Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best keeper's jersey

[the 12 th man]

Blue Randolph.

[pineapple stu]

Euro 88 sails through again; 9-1, and with a nett score of 25-2 in the three rounds to date, it's another big hitter it seems.

Bonner v Randolph still open for votes, and meanwhile we move on to mannequin v salmon Randolph...

https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/img/shirts/252/thumbs/football_shirt_20165_1_369x492x1.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc_mpA-W4AAPlNR.jpg

The last two round of 16 ties will go live tomorrow then.

[the 12 th man]

The dummy for me.

[sadloserkid]

Salmon, salmon, salmon! I like the dummy too but the collar is naff.

[John83]

The cut of those older jerseys never sits right with me. The mannequin looks like it's about to line out for a rugby team. I vote Randolph.

(Complete aside: the name Randolph is Scottish, ultimately a patronym, and is thought to derive from Pictish words for wolf and shield.)

[backstothewall]

With the o'neills kits fron the 70s/80s I get the feeling that they were deliberately giving a load of crap to the lads playing the "foreign games".

Randolph

[SkStu]

Sammon Randolph

[pineapple stu]

6-3 for blue Randolph there; a rare close battle at this stage.

Along with dummy v Randolph, it's a retro derby as Bonner goes up against Peyton.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB9YYdsWwAAmNVG.jpg

https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/NINTCHDBPICT000212284797-e1575744277881.jpg?strip=all&w=639

[the 12 th man]

Bonner.

[John83]

Bonner.

[jbyrne]

yellow dummy
red and orange bonner

[SkStu]

Peyton

[passinginterest]

Yellow dummy, and a close call in the second tie but the Bonner beats the nips (getting close to x-rated territory on this one).

[sadloserkid]

Bonner over Peyton.

[Fixer82]

Packie
Randolph
Packie

[pineapple stu]

5-3 for Randolph over the dummy, so into the last 8 it goes.

Packie v Gerry open for votes, and the last of the third round ties sees the last Shay Given kit go up against the last Nicky Colgan kit

https://m0.joe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/25103550/Shay-Given-Ireland.jpg

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JE3DA5/nicky-colgan-republic-of-ireland-lansdowne-road-dublin-ireland-30-JE3DA5.jpg

[sadloserkid]

Colgan's is really a classic, solid goalkeeper's kit for me. Given's is an ugly eyesore mess rooted in insanity.

So that's one vote for Given from me please. :)

[the 12 th man]

Colgan all day.

[Fixer82]

Colgan

[passinginterest]

Given for embracing the tradition of garish design.

[Kingdom]

Peyton and Colgan.

I really think we've been fortunate
and lucky compared to some other countries
mainly american with our kits.

I don't know how anyone could
give a vote to Packie's
gear in that tie when
you consider the unusual
simplicity of the peyton kit
and the unique for the time anyway
notion of putting a Republic keeper in orange
gear in that era.

[jbyrne]

given purple. colgans is just too much like a gk kit that most LSL keepers would wear

[EAFC_rdfl]

Payton and Shay, which is spectacular

[SkStu]

Given has a jersey like a painters radio, im going with Colgan.

[pineapple stu]

6-3 for Packie's 94 kit, despite a late rally for Gerry Peyton.

That just leaves Given v Colgan as the last tie open of the round, and the first of the quarter finals then will go up in the morning.

[John83]

Colgan. Given's is a monstrosity of a painter's smock, much less a goalkeeper's jersey.

[pineapple stu]

Heretic!

If this one goes to a tie, that Given jersey is getting my unashamed number 1 vote. Goalkeepers should be different and a little bit crazy, and the Given jersey sums that up far better than the Colgan one.

[John83]

Heretic!

If this one goes to a tie, that Given jersey is getting my unashamed number 1 vote. Goalkeepers should be different and a little bit crazy, and the Given jersey sums that up far better than the Colgan one.
It says FAI in big friendly letters, but that's more likely to panic our defenders than the other team.

[Fixer82]

Colgan's is really a classic, solid goalkeeper's kit for me. Given's is an ugly eyesore mess rooted in insanity.

