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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.