Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best home kit

[Fixer82]

76/78

[backstothewall]

76/78

[elatedscum]

94 jersey. Acquired it recently from my parents’ house. Not sure who would have owned it but nice little find

[elatedscum]

I’ll go with the 18/19. Nice collar, nice fit...

[pineapple stu]

A big win there for the USA 94 kit - 11-0 against the 96-98 kit which does, for my view, have just that little bit too much going on with it. Which makes the result 12-0.

While I think of it, I'll go against the crowd and cast a vote for the 2018-19 kit. I generally don't like the modern kits, but the green in that photo isn't as bad as other recent greens, and I'm not all gone on the 76 kit.

But votes still taken there, while we finish off round 1 with two final ties. First up is another derby. It's the kit that got is to Euro 2016 -



- against the kit we wore at Euro 2016 -



These two ties will run into tomorrow, and then Wednesday will be repechage day. That'll leave three kits still to be revealed in in the final 16 as they got byes through this round.

[passinginterest]

I think I'd go 18-19 too, it a decent enough strip even with the slightly odd shade of green and the use of gold.

Euro qualifiers versus tournament might be the toughest so far. Both solid kits, but i think the tournament kit just edges it, I like the little flashes of orange, and the double shade of green sashing is not too bad.

[the 12 th man]

Not much in it but the 2nd strip in a photo finish.

[John83]

Euro16 tournament kit by a country mile. Much the same toxic green on the qualifying shirt that I objected to in the 18/19 kit, a clashing green in the shorts, and the solid white collar looks like it was ripped off a dress shirt.

[bennocelt]

Euro16 tournament kit

[Fixer82]

I like both a lot but for me it's the EURO 2016 kit. The only thing I didn't like about that kit was that the orange was luminous, which seemed to be a (rather crass) trend in that tournament.

[The Donie Forde]

There was a curious shirt worn during the Hand era, against either Denmark or Norway. It was a home game, and just worn once, as far as I can recall.
The best description I can give, is that it resembled a Kerry GAA shirt. Think we wore orange socks the same day.
I have no photo of it, and mention it only out of interest. It's doubtful anyone would vote for it!

[jbyrne]

There was a curious shirt worn during the Hand era, against either Denmark or Norway. It was a home game, and just worn once, as far as I can recall.
The best description I can give, is that it resembled a Kerry GAA shirt. Think we wore orange socks the same day.
I have no photo of it, and mention it only out of interest. It's doubtful anyone would vote for it!

i think i remember that shirt and it had an irish cement sponsorship on it

[pineapple stu]

There was a curious shirt worn during the Hand era, against either Denmark or Norway. It was a home game, and just worn once, as far as I can recall.
The best description I can give, is that it resembled a Kerry GAA shirt. Think we wore orange socks the same day.
I have no photo of it, and mention it only out of interest. It's doubtful anyone would vote for it!

Yes, that's the one worn against Norway. I couldn't find a photo of either, which is the only reason it didn't make it into this comp. It's reproduced here (though the picture won't link for some reason)

[The Donie Forde]

Yes, that's the one worn against Norway. I couldn't find a photo of either, which is the only reason it didn't make it into this comp. It's reproduced here (though the picture won't link for some reason)

Yeah, that gives a fair idea of what it looked like. Thanks!

[Razors left peg]

The 2016 Tournament kit. Actually dug that out of the bottom of the wardrobe the other day and Id forgotten how nice it was. Might be a sneaky contender to win this for me.

[BonnieShels]

I'll have to go with the qualifier kit.

While I always like our shirts to have some sort of orange trim, the fact that it was luminous took it away from it.

[pineapple stu]

The fightback for the 2018-19 kit was too little too late, and 1976-78 goes through on a score of 6-3.

The 2010s derby match still open, and meanwhile it's time for the last pairing of round 1. First up, it's time for more hooped socks, this time from 2010-12 -



And it's up against a quiet little effort modelled here by Alan McLoughlin - the Euro 96 qualifying kit.



The final two results of this round will come in tomorrow, and I'll run the repechage on Wednesday before going into the last 16, but no with weekend ties.

[Razors left peg]

2010 - 2012

[Fixer82]

2010-2012. Beautiful kit. Felt like a real throwback. Loved the hooped socks too. And I think it was the first time the team started using the word Éire on their kit. Open to correction on that though.

Never understood the design of that 96 one. Looked like a waistcoat in the design.

[BonnieShels]

The fightback for the 2018-19 kit was too little too late, and 1976-78 goes through on a score of 6-3.

The 2010s derby match still open, and meanwhile it's time for the last pairing of round 1. First up, it's time for more hooped socks, this time from 2010-12 -



And it's up against a quiet little effort modelled here by Alan McLoughlin - the Euro 96 qualifying kit.



The final two results of this round will come in tomorrow, and I'll run the repechage on Wednesday before going into the last 16, but no with weekend ties.

You absolute...

I was wondering when the 1995/96 shirt was gonna rear its head. Was our first umbro shirt and I loved it. First Ireland shirt I ever got.

And now I have to pick between that and possibly my favourite shirt.

Because of foot.ie I managed to bag one of our 2010/12 shirts without a sponsor in some spurious sorts warehouse in Milton Keynes or some other godawful place.

It remains my favourite piece of clothing I own. Sports related or otherwise. It was perfect. Umbro were on fire at that point.

It's the clear inspiration for our current home kit. We better be wearing it on Wednesday night.

2010/12 it is.