So that's one vote for Given from me please. :)

The Colgan one doesn't tell the full story. The back of it has a dark grey and light grey snakeskin effect which can be slightly seen in the sleeve there

[pineapple stu]

Colgan. Given's is a monstrosity of a painter's smock, much less a goalkeeper's jersey.
You!

This, it turns out, was the casting vote to put Colgan through 5-4 and eliminate our contribution to 90s madness.

Not happy!

So we have our final eight, and the quarters will get underway tomorrow with two 80s kits, two 90s kits, one 00s kit and two 10s kits and a 20s kit.

[backstothewall]

Bonner 94, then Shay Campos

[backstothewall]

You!

This, it turns out, was the casting vote to put Colgan through 5-4 and eliminate our contribution to 90s madness.

Not happy!

So we have our final eight, and the quarters will get underway tomorrow with two 80s kits, two 90s kits, one 00s kit and two 10s kits and a 20s kit.

Dammit PS. Could you not have given it another hour! That Colgan one is as dull as ditchwater.

[sadloserkid]

The Colgan one doesn't tell the full story. The back of it has a dark grey and light grey snakeskin effect which can be slightly seen in the sleeve there

You're onto something here. That sleeve is far more... interesting than I first realised.

[EAFC_rdfl]

Bonner 94, then Shay Campos
This vote must be counted, polls stay open until 10pm in this country

[backstothewall]

This vote must be counted, polls stay open until 10pm in this country

I'll accept that the Bonner part of the post was a little tardy ��.

[pineapple stu]

Dammit PS. Could you not have given it another hour! That Colgan one is as dull as ditchwater.
I did give it another hour! 8pm is quite late for a vote to close. I gave you every chance, damn you! :p

Anyways, to the quarters. This first one is a battle between two interesting kits at least, which is what we want at this level. Whether they're nice is another thing, and I suspect I can predict which way this'll go, but here we go with Bonner v Kelly...

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/republic-of-ireland-goalkeeper-pat-bonner-during-the-european-match-picture-id89113723

https://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w540/Library/SF12/012995.jpg

[passinginterest]

Bonner all the way!

[Eminence Grise]

Bonner. Looks like he's intent on stopping shots. Kelly just looks like he's on his way to stop traffic outside a school.

[Kingdom]

Bonner.
The more i see that jersey, the more I think it's my favourite (along with the Peyton orange affair).

[sadloserkid]

That Bonner kit is lovely Stu! I can even overlook the collar.

[CraftyToePoke]

Bonner.

[jbyrne]

bonner orange

[the 12 th man]

Bonner,Kelly's looks faded.

[backstothewall]

Bonner all the way

[John83]

Bonner.

[pineapple stu]

OK - going to leave that one open till the morning, and this next battle then is open till Monday morning. It's Colgan (boooooo!!!!!!!!) against salmon Randolph.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JE3DA5/nicky-colgan-republic-of-ireland-lansdowne-road-dublin-ireland-30-JE3DA5.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc_mpA-W4AAPlNR.jpg

[the 12 th man]

Colgan by a short head.

[dynamo kerry]

OK - going to leave that one open till the morning, and this next battle then is open till Monday morning. It's Colgan (boooooo!!!!!!!!) against salmon Randolph.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JE3DA5/nicky-colgan-republic-of-ireland-lansdowne-road-dublin-ireland-30-JE3DA5.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc_mpA-W4AAPlNR.jpg

Bonner then colgan

[SkStu]

Bonner and Randy (the well placed booo swung it)

[EAFC_rdfl]

OK - going to leave that one open till the morning, and this next battle then is open till Monday morning. It's Colgan (boooooo!!!!!!!!) against salmon Randolph.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JE3DA5/nicky-colgan-republic-of-ireland-lansdowne-road-dublin-ireland-30-JE3DA5.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc_mpA-W4AAPlNR.jpg

Canon fodder for someone in the semis there. Randolph just cause it shouldn't be colgan there!

Bonner in the other one