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Was at a Down championship tonight between Bryansford and Castlewellan. Both teams had similar colours; black shorts, green shirts, the only difference the Ford's gold hoop, mimicked by Castlewellan's sponsor in white on the front of the jersey. Don't know if it was difficult for the players in the heat of a game, but it showed no consideration for elderly or visually impaired spectators.
Is there a GAA policy on this? If not there should be

befair (Down) - Posts: 237 - 28/08/2018 03:32:13    2136954

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Replying To befair:  "Was at a Down championship tonight between Bryansford and Castlewellan. Both teams had similar colours; black shorts, green shirts, the only difference the Ford's gold hoop, mimicked by Castlewellan's sponsor in white on the front of the jersey. Don't know if it was difficult for the players in the heat of a game, but it showed no consideration for elderly or visually impaired spectators.
Is there a GAA policy on this? If not there should be"
Don't know the clubs in question obviously , but I'd say not to many clubs can afford an away set of gear for the odd match in a year when there's a clash , do agree it's very annoying to watch and must be desperate to ref

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/08/2018 09:14:41    2136971

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Replying To befair:  "Was at a Down championship tonight between Bryansford and Castlewellan. Both teams had similar colours; black shorts, green shirts, the only difference the Ford's gold hoop, mimicked by Castlewellan's sponsor in white on the front of the jersey. Don't know if it was difficult for the players in the heat of a game, but it showed no consideration for elderly or visually impaired spectators.
Is there a GAA policy on this? If not there should be"
Policies, policies, policies . God preserve us from any more policies .

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 28/08/2018 09:58:37    2136985

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Replying To Damothedub:  "Don't know the clubs in question obviously , but I'd say not to many clubs can afford an away set of gear for the odd match in a year when there's a clash , do agree it's very annoying to watch and must be desperate to ref"
You don't need to have a set of away jerseys. Just use common sense --- borrow a set from the neighbouring club. Would have been the way around these issues in rural areas in the old days anyway

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 28/08/2018 10:20:03    2136994

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I believe for championship both teams change or toss a coin. For league the home team changes or just turn the jersey's inside out like we used to do back in the day

lillyboy (Kildare) - Posts: 429 - 28/08/2018 10:23:28    2136996

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Replying To Damothedub:  "Don't know the clubs in question obviously , but I'd say not to many clubs can afford an away set of gear for the odd match in a year when there's a clash , do agree it's very annoying to watch and must be desperate to ref"
wear your normal kits then and if they clash I'm sure every club can afford bibs. They're used in training to differentiate teams. very cheap too.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 28/08/2018 11:05:36    2137014

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once played against a club in wexford wearing a set of cavan or monaghan or longford or somebody jerseys.cant remember which.
i presume they picked them up on the cheap.thought it was a good idea myself.
hardly too many gaa clubs cant afford a 2nd kit in fairness......

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 28/08/2018 11:07:52    2137018

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Sounds just like poor planning by the County/CCCCCCC and the clubs for that matter not to have had it sorted when fixture was drawn. I know in Antrim if there are two teams in similar colours due to play in the Championship that it is sorted out in advance so that both clubs know who is wearing what.

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 28/08/2018 11:12:03    2137020

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Replying To waynoI:  "wear your normal kits then and if they clash I'm sure every club can afford bibs. They're used in training to differentiate teams. very cheap too."
In championship you can be fined , and my club was for not having appropriate amount of flags , you can be done for lines not being marked correctly, you can also be done for jerseys not being numbered correctly , also fairly certain but cannot confirm for definite you can be fined in Championship if someone is wearing different color nicks , championship taken seriously in Dublin so don't see bibs being allowed in a league game let alone championship

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 28/08/2018 11:20:17    2137030

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Replying To Damothedub: "Don't know the clubs in question obviously , but I'd say not to many clubs can afford an away set of gear for the odd match in a year when there's a clash , do agree it's very annoying to watch and must be desperate to ref"
You don't need to have a set of away jerseys. Just use common sense --- borrow a set from the neighbouring club. Would have been the way around these issues in rural areas in the old days anyway

PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1059 - 28/08/2018 10:20:03 2

Here in Tyrone most clubs field Reserve Teams (Think they are known as Junior clubs in the south)
Each Club's Reserve Kit is usually a reverse of the club's senior teams colours

i.e
Senior Jerseys : White with Red Trim - Reserve Jerseys Red With White Trim
Senior Jerseys : Green with Yellow Trim - Reserve Jerseys Yellow With Green Trim

an so on........

