Starting with a daily group stage, the best kit from
each group will proceed to the knock-out rounds, with the final two facing off
and the ultimate winner to be crowned on the day of the World Cup Final.
Kits are being judged in their default format, with minor
variations ignored. Voters can use whatever criteria they wish to identify their
greatest - whether that is style, a favoured match, or a childhood memory.
[unless otherwise stated, stats are based on senior men’s matches and are based on “best guesses”*]
To vote, please visit and follow on Twitter. Group polls will be open for two days, with a new one unveiled every other day.
GROUP M
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GROUP N
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1998 Home |
In 1998 a smart merchandise pamphlet was issued by
the Irish FA and their new kit supplier, Olympic Sportswear. OS were not a well-known
manufacturer, however they had supplied Portugal at Euro 96, as well as
Hearts, Luton and a number of English lower-league clubs. What impressed
about the catalogue, as well as the smart selection of training-wear, was the
availability of blue alternative home shorts, meaning there was no chance of
the red away shorts being used with a home shirt which already featured too
many colours. Just a year into the partnership the IFA severed ties with OS as
the company suffered financial difficulties. |
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Olympic Sportswear |
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(1998-1999) |
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Debut: 03-06-1998 vs Spain L 1-4 (A) (International Friendly) |
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Pl: 7 |
W: 1 |
D: 3 |
L: 3 |
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1996 Home |
Asics’ safe first efforts were followed by a bold
set of quartered shirts. This was the first time (in anyone’s memory at least)
that blue had played such a prominent position on a Northern Ireland shirt.
This was still a stylishly simple design, in keeping with Asics’ efforts of
the time for multiple British club sides. |
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Asics |
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(1996-1998) |
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Debut: 29-05-1996 vs Germany D 1-1 (H) (International Friendly) |
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Pl: 14 |
W: 3 |
D: 6 |
L: 5 |
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1979 Away |
Northern Ireland’s first away shirt of modern times
(none had been required since green had supplanted blue in 1931). It was worn
for the first time at home, as the Republic of Ireland visited Belfast for
the first time (they’d worn white in Dublin). It was a simple reversal of the
home shirt, and the green shorts were used a number of times against
Scotland. For some reason white shorts were worn in the shirt's only other outing, against France in Paris prior to Espana 82. |
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Adidas |
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(1979-1982) |
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Debut: 21-11-1979 vs Rep. of
Ireland W 1-0 (H) (Euro 1980 Qualifier) |
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Pl: 2 |
W: 1 |
D: 0 |
L: 1 |
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1919 Alternative |
Another alternative without an image or much detail.
It is assumed it was worn in this configuration against Scotland at some
point in the 1920s, but when? [since prepping this it has been confirmed that Scotland were in white in this match, with Ireland in blue] |
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(1928*) |
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Debut: # 25-02-1928 vs Scotland W 1-0 (A) (British International
Championship) |
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Pl: 1* |
W: 1 |
D: 0 |
L: 0 |
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1992 Home |
After a brief bold period, Umbro went very retro
with their kit releases in the early 90s. Spurs’ baggy shorts in the 1991 FA
Cup final were followed by lace-up collars for many clubs, while Northern
Ireland and Nottingham Forest got pin-striped kits inspired by shirts from a
decade earlier (Kingsley Black therefore got to wear this in green and red). This
kit saw Billy Bingham’s management peter out and Bryan Hamilton’s tenure
begin brightly. |
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Umbro |
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(1992-1994) |
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Debut: 09-09-1992 vs Albania W 3-0 (H) (1994 World Cup Qualifier) |
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Pl: 12 |
W: 7 |
D: 2 |
L: 3 |
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2016 Away |
Even though this kit shares a template with the
contemporary home version, it was much less controversial on release. Inextricably
linked with matches against Wales, it made its debut in Cardiff and was worn
as Northern Ireland suffered a narrow defeat in the second round of Euro 2016.
An oddity of this shirt is that it was retained longer than might have been
expected, serving three years due to the 2018 away release clashing with
teams in blue. Usually worn with green shorts, it was often paired with the
home white shorts. |
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Adidas |
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(2016-2019) |
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Debut: 24-03-2016 vs Wales D 1-1 (A) (International Friendly) |
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Pl: 9 |
W: 3 |
D: 3 |
L: 3 |
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1951 Home |
As the “split” became permanent in the early-1950s,
the Irish FA were no longer competing with the FAI to assert their place as
the “true” Ireland and were content to remove the shamrocks from their jerseys
and use the old IFA crest again, though a crown had managed to find its way
into the design. Aside from the badge, the shirt was largely the same as the
one used for the previous two decades. |
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Bukta |
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(1951-1953) |
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Debut: 12-05-1951 vs France D 2-2 (H) (International Friendly) |
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Pl: 14 |
W: 1 |
D: 3 |
L: 10 |
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2022 Women Home |
Following Northern Ireland Women qualifying for Euro
2022, their first major tournament, Adidas announced that they would be
issued with their own bespoke kit. The template was shared by Wales, Belgium
and Sweden. Also available in men’s cut. |
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Adidas |
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(2022) |
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Debut: 08-04-2022 vs Austria Women L 1-3 (A) (World Cup Qualifier) |
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Pl: 5 |
W: 1 |
D: 0 |
L: 4 |
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