Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best away kit

[pineapple stu]

Just one vote in at the end as 1998-2000 edges 2020 6-5. That's the same score as it currently stands between 1994 and 2012 - but votes taken till tomorrow am.

Next up is the oldest kit in either the home or away tournaments - from 1963 - against another non-white effort from 2013/14

https://stbenilduschessclub.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/1963-e1615917101136.png

https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article3658374.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/inpho_00817905.jpg

[the 12 th man]

13/14 for me.

[CraftyToePoke]

13 / 14

[DeLorean]

13/14

[Razors left peg]

13/14 other looks like a bad Dunnes effort

[Fixer82]

Close one but I'll go for 1963

[Eirambler]

I absolutely loved the 1994 kit when I was 12, it hasn't aged as well as I thought looking at it now but it gets my vote for the nostalgia value at least.

Will go for 13/14 from the latest match.

[SkStu]

13/14 here too

[elatedscum]

13/14

[pineapple stu]

1994 edges the battle of the stripes so on a 7-5 scoreline.

One-way traffic in the 63 v 13 match, and our first hammering on the cards. The last first round pairings are up today, starting with another never-worn kit (so ignore the eircom logo) against a jersey worn at a major finals. It's the 2008-09 third choice kit against the 2002 World Cup away.

https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/11/17195114/29c85c38f7a794091f6116ff10abdbcd.png

https://e0.365dm.com/16/06/768x432/fernando-hierro-spain-damien-duff-republic-of-ireland-2002-world-cup_3480097.jpg?20160608113133

[DeLorean]

2002.

[Eirambler]

02 away out of those two.

[the 12 th man]

2002 but I wouldn't be a fan of either of them.

[CraftyToePoke]

02 if I have to pick one. Few bad v bad going on with classic being drawn v another classic, bit of a shame.

[Fixer82]

2002. I liked the bit of navy with the green shorts.

I’ve already stated my disdain for luminous, so that immediately rules out the other one

[backstothewall]

13/14

2002. 19 years later I still have this one, and amazingly it still fits.

[SkStu]

2002.

[elatedscum]

I’ll go 2002

[Eminence Grise]

'63 and 2002.

I tried imagining 2013/14 with a pair of Skstu's boxers but I wasn't convinced. It's my new gut test.:D

[Kingdom]

2002 is a nice kit, but it was a brilliant kit to wear and fitted really well. One of the few kits I miss.

[jbyrne]

2002 for me

[passinginterest]

63 and 2002 for me

[pineapple stu]

1963 gets a few late votes to make the score a respectable hammering, 8-3.

2002 is sauntering home too - bit of an unexpectedly wide margin given how well previous non-white kits have done. Still time for votes for that, though the result isn't in doubt at 12-0.

Meanwhile, the last pairing of the first round sees the Henry handball kit - here modelled by a 72-year-old Robbie Keane - against the Euro 88 away kit, which is so obscure that this is the only photo I can find of it, from our WCQ draw in Hungary later that same year.

https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/11/09165811/388020.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/YWvFr9m/hungary-ireland-1989.png

[CraftyToePoke]

Euro 88. The making of a nation etc. Could only be matched by a 1916 away shirt surely :)

[SkStu]

While there are no action shots i can see, this might be a better representation?? (tried to send to you by pm but i cant...)

This gets my vote!

https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/252/republic-of-ireland-away-football-shirt-1988-1989-s_28284_1.jpg

https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/252/republic-of-ireland-away-football-shirt-1988-1989-s_28284_2.jpg

[pineapple stu]

Cheers! I prefer to get action shots where possible, but certainly this is a bit of an improvement on what I had.

(No idea why you can't send by PM btw!)

[SkStu]

I was trying by phone and couldnt see anything but now that i am back at my desktop, seems to be good!!

[Razors left peg]

2002 for me too

And 88 on the other

[DeLorean]

Stu's jersey for me, the Canadian one.

