I'd go with an XL tbh
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I'd go with an XL tbh
Went into Lifestyle today to collect another of those fabled tees after I bought it last week, after the one I previously got had a dodgy Umbro logo on it and there were a couple of beauts just in:
http://www.lifestylesports.com/conte...9330medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/re.../invt/57639330
More jersey like in appearance than that other tee. But very nice.
http://www.lifestylesports.com/conte...5213medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/re.../invt/57625213
This is much nicer in the flesh and isn't as dark.
http://www.lifestylesports.com/conte...6930medium.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/re.../invt/57616930
Jacket much nicer than the last one with no "Éire" on the back.
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On the New Balance news. It was kinda inevitable given that Top Lion are distributors for both.
We're in need of a change anyway, Umbro missed a trick with our last couple after the retro beaut from 2011-12.
Hopefully NB see sense and do something along the lines of the 88 and 90 shirts to win us over early on.
Ooh, what's that like size and length-wise? Identical to the other?Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Pretty much. It's more jersey-esque so a bit more give. But I'd get the same size.
I went up the town and tried on both the medium and large sizes as the design is lovely, but I decided to leave it unfortunately as the medium was a bit too short for my liking and the large was a bit too wide/baggy.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
They're making these in cleat form:
http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/280...ersion=2809916
Really like all of those. Not much point in getting the green tee though given Bonnie tricked us into buying such a similar (yet inferior) version so recently. :p
The black (or maybe not so black) one is class I think, if not the most patriotic.
Really like the jacket as well and fully agree it's a step up from the last one - and no Éire definitely a major bonus.
Surely you have more than one green tee already? You can never have too many.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
The black tee is a defo. And tbh I'll probably end up with all three given how much I hate sponsored shirts.
Why? Are American tourists like "What's Eerie on the back of your shirt?"Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Not really, a couple of jerseys. Having a few items is handy in a tournament setting but I wouldn't really find the need otherwise. The games don't roll around that often and I wouldn't tend to wear them in everyday life.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Think I might invest in that black one alright though and the jacket could be useful.
Ha... not quite. I don't think many Irish people even relate to the word to be honest. When I hear it I always think of Terry Venables saying it from some reason (although that might be in my head from the Après Match sketches).Quote:
Originally Posted by KrisLetang
I think the mild "stigma" or "cringe" (if you could call it that) surrounding usage of "Éire" to refer to the country (even though the term still appears on Irish passports, stamps and coinage too) has to do with it being perceived as more of a partitionist or specific term for the 26-county state than "Ireland". After the 1937 constitution was adopted, the British government insisted on referring to the 26-county state as "Éire/Eire" so as to distinguish from the potentially 32-county term "Ireland", use of which the British government regarded as an anti-partitionist or irredentist attempt by the state (obviously in tandem with the explicit constitutional territorial claim over the north) to lay claim to the whole of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_...e.22_v_IrelandQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
I've had this weird possession affliction ever since my mother never got me the 1990 shirt. I rarely wear these shirts outside of a match setting but alas...Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Incidentally I have the shirt below. Hunted it down for months and eventually came across this spurious website that stocked it and bought it. I have attempted to wear it on numerous occasions but never do. I always end up with my 2001 Irish Permanent beaut.
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/faQAAO...Ed1/s-l300.jpg
http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/...vB5/s-l225.jpg
I had the 1990 away one at the time (well post WC90 actually because I had little or no interest when the tournament actually kicked off, my birthday is in August so I suspect that's when the purchase was made). I only watched the Romania game because I was bored at my grandparent's house and that got the ball rolling for me. I had full intentions of watching the Italy game as a result but I was brutally whisked off to Saturday evening mass by my aunt instead. The game was in injury time when we got back. Harsh.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2016/...15853/1990.jpg
that jersey and the IP logo will always remind me of Anthony Foley.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
that's pretty much child abuse. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Going slightly of topic but what do most fans call our team? I always refer to us as Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
On English TV & media we're always referred to as Republic of Ireland. Even the Sky graphics say 'ROI' when the actual FIFA 3 letter country code is 'IRL'.
Always always Ireland, never the "republic".Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
My cup at the Euros had Ireland on it incidentally.
You wore a cup to all the games? Hooligans?
