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**Junior** · 20/05/2005, 8:41 AM

Originally Posted by boysingreen

Part of what I'm saying is, I think it's cool to see someone that visually fits in with the crowd, but if you examined what they were wearing it might be a different sport, team (obviously not our opponents), or whatever. In all likelihood they just don't have the regular strip, but they improvised, found something that worked, and stylistically added to the atmosphere in their own creative way. Why would anyone look down on that? Pity them? Please.

. Nobody try and spin it that I'm suggesting nobody wear the real strip, a lot of people will of course, and that's what we want. But the bit of creativity helps color things, it doesn't detract from them.

If somebody wears, say, a Limerick GAA jersey to an Ireland match- they're not there to watch hurling, you know damn well they're there to support the Irish team. The same is true of a Celtic jersey whether the begrudgers care to admit it or not (leave May 29th alone). You know damn well what their intentions are, and what they will do. We know it, our opponents know it, everyone knows it. Nobody thinks they got lost on the way to Parkhead. Come off of it. Keep the wearin' of the green. On to Germany.

Great post.

In seville for the uefa cup final, Celtic fans were wearing the hoops, Betis tops, Ireland tops, GAA tops, That Mexican side that wear Green & White, St. Pauli tops etc..etc..etc... and not a fashion cop in sight!!

**Stuttgart88** · 20/05/2005, 9:11 AM

Going to Amsterdam 4 years ago I went into central London to buy an Ireland top but there were none available. I ended up buying a Panathanaikos jersey - all green and with a shamrock for the crest. I thought this was a decent substitute. The alternative was Nigeria!

**sylvo** · 20/05/2005, 9:12 AM

Originally Posted by jjppc

Im sorry, I didn't realise there was a dress-code I'll be off home to change, would you mind keeping my place

No probs i'll keep your place, better you find out now rather than run the risk of running into the Lansdowne fashion Garda.

**Peadar** · 20/05/2005, 9:20 AM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

all green and with a shamrock for the crest.

I think you'll find that's clover.

**Junior** · 20/05/2005, 9:54 AM

Taken from the Guardian

Originally Posted by TheGuardian

In 1918 Panathinaikos chose the shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece - as their emblem on the suggestion of Mihalis Papazoglou, an athlete from Constantinople who played for Chalkidona, and Chalkidona had the same symbol. The idea was accepted by Panathinaikos's council and confirmed as the team's official badge.

As for the colour of the kit, again there's no overtly Irish connection. Green being the colour of the trifylli no doubt had something to do with it, but the choice of kit seems to be partly a practical one too. Until green became the team's official colour, most players turned up and played in different coloured outfits.

**Peadar** · 20/05/2005, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by Junior

In 1918 Panathinaikos chose the shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece - as their emblem

But didn't I read that it was to do with the fact that they used to play on shamrock or clover, rather than grass?

Originally Posted by Junior

shamrock - or trifylli as it's known in Greece

By the way, Trifylli means three leaf so it's more a reference to clover in general that just shamrock.

Shamrock, as we know it, tends to have more rounded leaves.

Like the Shamrock Rovers crest, Panathinaikos use clover.

**rednwhitearmy** · 20/05/2005, 11:46 PM

well if you dont buy replica jerseys but you wear other offical items namely a polo t/shirt with the fai badge and eircom on the collar but in the colours of white navy and a thin green line or a plain navy t/shirt with badges and sponsers logo but if you look at nearly all the offical items that the players wear it is nearly all white or navy not a lot of green is made so do we blame umbro for doing other colours..also not everybody like to wear replica .