[jbyrne]

henry kit for me

[sadloserkid]

88 by a distance.

[Trequartista20]

Has to be the '88 kit <3.

[Eirambler]

88 kit. Very nice.

[passinginterest]

88 is a classic, would be a shame not to vote it through.

[backstothewall]

Henry kit

[pineapple stu]

A 13-0 whitewash as the 2002 kit dumps out the 2008-09 third choice. I don't see it as being a contender for worst kit though, and I don't see 2002 as being a contender for best kit either. Strange one!

I'll leave voting on 88 v 09 open till this evening, and then we'll have the 15 kits which will take part in tomorrow's repechage to decide which kit gets a reprieve, and which kit gets voted our worst ever away kit.

[Fixer82]

Henry kit for me.
Never understood the netting on the sleeves of the 88 jerseys

[the 12 th man]

Euro 88

[Eminence Grise]

Euro 88 for me as well.

[pineapple stu]

So that's it for round 1, and Euro 88 advances 10-3.

That leaves the repechage. I was going to put this up in the morning, but I'm going to be a bit stuck for time to put up 15 kits, so I'll do it now and let it run for 24 hours.

I think if people vote (in order of preference) up to 3 jerseys to reprieve and put into the last 16, and then nominate their worst 3 (again in order of preference), that'll give us enough votes to ensure a clean winner. No bothers obviously if people just nominate one in each category.

I can only post three images per post, so five posts incoming!

The first batch is 1984, 2018-19, and 1994-96

https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/252/thumbs/football_shirt_53784_1_373x471x1.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/0E55/production/_107296630_duffygoal.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETfwxuhWAAcMQgy?format=jpg&name=large

That last is a twimg and the url is https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETfwxuhWAAcMQgy?format=jpg&name=large

[pineapple stu]

Next three are 2016 third (never worn, so ignore the logo), 2007, and 2004.

https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/11/17195058/274711.jpg
https://img.rasset.ie/00001f98-1600.jpg
https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/11/17195150/a8aaf8d1f26930e53a079abf104eabe7.png

[pineapple stu]

Moving on, we have 2000-01, 2010-11, and 1985

https://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w540/Library/SF56/059794.jpg
https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/2966612/original/?width=580&version=2966612
https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/252/republic-of-ireland-away-football-shirt-1985-s_53785_1.jpg

[pineapple stu]

Batch 4 is from 1978-83, 2020, and 2012

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr89HfEWoAAEbA-?format=jpg&name=small
https://www.thefa.com/-/media/www-thefa-com/images/england/men-senior/fixture-preview-report/375-grealish-ireland.ashx
https://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2016/05/soccer-euro-2012-italy-ireland-3-390x285.jpg

[pineapple stu]

And the final batch is 1963, 2008-09 (never worn, so ignore the logo), and 2009.

I will also note that the reprieved kit can't meet the kit that knocked it out in the last 16, which will start on Monday.

https://stbenilduschessclub.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/1963-e1615917101136.png
https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/11/17195114/29c85c38f7a794091f6116ff10abdbcd.png
https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/11/09165811/388020.jpg

[DeLorean]

Reprieve
1. 78-83
2. 2007
3. 94-96

Worst
1. 2000-01
2. 2020
3. 1984

[the 12 th man]

Reprieve 1. 2012
2. 10/11
3 18/19


Worst 1.94/96
2. 00/01
3. 2004

[Razors left peg]

Reprieve
1. 2018
2. 2007
3. 2004

Worst
1. 1984
2. 1963
3. 2008

[elatedscum]

Reprieve:

Included descriptions to be sure I had it right

2010-11 (Richie Dunne)
2007 (Keane and Clinton)
2012

[sadloserkid]

Reprieve 2012 please.

[jbyrne]

reprieve:
1. 2012
2. 2004
3. 2009

worst:
1. 2008 - 09
2. 94-95
3. 78-83