I've never heard anything but Ireland either, unless the chips are down some ppl call the players "nasty buggers."
Both the FAI and IFA teams used the name "Ireland" prior to the 1950s, so FIFA decreed around the time that we were to be officially known as the "Republic of Ireland" and them as "Northern Ireland" in order to distinguish when the two competed in FIFA competition, but, in conversation, I'd only ever use "Ireland" myself to refer to us. I may use "Republic of Ireland" if I feel the need to use the official title for writing/publishing purposes or something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
You mention that Sky Sports and the English media refer to the team as "Republic of Ireland", but RTÉ do the very same.
I couldn't recall what RTE/Irish media use.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I think RTE use 'IRL' for their graphics but it's usually just the UEFA graphics they use on their broadcasts.
You're right actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...pseihuzp8y.png
I think that's because they use the UEFA-supplied graphics and codes, but I'm pretty certain they used to use "ROI" or "Rep. of Ireland" in their graphics up until UEFA started supplying the current standardised ones.
See here from the abandoned England friendly at Lansdowne Road in 1995:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBeDSFGzShg?t=12m28s
In RTÉ's adverts for games, I'm also pretty sure they'll always refer to us as the "Republic/Rep. of Ireland".
See this advert from September of 2014, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq4TK6rvTGU
Although I see RTÉ used "Ireland" in their scoreline graphic for the home game against Holland in 2001:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePNST9aczFI
The three-character code comes from FIFA, there's a list of them on wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._country_codes
The graphics for the qualifier come from UEFA, which is why they say "European Qualifiers" when they're for the World Cup
I actually asked someone who worked at ESPN why it said ROI and they said IRL is patented by the Indy Racing League (Indy 500). But that can't be true. what if someone patented NY? No one else could us it? The Yankees would be YAN ? And what if Yan can cook already owned YAN, etc?
This is supposedly a leaked image of Liverpool's new 125th anniversary jersey for the 2017-18 EPL season:
https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2017/...7-18-kit-2.jpg
I'm a fan of it's simplicity. Hopefully New Balance can do something similar for their future Ireland jersey designs instead of covering them with the more typical garish lines and patterns.
If we end up with that template in green, no sponsor and with an orange stripe on cuff and collar you would have a classic there and then. Preferably in emerald green again.
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We could end up with this template though...
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vseSLc8za...eper-kit-2.jpg
http://www.footyheadlines.com/2017/0...eeper-kit.html
The FAI have confirmed that New Balance will become the official kit supplier from August: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/new-b...l-kit-supplier
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Originally Posted by FAI
A piece on Ireland supporter Eddie O'Mahony who has collected over 150 Ireland jerseys dating back as far as 1966: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35766976.html
O'Mahony runs the Ireland Soccer Shirts website.
How does he manage to get his hands on them? The Dunne one could be worth a fair few quid.
Some great jerseys. I noticed he tweeted Ronnie Whelan about getting the Russia jersey from 1985 signed and he replied that he would arrange to meet him during the international break back in March to sign the jersey.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I remember bidding on it at the time; it was a low auction, where the lowest unique bid won the jersey. You'd have to imagine that he tracked down the winner and bought it off them; it'd be a bit of a coincidence that he won that auction himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
he used to post here fairly often, but is mainly on YBIG these days
Just looking at a selection of NB kits online would make me anxious -what with my preference for green -just green, no textures, no go faster stripes, no pitching to the erm ...clubwear sector.
So, a new green ringer tee and a black jersey went on sale a few weeks back...
And just as I remember to come in here to post them I see that the prices have gone down to 25.00 each:
http://www.lifestylesports.com/conte...25030large.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/re.../invt/57625030
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http://www.lifestylesports.com/conte...53813large.jpg
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/re.../invt/57653813
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Replica jerseys reduced as well.
http://www.lifestylesports.com/en/re...tionalteamsroi
I'm straight down to Lifestyle at lunch to check em out.
The new Liverpool home (above) in green would be supah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Wouldn't be bad at all. They're well within capable of something along these lines mind...
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Went in at lunch and the sizes are mahoosive. M is L and L is XL. I may have to get an S!Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Yeah right.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Picked up the green retro kit today in Lifestyles. Bargain for €25.