1994-95 Ireland Umbro Home Shirt Cropped - 8/10 - (L)

Official Umbro Republic of Ireland cropped home shirt from the 1994-95 season, worn as Jack Charlton's side competed in the aftermath of the 1994 World Cup in the United States where Ireland delivered one of the most celebrated and emotionally charged performances in the nation's football history, beating Italy 1-0 in the Giants Stadium with Ray Houghton's iconic lobbed goal in a result that stopped an entire country and produced scenes of national joy that transcended sport and became a moment of pure collective Irish identity celebrated from Dublin to Boston and every Irish community in between. The cropped version of this iconic green Umbro shirt is among the most unusual and visually distinctive pieces of Irish football memorabilia from the entire 1990s era, a bold and fashion-forward variation that reflects the creative ambition of Umbro's kit design during the decade when they were producing the most collectible and culturally significant garments in the history of British football. A large size cropped Ireland home shirt from the post-USA 94 era in this condition is a wonderfully rare and characterful find bearing the colours of a nation whose love for football and fierce pride in the green shirt has always produced something far greater than the sum of its parts. A one of one original — when it's gone, it's gone forever.

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Product Size: L

Condition: Great