The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 48- A video Interview and blog presentation with Football Kit Experts: Denis Hurley @museumofjerseys and Irish Author Mr. Eddie O'Mahony @irelandsocshirt

The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 48- A video Interview and blog presentation with Football Kit Experts: Denis Hurley @museumofjerseys and Irish Author Mr. Eddie O'Mahony @irelandsocshirt

 

For this interview, I look back at the history of Kits and uniforms by looking at the Republic of Ireland Kit of the 1990 World Cup.

This will be a blog presentation and a video interview acting as companion piece to this blog upload.

 

The Interviewees are:

1-Mr. Denis Hurley

Mr. Hurley‘s contact info:

Twitter:  @museumofjerseys

Website: https://museumofjerseys.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuseumofJerseys/

 

2-Mr. Eddie O'Mahony:

Mr. O'Mahony’s contact info:

Twitter: @irelandsocshirt

Website: http://irelandsoccershirts.com/

Email: irelandsoccershirts@gmail.com

Book: https://lettertecbookstore.com/product/green-white-orange/

 

 

My contact information:

on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia.

https://linktr.ee/sp1873

Republic of Ireland’s 1990 Adidas kit

 

The Republic of Ireland made its World Cup in Italy in 1990. Naturally, the kit used for that Tournament would be a classic.

During the 1988 Euros, the Adidas designed Irish kit had two white stripes on the sleeves.

This design was to be used for the last time on March 28, 1990, in Ireland’s friendly vs. Wales.

The new Ireland kit made its debut on Ireland’s next friendly on April 25, 1990, at Dublin vs. the Soviet Union (1-0).

Liam Brady would wear this kit for his final match for the Republic on May 16, 1990, vs. Finland.

Republic of Ireland made its World Cup debut with this kit vs. England (1-1 tie) in Cagliari on June 11, 1990.

Just days later on June 17, 1990, at Palermo vs. Egypt, the Irish played with their away kit in white in a scoreless tie.

Incidentally, Ireland would wear the white away kit three times during the World Cup, vs. Egypt, Holland and Italy).

John Aldridge would score his first hat trick for his Nation on October 17, 1990, in a UEFA European Championship qualifier vs. Turkey (5-0).

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 25 (800), June 20-26, 1990

(June 11, 1990, World Cup, England 1-Republic of Ireland 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 26 (801), June 27-July 3, 1990

(June 17, 1990, World Cup, Republic of Ireland 0-Egypt 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1990

(June 30, 1990, World Cup, Italy 1-Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1990

(June 30, 1990, World Cup, Italy 1-Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From: Republic of Ireland, Gifted in Green, Author: Adam Ward

(Republic of Ireland squad, June 25, 1990, World Cup, Republic of Ireland 0-Romania 0)

Ireland would wear this kit until the end of 1991/92 season. This included the World Cup qualifier on May 26, 1992, at Dublin vs. Albania (2-0 win).

Ireland wore this green shirt for the last time in the US Cup in June 1992 with numbers in the front (vs. USA on May 30^th and Italy on June 4^th).

They would wear the white away version of this kit (with numbers in front) on June 7^th, 1992, vs. Portugal for the US Cup.

From the 1992/93 season, Ireland unveiled a new Adidas design, the Adidas Equipment design of having three thick stripes on the left side of the shoulder and on the right side of the shorts.

 

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 2, February 1991

(November 14, 1990, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 1-England 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 31, August 1991

(May 1, 1991, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 0-Poland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1991

(October 16, 1991, EC Qualifier, Poland 3-Republic of Ireland 3)

Photo From: Soccer International, Volume 3, Issue 5, May 1992

(February 19, 2992, Republic of Ireland 0-Wales 1)

Photo From : Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994

(Republic of Ireland squad, June 4, 1992, US Cup, Italy 2-Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From : France Football, Issue 2410, June 16, 1992

(June 7, 1992, US Cup, Republic of Ireland 2-Portugal 0)