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76/78
94 jersey. Acquired it recently from my parents’ house. Not sure who would have owned it but nice little find ;)
I’ll go with the 18/19. Nice collar, nice fit...
A big win there for the USA 94 kit - 11-0 against the 96-98 kit which does, for my view, have just that little bit too much going on with it. Which makes the result 12-0. :)
While I think of it, I'll go against the crowd and cast a vote for the 2018-19 kit. I generally don't like the modern kits, but the green in that photo isn't as bad as other recent greens, and I'm not all gone on the 76 kit.
But votes still taken there, while we finish off round 1 with two final ties. First up is another derby. It's the kit that got is to Euro 2016 -
https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/u...73245/2014.jpg
- against the kit we wore at Euro 2016 -
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/asse...-super-169.jpg
These two ties will run into tomorrow, and then Wednesday will be repechage day. That'll leave three kits still to be revealed in in the final 16 as they got byes through this round.
I think I'd go 18-19 too, it a decent enough strip even with the slightly odd shade of green and the use of gold.
Euro qualifiers versus tournament might be the toughest so far. Both solid kits, but i think the tournament kit just edges it, I like the little flashes of orange, and the double shade of green sashing is not too bad.
Not much in it but the 2nd strip in a photo finish.
Euro16 tournament kit by a country mile. Much the same toxic green on the qualifying shirt that I objected to in the 18/19 kit, a clashing green in the shorts, and the solid white collar looks like it was ripped off a dress shirt.
Euro16 tournament kit
I like both a lot but for me it's the EURO 2016 kit. The only thing I didn't like about that kit was that the orange was luminous, which seemed to be a (rather crass) trend in that tournament.
There was a curious shirt worn during the Hand era, against either Denmark or Norway. It was a home game, and just worn once, as far as I can recall.
The best description I can give, is that it resembled a Kerry GAA shirt. Think we wore orange socks the same day.
I have no photo of it, and mention it only out of interest. It's doubtful anyone would vote for it!
i think i remember that shirt and it had an irish cement sponsorship on itQuote:
Originally Posted by The Donie Forde
Yes, that's the one worn against Norway. I couldn't find a photo of either, which is the only reason it didn't make it into this comp. It's reproduced here (though the picture won't link for some reason)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Donie Forde
Yeah, that gives a fair idea of what it looked like. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
The 2016 Tournament kit. Actually dug that out of the bottom of the wardrobe the other day and Id forgotten how nice it was. Might be a sneaky contender to win this for me.
I'll have to go with the qualifier kit.
While I always like our shirts to have some sort of orange trim, the fact that it was luminous took it away from it.
The fightback for the 2018-19 kit was too little too late, and 1976-78 goes through on a score of 6-3.
The 2010s derby match still open, and meanwhile it's time for the last pairing of round 1. First up, it's time for more hooped socks, this time from 2010-12 -
https://img.rasset.ie/0003c776-1600.jpg
And it's up against a quiet little effort modelled here by Alan McLoughlin - the Euro 96 qualifying kit.
https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/u...64642/1995.jpg
The final two results of this round will come in tomorrow, and I'll run the repechage on Wednesday before going into the last 16, but no with weekend ties.
2010 - 2012
2010-2012. Beautiful kit. Felt like a real throwback. Loved the hooped socks too. And I think it was the first time the team started using the word Éire on their kit. Open to correction on that though.
Never understood the design of that 96 one. Looked like a waistcoat in the design.
You absolute...Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I was wondering when the 1995/96 shirt was gonna rear its head. Was our first umbro shirt and I loved it. First Ireland shirt I ever got.
And now I have to pick between that and possibly my favourite shirt.
Because of foot.ie I managed to bag one of our 2010/12 shirts without a sponsor in some spurious sorts warehouse in Milton Keynes or some other godawful place.
It remains my favourite piece of clothing I own. Sports related or otherwise. It was perfect. Umbro were on fire at that point.
It's the clear inspiration for our current home kit. We better be wearing it on Wednesday night.
2010/12 it is.
I'm not a big fan of the 10-12 socks, but I like the clean design of the shirt.
