Citizen, you forgot your last,and most important line......"and can I have one please?"Originally Posted by citizenerased
happy days..fair play, how many ireland shirts have you got in your collection at this stage?
'How can I hate women, my Mums one!!!' Chris Finch
Citizen, you forgot your last,and most important line......"and can I have one please?"
Tact is for people who are not witty enough to be sarcastic
It's around 120 now ... and No!!
id say that collection is worth a few bob
'How can I hate women, my Mums one!!!' Chris Finch
I will never ever buy an Ireland shirt. Not until they sell them without the sponsor on it. Disgrace that we are the only nation who can't buy what the players wear.Hi,
I guess it was what the players were wearing last night. Has it been released yet and was there any announcement?
I think it is nice actually. Bit dissappointed that they changed though, only recently bought the other one
Seems kitbag have the new away shirt though. Really like this as well:
http://www.kitbag.com/stores/kitbag_...82&cid=126
Exactly!
Dunno how much Eircom pay to sponsor the Irish team, but I bet it's not as much as Mercedes pay Germany, or Nationwide pay England, or Carrefour pay France, and yet they don't get to have their logos on the shirts.
Can't blame this on Delaney though, we've got Donnie Butler to thank for this pathetic state of affairs. As soon as Ireland qualifited for Euro 88, FAI Commercial Manager Donnie Butler cashed in on the unexpected success and started selling the new shirt with the Opel logo on them and the sponsors have never been off since. Use to be able to get shirts without the logo from England, but that loophole has been closed since 1992.
Retro jerseys without the sponsor, and the original logos, on toffs.co.uk - http://www.toffs.com/icat/eire
I have some of their stuff, it's fantastic
It was actually 1986 during the barren years that the deal with Opel was agreed upon.
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"It's time for the FAI to grow up." John O'Donoghue, Minister for Sport, RTE , Sunday 7 Nov 2004
I have to agree with you lads. We should not have to buy that EIRCOM jersey. In the Rugby World cup just gone, two Irish jerseys went on sale. One with O2 on it, one without. IF the IRFU can sort it, why can't the FAI????
There is no sponsorship allowed on the Rugby World Cup tops of any country. This is out of the hands of the individual rugby unions as it's stipulated by the IRB as far as I know.
The same applies to Soccer World Cup and Euros, but we can't buy that sponsor less shirt!! Only the EIRCOM one, which our national team doesn't even wear!! Scandal...
I have two Irish shirts. One from 70's which I purchased from TOFFS, and one given to me by a junior international , which was sponsor-less. I am still waiting to buy one in the shops. Until they lift the sponsor, I won't.
Fair point.
True, but for the first two years, there was no Ireland shirt (the first, rather generic adidias effort) available in the shops, much less one with a sponsor's logo. After making it to Euro 88, the new shirt, with Opel logo, was the only one we could get.It was actually 1986 during the barren years that the deal with Opel was agreed upon.
You're on to something here. The FAI should sell 2 versions of the shirt, one with Eircom on it, one without. Even if the unsponsored version was €10 dearer (as was the case with the Ireland Rugby World Cup top) it would outsell the sponsored version several times over. Also that would be €10 per shirt extra profit for the FAI. Too much commercial sense or cynical?In the Rugby World cup just gone, two Irish jerseys went on sale. One with O2 on it, one without. IF the IRFU can sort it, why can't the FAI????
That is simply not true. I bought the adidas shirt with Opel and the FAI crest on it in Penney's of all places for a tenner in the spring of 1987.
Wore it to both the Belgium and Brazil games a few weeks later
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"It's time for the FAI to grow up." John O'Donoghue, Minister for Sport, RTE , Sunday 7 Nov 2004
Could we make a difference? Can we change the FAI?? Doubt it, but it's good to know I'm not the only one who thinks it's a disgrace. And I like your idea, even if the FAI make more money..
I stand corrected, I was young and naive then, and if you couldn't get it at the Dundalk Shopping Centre, to all intents and purposes it didn't exist to me.
But my original point stands, this sponsored shirt business was Donnie Butler's doing. 12 years later we still have to put up with it. Now the FAI daren't drop the shirt logo when sponsor's contract renewals come around for fear of lessening the money. Thanks Donnie!
I have never bought an Ireland jersey. As long as there's a large, ugly sponsor's logo, I won't.
You can't spell failure without FAI
Jeez lads, I am begining to think I aint alone here... Any more support for the logo less shirt????
Pike B, you can pretty much take it as a given that every Ireland fan would like to have an Ireland shirt without the sponsor's logo on it.
That's why on the rare occasions when sponsorless shirts are up for sale on eBay, they usually go for big sums. Hey! Maybe the FAI should consider that as well. Another cynical commercial ploy for them to exploit.
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