Castore for Ireland Football

Any idea where I could buy the green jumper, the one the players wear in some of the interviews lads? Can't see it on elverys

HospitalPass wrote: I dunno lads. It's slowly growing on me but I'll have to see and feel it for myself before even considering buying it. Seeing those pictures of the Wolves and Bayer Leverkusen shirts literally tearing at the seams makes me wary of buying - not just Castore - but new jerseys in general these days - especially since even GAA training gear has gone up in price. I see both points of view on the new kit but time will ultimately tell...

Must be serious supply issues with Castore, all the u21 backroom and coaching staff still wearing Umbro

Any fears that the kit will disintegrate mid match versus France?

Interesting article in the Athletic about them yesterday. Originally, they wanted to use high end Italian manufacturers but had supply issues because they underestimated the demand for football jerseys. Manufacturing was then outsourced to Asia while keeping the “premium sportswear” branding and pricing. Quality control went out the window in order to fulfill their contractual obligations.

Edited by Fatnacho - 27 Mar 2023 at 12:43pm

Fatnacho wrote: Interesting article in the Athletic about them yesterday. Originally, they wanted to use high end Italian manufacturers but had supply issues because they underestimated the demand for football jerseys. Manufacturing was then outsourced to Asia while keeping the “premium sportswear” branding and pricing. Quality control went out the window in order to fulfill their contractual obligations. Article says they are winning more deals by offering a higher percentage royalties off jersey sales. The problem with this is that they still have supply issues and the products now have a reputation for being sub-par so they aren’t selling as expected. Newcastle are trying to get out of their contract because of this. An Aussie AFL team also cancelled due to so many problems with the gear. https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/west-coast-terminate-partnership-with-castore-set-to-partner-with-new-balance--c-8368285 Worth exploring if the deal made between Delaney and Mike Ashley forced them to go with Castore especially with his previous links with Newcastle and Rangers. Slightly worrying they couldn’t source enough plain green training tops to iron the crests onto for the u21s.

Fatnacho wrote: Interesting article in the Athletic about them yesterday. Originally, they wanted to use high end Italian manufacturers but had supply issues because they underestimated the demand for football jerseys. Manufacturing was then outsourced to Asia while keeping the “premium sportswear” branding and pricing. Quality control went out the window in order to fulfill their contractual obligations. Article says they are winning more deals by offering a higher percentage royalties off jersey sales. The problem with this is that they still have supply issues and the products now have a reputation for being sub-par so they aren’t selling as expected. Newcastle are trying to get out of their contract because of this. An Aussie AFL team also cancelled due to so many problems with the gear. https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/west-coast-terminate-partnership-with-castore-set-to-partner-with-new-balance--c-8368285 Worth exploring if the deal made between Delaney and Mike Ashley forced them to go with Castore especially with his previous links with Newcastle and Rangers. Slightly worrying they couldn’t source enough plain green training tops to iron the crests onto for the u21s.

A new retro Umbro range popped up lately and I saw loads wearing it last night.  Loads and loads of Italia 90, euro 88, USA 94 jersies, loads of kids wearing them too. I can see that really kicking off and Castore selling relatively f**k all 

Castore are obviously terribly run.  To launch a new shirt and only be available for pre orders is ridiculous. They have missed all thr potential sales during this international window (apart from small pre orsers) and the tourists for Paddys Day who would have bought loads. They cant even supply the U21s properly for matlches.