Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best home kit

[BonnieShels]

I was sent these two links about a year ago, the user "LovedYouCyanide" is clearly him
https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/bp6vl4/anyone_here_frequent_ybig_or_footie_football/
https://www.reddit.com/r/coybig/comments/ctdrty/what_do_you_lads_make_of_the_ybigyou_boys_in/

FWIW, that account is now suspened.
Getting suspended from reddit almost impressive.

He's taken his ban well.

YBIG have a subreddit and all. They're the best. I mean their members go to Albania and Kazakhstan. ---

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I hate all green kits and I hate that dayglo orange.


I'll plump for Euro2016. Just about.

[pineapple stu]

Neck and neck all the way, but the 86/87 kit shaded it 4-3 to make the final. Have to say, I didn't see an all-green kit making the final at the start of this!

Before that though, Monday will kick off with the third-fourth place play-off, and then Tuesday is the day when Ireland's best ever home kit (of the colour photo era...) is decided.

[backstothewall]

86-87

[Snoop Drog]

86/87,can't have the collar on the Euro 16 shirt.

Agreed. +1 for 86/87

[pineapple stu]

Well it's already made it to the final! That's up on Tuesday. Third-fourth place play-off is first up tomorrow

[pineapple stu]

So - World Cup qualifying draw today and a third-fourth place play-off. It's almost like Christmas has come early!

Presenting for your consideration - Euro 88 v Euro 2016

https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/06/NINTCHDBPICT000417023057-e1530302120716.jpg

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160613140623-07-ireland-sweden-euro-2016-super-169.jpg

[pineapple stu]

1988-90
Beat 2000-01 10-3
Beat 76-78 8-0
Beat 92-94 6-4
Lost to 90-92 6-3

Euro 2016
Beat 2014-15 6-2
Beat 2010-12 6-3
Beat 1978-83 5-4
Lost to 1986-87 4-3 (or 6-3 if late votes are counted!)

[pineapple stu]

I'll start off with a vote for Euro 2016. Two nice kits, but I think 2016 has just the right amount of orange, a nice shade of green, a bit of background design, and it doesn't look like a Penney's special.

[the 12 th man]

Euro 88 my vote.

[jbyrne]

i own both. the one i was happiest with at the time i purchased was euro 88 so I will go with that.
BTW, think the euro 88 shirt cost £20.

[Fixer82]

Euro 2016. The only drawback of that kit is the luminous orange in the collar

[passinginterest]

I'll go for 88. Should be a close run thing.

[John83]

Should be a close run thing.
I think so too.

I'll vote for 2016, but it's not an easy choice.

[BonnieShels]

Euro88 cos I'm a man of taste.

[pineapple stu]

Votes taken all evening - and then the final tomorrow!

[Eminence Grise]

It's got a lot to prove.
It's thought out every move.
You'll wonder where it's been -

But, like, it's been 32 years!

Euro '88 jersey for me.

[pineapple stu]

Result is in - 5-3 to the Euro 88 kit. Was never more than a vote in it until the very last vote.

And so to the final. One simple question - which is our best ever kit? Italia 90, or the Euro 88 qualifying kit?

https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20171153/1990.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmiUmLpU8AUBLHS.jpg

[pineapple stu]

1990-92
Beat 2017-18 12-0
Beat 2001-03 7-2
Beat 2000-01 8-1
Beat 1988-90 6-3

1986-87
Beat 1983-85 9-1
Beat 1994-95 7-2
Beat 1985-86 7-5
Beat 2016 4-3

[passinginterest]

It's Italia 90 and we all know it!

[Kingdom]

Italia 90 ftw

[backstothewall]

86/87

[the 12 th man]

Italia 90.

[Fixer82]

Italia 90

[geysir]

It's close but I'll go for 86/87, it's a nicer clean shade of green and the Italia 90 has a design flaw - the collar stripe.

[BonnieShels]

86/87

Walsall, not you as well!

[BonnieShels]

Italia90 the clear winner!

The orange stripe on the collar is a garnish on an impeccable meal.

[geysir]

The arrogance of some people to make exclamation mark enhanced pronouncements that their opinion is the clear winner.

