match sketches).

[DannyInvincible]

I don't think many Irish people even relate to the word to be honest. When I hear it I always think of Terry Venables saying it from some reason (although that might be in my head from the Après Match sketches).

I think the mild "stigma" or "cringe" (if you could call it that) surrounding usage of "Éire" to refer to the country (even though the term still appears on Irish passports, stamps and coinage too) has to do with it being perceived as more of a partitionist or specific term for the 26-county state than "Ireland". After the 1937 constitution was adopted, the British government insisted on referring to the 26-county state as "Éire/Eire" so as to distinguish from the potentially 32-county term "Ireland", use of which the British government regarded as an anti-partitionist or irredentist attempt by the state (obviously in tandem with the explicit constitutional territorial claim over the north) to lay claim to the whole of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Irish_state#.22Eire.22_and_.22.C3.89i re.22_v_Ireland

[BonnieShels]

Not really, a couple of jerseys. Having a few items is handy in a tournament setting but I wouldn't really find the need otherwise. The games don't roll around that often and I wouldn't tend to wear them in everyday life.

Think I might invest in that black one alright though and the jacket could be useful.

I've had this weird possession affliction ever since my mother never got me the 1990 shirt. I rarely wear these shirts outside of a match setting but alas...

Incidentally I have the shirt below. Hunted it down for months and eventually came across this spurious website that stocked it and bought it. I have attempted to wear it on numerous occasions but never do. I always end up with my 2001 Irish Permanent beaut.

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/faQAAOSwM4xXcEd1/s-l300.jpg

http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/pcQAAOSwOgdYsvB5/s-l225.jpg

[DeLorean]

I've had this weird possession affliction ever since my mother never got me the 1990 shirt.

I had the 1990 away one at the time (well post WC90 actually because I had little or no interest when the tournament actually kicked off, my birthday is in August so I suspect that's when the purchase was made). I only watched the Romania game because I was bored at my grandparent's house and that got the ball rolling for me. I had full intentions of watching the Italy game as a result but I was brutally whisked off to Saturday evening mass by my aunt instead. The game was in injury time when we got back. Harsh.

https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2016/04/29215853/1990.jpg

[SkStu]

Incidentally I have the shirt below. Hunted it down for months and eventually came across this spurious website that stocked it and bought it. I have attempted to wear it on numerous occasions but never do. I always end up with my 2001 Irish Permanent beaut.

http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/pcQAAOSwOgdYsvB5/s-l225.jpg

that jersey and the IP logo will always remind me of Anthony Foley.

[SkStu]

I had the 1990 away one at the time (well post WC90 actually because I had little or no interest when the tournament actually kicked off, my birthday is in August so I suspect that's when the purchase was made). I only watched the Romania game because I was bored at my grandparent's house and that got the ball rolling for me. I had full intentions of watching the Italy game as a result but I was brutally whisked off to Saturday evening mass by my aunt instead. The game was in injury time when we got back. Harsh.

that's pretty much child abuse. ;)

[IsMiseSean]

I think the mild "stigma" or "cringe" (if you could call it that) surrounding usage of "Éire" to refer to the country (even though the term still appears on Irish passports, stamps and coinage too) has to do with it being perceived as more of a partitionist or specific term for the 26-county state than "Ireland". After the 1937 constitution was adopted, the British government insisted on referring to the 26-county state as "Éire/Eire" so as to distinguish from the potentially 32-county term "Ireland", use of which the British government regarded as an anti-partitionist or irredentist attempt by the state (obviously in tandem with the explicit constitutional territorial claim over the north) to lay claim to the whole of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Irish_state#.22Eire.22_and_.22.C3.89i re.22_v_Ireland

Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.

[BonnieShels]

Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.

Always always Ireland, never the "republic".

My cup at the Euros had Ireland on it incidentally.

[KrisLetang]

You wore a cup to all the games? Hooligans?

I've never heard anything but Ireland either, unless the chips are down some ppl call the players "nasty buggers."

[DannyInvincible]

Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.

Both the FAI and IFA teams used the name "Ireland" prior to the 1950s, so FIFA decreed around the time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950) #End_of_the_era) that we were to be officially known as the "Republic of Ireland" and them as "Northern Ireland" in order to distinguish when the two competed in FIFA competition, but, in conversation, I'd only ever use "Ireland" myself to refer to us. I may use "Republic of Ireland" if I feel the need to use the official title for writing/publishing purposes or something like that.

You mention that Sky Sports and the English media refer to the team as "Republic of Ireland", but RTÉ do the very same.

[IsMiseSean]

You mention that Sky Sports and the English media refer to the team as "Republic of Ireland", but RTÉ do the very same.

I couldn't recall what RTE/Irish media use.
I think RTE use 'IRL' for their graphics but it's usually just the UEFA graphics they use on their broadcasts.