Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best keeper's jersey

**pineapple stu** · 24/10/2021, 3:33 PM

Another international window coming up in a couple of weeks - we ready to go again with another big decision?

I have 40 jerseys from the past 40 years selected and ready to do battle. From the madness of the 90s, to forgotten maroon efforts, to the ever-classic Euro 88/Italia 90 kit. Same story - head to head to head to head until only one remains.

40 is an awkward number, so I'm going to -

> Give the Euro 88/Italia 90 jersey a bye to the second round as the winner of both the best home and away kit
> Run 13 3-way ties for the first round, with the top two to go through. That means 27 progress in total
> Then 14 into the repechage to (a) reprieve five kits and give us a round 32 and (b) vote one kit as our worst ever goalkeeper's top.

I might start later this week and then it'd last all the way through the November internationals and probably up to the end of the month.

There probably are a couple of gaps in what I have, so if anyone has a kit they want to make sure is included, PM me a link to a photo.

As a taster to get everyone nice and confused, this really strange image still from a programme made in 2016 should be one of the bookies' favourites.

**tetsujin1979** · 24/10/2021, 4:01 PM

Eehhhmmm, what?

**pineapple stu** · 24/10/2021, 4:03 PM

Yup. Looks like some crowd doing a video put false colouring on it. I've no idea why

**Kingdom** · 25/10/2021, 9:50 AM

Nice one Stu.

**Fixer82** · 25/10/2021, 10:24 AM

Fair play. There’s been a lot of keepers jerseys/kits. Some of them absolutely mental.

Is it jersey or full kit we’re voting on?

**pineapple stu** · 25/10/2021, 10:37 AM

I'll let that row develop over the course of the thread.

I think the full kit is really the vote, but there's a lot more variety with the keeper's tops compared to home/away outfield jerseys, so I'd say the majority of the vote will come down to the jersey tbh.

**Fixer82** · 25/10/2021, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I'll let that row develop over the course of the thread.

I think the full kit is really the vote, but there's a lot more variety with the keeper's tops compared to home/away outfield jerseys, so I'd say the majority of the vote will come down to the jersey tbh.

Look forward to it

**pineapple stu** · 26/10/2021, 8:43 AM

Right - slight change of plan. I had a look through the 40 starters again and spotted two duplicates. So I've pulled those and we're down to 38.

Putting them in pools of 3 to only knock out 6 kits seems a waste of time, and reveals all the kits too soon. So I'm going to start with 20 in round 1, and the other 18 get a bye to round 2. Round 1 will give 10 winners, and then four get reprieved in the repechage (this is to allow for potential finals in round 1, so we don't lose a genuine challenger too early purely through a bad draw)

I think I'll start tomorrow morning if that suits. Usual stuff - 24-hour voting period, another battle up in the afternoon, and I'll not run any over the weekend as it's quieter generally

**Kingdom** · 26/10/2021, 11:39 AM

Will you send us all pm's when you've uploaded them too? thanks a mil. or even drop me a text message - mwah!

**pineapple stu** · 26/10/2021, 11:45 AM

No PMs so far. I must have yere full trust when it comes to digging out the obscure of the obscure.

**pineapple stu** · 27/10/2021, 8:06 AM

OK, let's see how this goes!

Our first battle is a proper clash of eras. No Bazunu v Kelleher debates here - instead, we've Bazunu v Peyton. Which one stays in, and which one goes out? 24 hours to vote, and in the event of a tie, I get casting vote (or if I dd vote, then my vote is discounted) Reasons are encouraged to get a bit of chat going.

Next match goes live around 6pm.

**jbyrne** · 27/10/2021, 8:11 AM

Bazunu

always thought a full black gk kit makes the keeper look a lot more imposing!

**tetsujin1979** · 27/10/2021, 8:21 AM

Close call between the two, and there's nothing particularly wrong with the kit Peyton is wearing, but the black is better

**passinginterest** · 27/10/2021, 9:18 AM

Bazunu gets my vote. Not a fan of the round neck on the other one.

**Kingdom** · 27/10/2021, 9:52 AM

Disappointed that I found clash 1 randomly. I was expecting a pm, email, or message via carrier-pigeon.

Anyway, Gerry looks dashing in that GK jersey, and I've a small bone for anything Adidas, so Orange (is the new Black!) gets my vote. I'd wear that on a night out in Brussels and not look out of place

**pineapple stu** · 27/10/2021, 9:59 AM

GDPR means I can't PM anyone - you know that

I'm unsure on these two myself. The modern jerseys are generally very bland and I don't see myself voting for too many of them. But I do like the all black (though I think a Campos special is generally taken to be more - well, distracting at least, which is worth a goal on occasion). The Peyton one evokes memories of the Euro 88 sticker album, so it's a classic - yet looking at it now, it's not all that great, even before you get to the nipplage.

I'll vote Bazunu here, though I may well reprieve Peyton when the time comes.

**Eminence Grise** · 27/10/2021, 11:02 AM

Yeah, those nipples. I think that must have been taken just before FIFA banned male nipplage because it provided extra grip on the jersey.

I think a little nostalgia in my vote... GP's looks like a proper ye olde-fashioned keeper's jersey so there's my vote. GB's looks like the sports kit of some special forces unit (but it needs McClean's balaclavas to be a sure-fire winner!) - I like it too, but I'd say I'll have a chance to vote for it for a later round.

**sadloserkid** · 27/10/2021, 1:29 PM

Peyton's for me. The new one is very boring lads.

**elatedscum** · 27/10/2021, 2:46 PM

Bazunu. Love an all black keeper's kit

**pineapple stu** · 27/10/2021, 3:12 PM

4½-3 to Bazunu at the moment (with my vote the half, so we can't have a tie)

Still loads of time to vote, and another tie going live around 6pm, which is another retro v modern tie.