Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best away kit

[the 12 th man]

Alan McLoughlin one.

[BonnieShels]

1993 for me

[pineapple stu]

No evening match don't forget, so this one will stay the only live match until the morning. Alan McLoughlin kit just starting to pull away in the last few votes, but I'll peg the Macedonia top back a little bit. I do think the 93 top suffers from being an identikit worn by others. Macedonia is something completely different, and away jerseys should be for having a bit of fun with. Macedonia for me.

[EAFC_rdfl]

Macedonia

[Fixer82]

I’ll go Macedonia for the pure metalness of it

[pineapple stu]

A great fightback for the Macedonia kit, but it falls just short, and the McLoughlin top goes through 8-7 to become our first semi-finalist.

We're staying in the 90s for our first kit today, as the Italia 90 kit goes up against the 2005 one.

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[the 12 th man]

Italia 90.

[jbyrne]

italy 90

[sadloserkid]

Italia 90 in an Arbroath - Bon Accord style hammering.

[DeLorean]

Italia 90 in an Arbroath - Bon Accord style hammering.

:D;) Absolutely. 2005 has no business at this level. Italia '90.

[CraftyToePoke]

Italia 90

[BonnieShels]

Italia 90 in an Arbroath - Bon Accord style hammering.

Was reading an article in the guardian yesterday about the new push for "pre-qualification" for minnows and they brought up Australia 31-0 American Samoa in it and all I could think of was "Ah, remember when Arbroath-Bon Accord was such a worthy quiz question and you thought you were the business when you knew it."

On that note, Italia 90.

[John83]

I'm going to vote for 2005. Not because Italia 90 isn't better - it is - but because 2005 is a nice kit that doesn't deserve to be whitewashed.

[Eirambler]

No sympathy votes here. Italia 90.

[Fixer82]

italia 90

[SkStu]

Italia 90

[backstothewall]

No sympathy votes here. Italia 90.

I'll chuck it a sympathy vote.

2005.

[elatedscum]

italia 90

[Fixer82]

I'll chuck it a sympathy vote.

2005.

Almost did myself but then I feared a late 2005 rally

[Eminence Grise]

Italia 90.

Everything you want in a jersey but, hours away from taking on the mighty Qatar, especially Kevin Moran.

[passinginterest]

90 and it's a shame it's not a whitewash.

[pineapple stu]

No whitewash, but a definite thumping - 12-2 to the Italia 90 kit.

Our two other World Cup kits go head-to-head today - US 94 or Japan/Korea 02?

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[Kingdom]

Usa! Usa! Usa!

[DeLorean]

Yes, 94 for me too, though I'm not as mad about it as some, can't fully make my mind up about it... but it's different.

[backstothewall]

2002 all day long

[sadloserkid]

Yeah I don't think either of them are nice shirts at all. I'd echo DeLorean and give a tepid vote for '94 on the grounds that it's more distinct but, for me, it's the most over-rated shirt of the whole competition.

[Eminence Grise]

Japan Korea 02. Just can't warm to the other.

[Kingdom]

Yeah I don't think either of them are nice shirts at all. I'd echo DeLorean and give a tepid vote for '94 on the grounds that it's more distinct but, for me, it's the most over-rated shirt of the whole competition.

Boo-urns!
Boo! Hiss!

[jbyrne]

2002. was never really a fan of the all white 94 kit. much better with green shorts though

[sadloserkid]

Boo-urns!
Boo! Hiss!

It is my Nemo. ☺

[passinginterest]

USA 94 is a stone cold classic.

[John83]

2002 all day, even with the odd navy patches. 94 is okay, but the usual nostalgia boost is blunted by 2002 having that going for it too.

[BonnieShels]

USA94 and it's not even close.

[the 12 th man]

USA 94,there's something about that blue panel in the Duffer one that doesn't sit right with me.

[CraftyToePoke]

Usa 94

[backstothewall]

This one is raising passions on both sides it seems.

What's the chances that '02 voters are about 8 years younger than '94 voters on average?

My memory of this, well not memory, i still have both, is that the away '02 top was made of much better quality fabric than either the home top or the 94 version.

I still wear it quite often on holidays. As footy shirts go it's about as good as it gets for a Mediterranean holiday resort. Light coloured and breathable material.

[Eirambler]

USA 94. I don't love it as much now as I did at the time, but it's still a classic and I think we wore it three games out of four in that tournament.

[SkStu]

USA 94 baby!

[Razors left peg]

The greatest of all time 1994

[pineapple stu]

Bit of a run on the 94 kit lately, so seems safe enough to chip in with my own vote in favour of it.

I think it was also more football shirty to wear, compared to the 2002 which is a bit netty.

But mostly I actually like the stripes. And the shade of green is way better than the otherwise not dissimilar 2012 kit.

[pineapple stu]

From 4-4 to 11-5 - a great run in the second half for the 94 kit, and it romps into the semis.

Last quarter-final now, and then the semis to start on Monday. Your choices are the Euro 2016 away kit and the Euro 88 qualifying kit.

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[Kingdom]

Euro 88.

[DeLorean]

Euro 88.

[Eminence Grise]

Euro 88, no doubt.

[the 12 th man]

Euro 88.

[sadloserkid]

88 qualifying all day long.

[passinginterest]

On the Euro 88 bandwagon too

[jbyrne]

2016. one of our better away efforts as a full kit

[CraftyToePoke]

Euro 88

[Stuttgart88]

2016 by a mile