Help idenifying yearof Jersey

[blobbyblob]

Well Lads,

Do any of ye remember a guy that used to be on here who had a website of a collection od ireland jerseys spanning the years. I need his help identifying the year of a jersey thats come into my possession.

O Neills green longsleeve with white and gold stripes and shamrock crest

Im thinking mid 80s

[supasparx]

Well Lads,

Do any of ye remember a guy that used to be on here who had a website of a collection od ireland jerseys spanning the years. I need his help identifying the year of a jersey thats come into my possession.

O Neills green longsleeve with white and gold stripes and shamrock crest

Im thinking mid 80s

The fellas username is emmett, his site is www.irelandshirts.com

[supasparx]

Well Lads,

Do any of ye remember a guy that used to be on here who had a website of a collection od ireland jerseys spanning the years. I need his help identifying the year of a jersey thats come into my possession.

O Neills green longsleeve with white and gold stripes and shamrock crest

Im thinking mid 80s

Looking through the irelandshirts site and given your description i'd say 1984

[blobbyblob]

You are a legend - ThaNKS

[Sligo Hornet]

You are a legend - ThaNKS

Supa is a decent bloke......but not quite a legend.............yet!:D

[Murpholini]

Does anyone remember a jersey Ireland wore for one match in the early 80's? It was made by O'Neills and it was green with a thick orange hoop across the upper part of the jersey. It was for a home game at Lansdowne, I was at it but can't remember the opposition. My abiding memory of the game was that the new East stand had just recently been open and half of the fans in the terrace below managed to climb the wall and avail of the seats in the half empty stand. I was only young so had to stay in the terrace:(

[NeilMcD]

Supa is a decent bloke......but not quite a legend.............yet!:D

Ahhh that bus to San Marino was pretty good, I will give him that, getting the driver to allow us to drink would have been legendary status.

[Emmet]

That was May 1st 1985 against Norway. Here is a photo:

http://www.irelandshirts.com/history/history/1980/liambrady1985.jpg

http://www.irelandshirts.com/history/history/1980/norwayhomearly80s.jpg

Blobbyblob - I sent you an email reply this morning ... hopefully it will be of some use to you!

[Murpholini]

Really appreciate that, Many thanks. I wonder why they dropped it after only one game it wasn't that bad a kit, though at the time with O'Neills the home jerseys changed without notice and it was always a bit of a gamble buying one.

[Emmet]

Around that time (when we went from O'Neills to Adidas) there were many different kit variations ... four or five I think. I suspect the change in kit manufacturers has something to do with it but I've never heard anything official on the subject so that's just a guess really!

[cobra]

Emmet, have a black umbro ireland jersey with opel on it, what year is it from do you know?

[Emmet]

That is from the late 1990s but its difficult to date precisely because the senior side never played in it:

http://www.irelandshirts.com/ireland/blackawayu21.htm

[cobra]

Cheers, ye thats it except have one with short sleeves.

[blobbyblob]

Thanks Emmet - Got that. Will be in touch.

[Junior]

I had that in Malta when we played them in 99,dont think iy had been out that long at that point.