[Eminence Grise]

Italia 90!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Just to annoy geysir.;))

But I am right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jbyrne]

two excellent shirts.
will go with italy 90 though

[nigel-harps1954]

88 for me!

[EAFC_rdfl]

86 - 87

[geysir]

88 for me!

86/87 it has to be , don't give those fashionista féckers a chance to spoil your vote,

[Razors left peg]

Italia 90

[pineapple stu]

Italia 90 for me too actually.

The right shade of green. A bit of background stuff going on. Just the right amount of orange to liven it up. And a proper crest (which of course 86/87 has as well)

[BonnieShels]

The arrogance of some people to make exclamation mark enhanced pronouncements that their opinion is the clear winner.

The arrogance of some people to exclaim at the perceived arrogance of others.

Cheek!

[geysir]

As an away shirt, how about a white shirt with a flamboyant Peru styled sash, green instead of red.

I feel a song coming on.

[BonnieShels]

My father wore something similar

[backstothewall]

Walsall, not you as well!

Sorry Bonnie. But here's how it is. They're both excellent, but i was thoroughly p*ssed off with that mediocre Euro 88 shirt getting as far as it did based on fond memories of a header against England and that volley.

I came to the conclusion that if all other things seem equal, the one that wasn't used at a big tournament must be better, as it got there without the benefit of fond memories.

[Snoop Drog]

Italia90 the clear winner!

The orange stripe on the collar is a garnish on an impeccable meal.

86-87 for me.

No orange stripe garnish but Brady is wearing some tasty bling around his neck

[pineapple stu]

A result!

Nigel has managed to vote for a kit that didn't make it (88) - but I've taken that as a vote for the Euro 88 qualifying kit.

It doesn't make a difference anyway. On a clear score of 9-5, foot.ie's all-time favourite home kit is...

...the Euro 92 qualifying kit!

https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20171153/1990.jpg

A valiant effort from the 86-87 kit; wouldn't have seen it as a finalist to be honest, though it's a decent kit.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmiUmLpU8AUBLHS.jpg

And one last reminder too of our worst-ever home kit, the Euro 2012 with the ill-advised hooped socks (and I don't much care for the vertical stripe pattern on the jersey either to be honest)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02248/ireland-football_2248991b.jpg

Thanks to all for taking part! Pencil in March - maybe the week before the start of the World Cup qualifiers - for the next installment, as we look at Ireland's best (and worst) away kits.

[pineapple stu]

Worth noting I took some of the photos from SportsJoe.ie, which ran a similar article a couple of years ago. The results are here (https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/ranking-ireland-home-jerseys-70705), with the 86/87 kit coming out tops, and the Fr Dougal kit last.

[the 12 th man]

Thanks for doing that stu,brightened up a few days..:D

[Fixer82]

Great work Stu. Very enjoyable.
Look forward to the away kit.
I'm thinking Euro 2016 away kit could be high on the list

[geysir]

Imo the top 3 in the poll were the best but I can't say I ever took much note of the shirts before unless they were rank rotten e.g. the recent dark dirty green phase and the one with the 2 huge white stripes over the shoulder.

[BonnieShels]

Great work Stu. Very enjoyable.
Look forward to the away kit.
I'm thinking Euro 2016 away kit could be high on the list

The orange "I had a Macedonia" kit at the bottom and the USA 94 away top? That's how it will go.

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Cheers Stu for the effort. Was a fun couple of weeks.

[John83]

The orange "I had a Macedonia" kit at the bottom and the USA 94 away top? That's how it will go.
It's the journey, not the destination... ;)

[pineapple stu]

I kinda like the Macedonia kit. There's some awful charcoal kits that I've have below it.

[backstothewall]

My fondness for the 92 qualifying kit has already been stated. Feels worth mentioning the away version Alan McLoughlin scored in at Windsor Park on that night in November '93.

[Fixer82]

The gun metal grey against Wales under Stan was as drab as that era

[nigel-harps1954]

A result!

Nigel has managed to vote for a kit that didn't make it (88) - but I've taken that as a vote for the Euro 88 qualifying kit.

It doesn't make a difference anyway. On a clear score of 9-5, foot.ie's all-time favourite home kit is...

...the Euro 92 qualifying kit!

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You knew what I meant, and that's all that matters..I'll take it as a victory.