So when there is a clash of Jerseys, both tems wear their reserve jerseys ( in a recent Tryone County final it was Dromore Vs Coalisland, both plain blue jerseys, Dromore wore their Reserves Yellow Jerseys & Coalisland wore their reserves White Jerseys)

If both teams Senior & change colours still clash, they toss a coin and the winner team wears thieir normal senior jerseys, the loser wears their reserve colours.

Simple as that really, no need for bibs or borrowing kits from other clubs.

IrelandUnited (Tyrone) - Posts: 77 - 28/08/2018 15:11:18    2137147

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In Wexford, I am 99% sure it comes in the fixture : please use alternative colours.
Having said that, Glynn-Barntown played Oylegate at the weekend and both are predominantly blue, Glynn have a green stripe which was the only difference.

StoreysTash (Wexford) - Posts: 1732 - 28/08/2018 15:30:27    2137159

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Replying To PoolSturgeon:  "You don't need to have a set of away jerseys. Just use common sense --- borrow a set from the neighbouring club. Would have been the way around these issues in rural areas in the old days anyway"
Could you imagine Tuam Stars being asked to wear Dunmore McHales Green and White or Corofin giving Caherlistrane their jerseys or Sarsfields wearing St Marys Athenry jersey. That won't work. There is then the issue with Sponsors.

But it happened in the Galway championship in the last year or two, both Cortoon Shamrocks and Salthill/Knocknacarra clashed, both have a light blue, Salthill/Knocknacarra had a navy option and changed, the county board made Cortoon wear Galway jerseys and refused to let them stay in the their own jersey.

I always find Galway v Cork hard to watch in the championship as the Maroon and Red are very close. Also Clare v Kilkenny can be difficult.

EDH (Galway) - Posts: 367 - 28/08/2018 16:32:26    2137197

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I think in London if there was a colour clash that the oldest club wore there kit and the other club had to wear a change kit, I know my club borrowed another clubs set of jerseys once or twice.

Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 29/08/2018 11:24:48    2137348

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In Louth the O Raghallaighs club from Drogheda and the St Fechins club from Termonfechin have very similar jerseys. Judge by yourself.

https://www.oneills.com/o-raghallaighs-gaa-jersey.html
https://www.oneills.com/st-fechins-gaa-jersey.html

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 29/08/2018 18:28:33    2137490

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I remember one year not too long ago Birr played Dunloy in an All ireland Club final and their kits were almost identical.
Galway an Cork is a troublesome one too.

Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 31/08/2018 00:09:48    2137797

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Replying To EDH:  "Could you imagine Tuam Stars being asked to wear Dunmore McHales Green and White or Corofin giving Caherlistrane their jerseys or Sarsfields wearing St Marys Athenry jersey. That won't work. There is then the issue with Sponsors.

But it happened in the Galway championship in the last year or two, both Cortoon Shamrocks and Salthill/Knocknacarra clashed, both have a light blue, Salthill/Knocknacarra had a navy option and changed, the county board made Cortoon wear Galway jerseys and refused to let them stay in the their own jersey.

I always find Galway v Cork hard to watch in the championship as the Maroon and Red are very close. Also Clare v Kilkenny can be difficult."
Funny you say that, I vaguely remember watching the 1986 final between Cork and Galway on an old black and white telly in my grandparents' house. It's the first All Ireland final I can remember but I do remember that I could identify Galway because they were dark grey and Cork were light grey, although I'm almost certain Galway wore maroon shorts in that final too, which also made it easier to differentiate for people in black and white land.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 31/08/2018 00:25:30    2137800

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Replying To ballydalane:  "Funny you say that, I vaguely remember watching the 1986 final between Cork and Galway on an old black and white telly in my grandparents' house. It's the first All Ireland final I can remember but I do remember that I could identify Galway because they were dark grey and Cork were light grey, although I'm almost certain Galway wore maroon shorts in that final too, which also made it easier to differentiate for people in black and white land."
Was at the 2002 final Clare v Kilkenny, it was dark and almost impossible to distinguish the teams due to the colours. An almighty downpour as we left Croke Park.

EDH (Galway) - Posts: 367 - 31/08/2018 11:17:56    2137856

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Check out Collingwood v Geelong in the AFL. The definitive referee's nightmare

Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1058 - 31/08/2018 11:36:12    2137860

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Turn one side's jerseys inside out.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 31/08/2018 11:59:30    2137871

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