Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best away kit

Windsor away beats Lansdowne away 8-5 and progresses. Lansdowne away may have a chance in Friday's repechage by the sound of comments though. As yet, no kit has received fewer than 4 votes; no losing kit got more than 4 votes in the home jersey competition, so definitely a tighter contest this one.

As proof of that, it's dead level between the never worn and most recently worn away kits. Votes taken all day, as we move on to two vertical stripes worn at major finals. It's Euro 2012 v USA 94

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2012.

2012 - a tragic tournament but a very nice jersey. I remember my friend bringing it to Poland, brand new, tags still on it - then gets a big blob of ketchup down the front of it about an hour into day one. :)

The current kit and USA 94. Although they're close calls again.

2012 is nice. 94 has aged abysmally. I think I liked it at 13 but not so much 5 days after I turned 40!

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

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USA 94 away is an underrated gem.
also, wtf was James E Cornette (Jim to some of us) doing at USA 94? One can only assume he thought Aldo looked like Vince Russo. Yo, bro.

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Originally Posted by littlebray

Coming late to this, and it may have been answered already, but has anyone done a historical gallery of Ireland kits?

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Great question - answered:

https://www.classicfootballshirts.co...rt-poster.html

I’ll go USA 94. Both nice kits

98/00

usa 94

98-00 & 1994

USA 94. Love the Orange number on front

The kits at Euro 2012 were as dismal and unimaginative as our performances

Euro 2012 for me.

2012 for me. very good kit.

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

2012 - a tragic tournament but a very nice jersey. I remember my friend bringing it to Poland, brand new, tags still on it - then gets a big blob of ketchup down the front of it about an hour into day one. :)

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Ah yeah, should go deep into the competition, classy shirt, but will the occasion / nostalgia side of things, 94 v 2012 take it down at the first hurdle ? :)

One of these will get a second chance on Friday of course - exactly for the chance of two quality kits being drawn together in the first round. Of course, if it gets knocked out a second time later on, then it's definitely not the best kit :)

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Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

Ah yeah, should go deep into the competition, classy shirt, but will the occasion / nostalgia side of things, 94 v 2012 take it down at the first hurdle ? :)

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It's making a bit of a comeback, keep the faith. Nothing too nostalgic about getting our arses handed to us in Orlando anyway.

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

It's making a bit of a comeback, keep the faith. Nothing too nostalgic about getting our arses handed to us in Orlando anyway.

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Two mistakes cost us that Holland match really though. And McGrath's goal should've counted

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Originally Posted by Fixer82

Two mistakes cost us that Holland match really though. And McGrath's goal should've counted

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I was actually thinking of the Mexico game, and an exaggeration there too - but Orlando not a happy hunting ground. We did secure qualification to the last 16 in that jersey too though I guess, however unmemorable it was.

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Originally Posted by Fixer82

Two mistakes cost us that Holland match really though. And McGrath's goal should've counted

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We were very much second-best on the day though. Holland really should have scored one or two of their own rather than us gifting them goals.

1994 is the nicest jersey we have ever had, home or away.