{"id":298145,"date":"2023-11-04T00:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298145"},"modified":"2023-11-04T00:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:24:54","slug":"my-favourite-shirt-with-andy-townsend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/my-favourite-shirt-with-andy-townsend\/","title":{"rendered":"My favourite shirt with Andy Townsend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>My favourite shirt &#8211; Andy Townsend\u00a0 -Republic of Ireland: At the 1994 World Cup, I captained the side as we walked out\u00a0at Giants Stadium against Italy (but only after a rapid kit change)<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Townsend captained the Republic of Ireland in their 1994 World Cup campaign<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ireland progressed to the knockout stages after a famous 1-0 win against Italy\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to wear an Ireland shirt for lots of big moments but being captain, walking out for the first game of the tournament against Italy in such an atmosphere&#8230; there were so many Ireland fans at Giants Stadium that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We got to the ground three and a half hours before kick-off for World Cup matches, plenty of time. So we get changed and we\u2019re in the tunnel wearing white shirt, green shorts, white socks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was standing next to Franco Baresi, who\u2019s got on a white shirt, blue shorts and white socks. He looks at me like, \u2018No, no, no you\u2019ve got the wrong kit on!\u2019 \u2014 and we\u2019re just about to walk out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So we had to fly back into the dressing room for the quickest kit change in history. We came back out in green, white, green and beat Italy 1-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/21\/77384073-12708517-image-a-1_1699048346421.jpg\" height=\"882\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Ireland skipper Andy Townsend picked their 1994 World Cup strip as his favourite ever shirt in football<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/21\/77384101-12708517-image-a-3_1699048397351.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ireland claimed a famous win against Italy in the opening game which helped them progress<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12708517\/My-favourite-shirt-Andy-Townsend-Republic-Ireland-1994-World-Cup-captained-walked-Giants-Stadium-against-Italy-rapid-kit-change.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favourite shirt &#8211; 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