I seem to remember 3 years ago at Germany 2006, FIFA being very heavy handed in clamping down on "ambush advertising" by any companies who were not official sponsors. Didn't a load of Holland supporters have to watch a match trouserless because they tried to get into the ground wearing lederhosen bearing the name of a non-sponsor Dutch brewery?
I can envisage us watching Ireland topless in South Africa next year because our Eircom logoed shirts are confiscated. Not so funny on a cold winter's evening there. I'd like to think the FAI bear this in mind when selling the new 2010 shirt, but I very much doubt it.
But eircom are official sponsors!
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I've got the Toffs 1978 Ireland jersey. Quality top, no logo, and they cater for the larger gent. You can't go wrong.
That's precisely my point. The logos can't be removed, so the shirts will.
The FAI should sell Irish jerseys sponsor-free in World Cup years because Ireland shirts with Eircom emblazoned across the front will fall foul of FIFA's ambush advertising policy that was zealously enforced at the last World Cup.
Shopping in Belfast today I noticed that the current home kit has been reduced to £15 for adult sizes.
A photoshoppery from another forum.(Givens jersey) I approve.
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