The new Republic Of Ireland home shirt: another Tailored classic
When the England home shirt was unveiled last year, many people wondered whether the Tailored By Umbro concept would just be a one-off, or whether it’d spread out to the other kits that Umbro make. Since then, Manchester City, a number of Peruvian teams and the new England Away have all used the Tailored concept to excellent effect, producing stylish shirts that reference a team’s history whilst using the most up-to-date technology.
Now, the Republic Of Ireland have unveiled their latest home shirt, and as you can see, they’ve used the same concept to terrific effect. Choosing a rich, deep emerald ‘St Patrick’s’ green to reflect the strong Irish pride and tradition, Umbro have also added a subtle gold trim to the FAI crest and to the seam on the shirt. As you can see in the pictures here, the shirt is also full of other discreet stylistic touches – the stitched Eire on the back collar, for instance – that make it an impressively effortless classic. The kit, which has been unveiled in Ireland today, will be worn for the first time in a friendly against Brazil at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium on March 2nd, and even up against the might of the samba boys, we think that the “boys in green” will still be the smartest team on the pitch. The kit will go on sale on March 11th, but you can pre-order it now at www.faishop.com.
For a behind the scenes look at the kit development and the reveal to the Irish players log onto www.soccerrepublic.ie, while you can see more pictures of the shirt over at Umbro.com or on our Flickr stream.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 4:28 pm Brian wrote:
There will be a design “Tailored” for Colon de Santa Fe?
On 15 Feb 2010, at 4:33 pm Numpty wrote:
Ah, the old “we’ve run out of new ideas so we’ll just recycle some old designs and call them ‘retro’, even though they looked pretty crap the first time around” approach. Gotta love marketing folks.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 6:09 pm Tim wrote:
Numpty seems an appropriate name…
I love it, personally. I’ve been wondering when we were going to see a v-necked shirt in the tailored line. Just a shame it’s sullied by that sponsors logo.
I really wish that Umbro still made United’s kits, by the way.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 9:59 pm paulb wrote:
im half irish and half english and proud to be because there kits are so good but i don’t like the eircom without it , it would look 10 times better.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:02 pm paulb wrote:
i can’t see my there selling it to us 10 days after there playing in it personally i would love to wear it to the brazil game but i’ll just have to wear the old one.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:05 pm paulb wrote:
plus its alot better than the bloody nothren ireland home shirt REPUBLIC OF IRELAND RULE.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:07 pm paulb wrote:
And i hope chelsea fc shirts start getting made by umbro again i love retro lookong shirts. WELL DONE UMBRO.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:10 pm paulb wrote:
i love the jacket to im saving up to buy the whole kit and the jacket. We should be wearing it in south afirca but we were cheated out of world cup glory once AGAIN.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:13 pm paulb wrote:
i hope and i think we will beat brazil i going i manged to get 2 tickets for me and my dad so i hope we don’t lose.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:59 pm paulb wrote:
i just had another look at the england away shirt and our jersey is miles better theres looks tight on the players i hate tight football shirts there very uncomfortable.
On 15 Feb 2010, at 11:01 pm paulb wrote:
this year i love the shade of green we went for.
On 16 Feb 2010, at 12:36 am And wrote:
As an England fan I’d say it’s a lot better than both our home & away shirts. The track suit top looks great too.
On 16 Feb 2010, at 1:31 am Shane wrote:
Wow! It’s fantastic.
I was just saying to a friend the other day, “wouldn’t it be great if umbro did a new Ireland kit in the same style as Man City & England”…& here it is now!
It will look much better during the international matches when the eircom logo is replaced by a number…just a shame that we can’t buy the kit without it.
But, it’s a fantastic kit. The first Ireland jersey I will buy in a long time. Hopefully the away kit will revert back to this style too, that off white of old would be great.
On 16 Feb 2010, at 11:16 am paulb wrote:
i agree they look like the man city and england kits there a mixture of both with look great.
On 16 Feb 2010, at 11:57 am séamus macclelland wrote:
really looks great, wonderful colour and design but from a fan’s point of view it’s a pity about the logo slap-bang in the middle, can we not do it like Germany and make the logo smaller while moving it to just under the right shoulder.
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On 16 Feb 2010, at 7:57 pm Francisco Luz wrote:
Really neat kit, as both the British are. I just wish Umbro could come back and sponsor Inter from Brazil again, as you did in the 80′s and 90′s. Our shirts would be the best.
On 18 Feb 2010, at 1:22 am robert emmet. wrote:
superb kit, great colour, really retro. only 2 complaints – that crest is AWFUL can we have the ’70′s-style shamrock crest back please, and that ALSO bloody eircom logo is outrageous, eircom dont pay me to display their name abroad, its a blatant case of taking advantage of loyal fans AGAIN.
On 24 Feb 2010, at 10:44 pm Matu wrote:
The only in South America wich don’t wear tailored shirt is Colón de Santa Fe, Argentina. Why?
On 26 Feb 2010, at 9:37 pm paulb wrote:
i would like to see the font that we use it won’t be the same as spains or brazil cos there using the world cup font….
On 1 Mar 2010, at 5:34 pm Anonymous wrote:
The new jersey looks awesome! ill be getting it on march 11th ready for st patricks day !!!!!
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On 2 Mar 2010, at 9:10 pm jvjb wrote:
The Anthem jacket is great. Other manufacturers have tried with this type of jacket but have not got near this. Classic! Can we get one for England like the blue Ramsey jacket??
On 7 Mar 2010, at 2:38 pm paulb wrote:
Why is our jersey out for sale last? well i guess u have to leave the best till last….
On 3 Apr 2010, at 10:33 pm anna wrote:
“Tailored by Umbro” whats the font called?
On 9 Dec 2010, at 2:02 pm Victoria wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows what the font is that is used in the “Tailored by Umbro” text on the label of the shirts.
Thanks,
Victoria
On 8 Dec 2011, at 4:46 pm Furkan Gidici wrote:
Sakaryaspor ‘umbro’