My Story-Our Team.
IRELANDSOCCERSHIRTS@GMAIL.COM/ Twitter @IRELANDSOCSHIRT
A CALLING-When you follow your country it means more than anything else.To wear the green of Ireland and to play for your country is surely the highlight of any players career.By extension,the shirts they wear in games are as close to that honour as I will ever get.In some countries the actual shirt is looked at as a sacred item.Thats how I see it.The shirt is what its all about,its what we unite behind.Its what shows the world who we are.Irish fans do their part to honour the shirt by how we support our team,how we behave and thats why we are welcomed the world over.Our players do their part by always playing with heart and spirit.We may not always win but its more than just results.Its that bond between players and fans,our roots,the great players of the past and present.Heroes all.I hope this website can go some small way to share my passion with you.
To the best of my knowledge all of my Ireland shirts are matchworn/issued, and I have specific game details and providence for most of them. As an Ireland fan, I attend as many games as I can and the highlight has to be staying in the team hotel in Chiba City in Japan 2002 for the World Cup.
The main aim of this website is to set up a virtual museum for former and current Irish internationals,their families,Irish fans,collectors of Irish International memorobilia,basically anyone who has a love for the Republic of Ireland International teams to showcase and share their shirts,with the fans.As there is no formal football museam in Ireland i hope this site can act in some small way preserving-if only in picture format our national team shirts.
This is a non profit website and if anything it has cost me money to get where I am currently.I am always interested in expanding my collection and this website will be updated regularly so keep checking back for updates.
None of my Ireland shirts are for sale but from time to time to fund the growth of the collection i may be selling some of the other shirts or memorobilia in my collection.They are listed as for sale on their captions.I have items from the world of golf,rugby,gaa,boxing,american football,basketball but my main passion is Republic of Ireland shirts.
If you have any player worn/issued Ireland shirts you would like to sell to me (either for display on this site or to be kept private), or if you live in Ireland and you would like your shirt to be photographed and displayed on this site then please contact me with your request to: irelandsoccershirts@gmail.com.
A big thank you to the wife for indulging a grown man who should know better. To Eily for designing the website. And to all the fans of www.youboysingreen.com for all their input. A huge thank you to Jonathan at www.umbro.ie for supporting Irish Football and this project in particular.A huge thank you to Sunderland and Ireland hero Niall Quinn for donating his shirts to the site.A special word of thanks to Millwall and Ireland legend Richard Sadlier for donating his collection of Ireland shirt/caps and his Millwall shirts to the site. I also have a section on this site showing my other football memorabilia that I have collected over the years and if you have any comments, good or bad, then please drop me an email to the above address and I’ll reply to all messages.
Sláinte,
Eddie