2010-12 for me. Best we've had imho.
10/12 kit,for me,would be one of my fav kits only for the socks.
Ha! The luck of the draw.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
If it helps, I'll vote for 95/96. The socks ruin the 2010-12 one for me. Others have mentioned it, but I can't look past it to be honest.
Also, I like a little bit of subtle something on the jerseys. First one I got was the 1994 one which is a cracking jersey and has just a little bit going on in the green. Ditto the 1995/96 one. (The Mick 96-98 one though goes too far)
So I'll vote 95/96.
2010-12 -
I’ll go 95/96 too. Not mad about either of them.
Loves a sublimated design does our stu.
All those years of O'Neill's UCD jerseys.
Damn these votes have moved fast. I've missed loads
I think there are only two match ups left open:
14-15 v Euro 16 finals - not a lover of either shirt tbh, but unlike many here i really didn't like the tournament shirt, so i vote for the Shane Long qualifier 14-15 effort
10/12 v 94/95 - in a dark corner of my mind i remember an umbro advert in my Shoot! magazine when the new shirt was (surprisingly, given we hadn't had the USA 94 shirt long) launched, which had either Niall Quinn or a Quinn lookalike standing next to a guy in a Brazil shirt, with quotes of something like "Why did Brazil win the world cup instead of us? They had the better shirts!".... Even in my early teens i thought that was pretty ****e marketing.
Anyway, like many here i think the 10/12 shirt is one of our best ever, love it, and easily gets my vote.
https://kieranrobinsondotcom.files.w...2009975036.jpg
Ah Ted, it has to be 94/95
Peep peep PEEP!, as the Guardian would say.
Euro 2016 beats its qualifying counterpart on a score of 6-2.
Dougal against Trap is the last bout left, and will be open until this evening. Then repechage on tomorrow to rescue one of the 13 kits dumped out so far.
seconded.Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
I have the 2010 sponsorless. It's lovely, but the two different fabric styles and shades of green has always bothered me.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
The 94-96 is underrated. It's a peach of a non-template jersey.
I'm actually not sure which way your vote is going Kingdom?
It doesn't actually matter, as the score is 8-3 for the 2010-12 kit plus your vote, but let me know and I'll update. :)
So - that's the first round over.
Except it's not. Because I found a photo of the previously mentioned 1985 kit. I think it's worth changing the entire tournament as it's a bit different and deserves to feature.
So I had three kits getting a bye into the second round. Instead, I'm going to put those three plus the 1985 kit into two final first round matches. That means 14 kits through, and the repechage will give a reprieve to two kits.
I'll put both bouts up now, and full-time will blow when the game against Bulgaria kicks off. And from kick-off through till Thursday evening is repechage day.
So the first of our bonus rounds features another retro up against what by this stage is a surprisingly old kit. It's Liam Brady in the 1978-83 kit -
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BnyDFSWfe...%2Bireland.jpg
- up against the Henry handball era kit (I know we wore the away kit that night, but you know what I mean...)
https://m0.sportsjoe.ie/wp-content/u...72952/2008.jpg
And the second match then pits the brand new 2021 kit (so new I haven't got a proper photo of it and have to go with the photoshoot) -
https://www.footballshirtculture.com...ome_kit_e.jpeg
And it's up against what was lost but now is found, Dave Langan in the special edition one-off 1985 Kerry kit, worn only once just to confuse Norway -
https://a1.amlimg.com/ODM3NWVjMGM0MD...sucG5nfHx8.jpg
If you'd said he was kicking a 45 I'd believe ya.
I'll go with the Brady kit and the new kit. I quite like that Brady kit actually, proper vintage O'Neills.
Brady and the new kit for me as well (What's with the Kerry jersey?):p
As an owner of the 08-10 shirt I'll have to go with it. It's the perfect shade of green as well. Never a fan of the yellowy-gold trim on the old O'Neill's gear.
Due to the rashes that I break out in on seeing the Kerry colours I would have to go for the new kit. That it's more or less a homage to the 2010-12 slice of perfection is a bonus.
Henry kit. 78-83 is a bit Kerry-looking.
2021 too, for the same reason.