{"id":549405,"date":"2026-07-14T15:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549405\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:29:15","slug":"mayo-fans-left-disappointed-as-gaa-confirms-all-ireland-final-jersey-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549405\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Fans Left Disappointed As GAA Confirms All-Ireland Final Jersey Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1215\">Kerry will wear their traditional green and gold jerseys in the All-Ireland football final against Mayo after winning a coin toss conducted by the GAA<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41879360.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> as per John Fogarty in The Irish Examiner.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1445\">With both counties&#8217; home and alternate kits deemed to clash, the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) held a draw in the presence of both county secretaries to determine which side would wear their first-choice colours.<\/p>\n<p>Mayo Fans Left Disappointed As GAA Confirms All-Ireland Final Jersey Choice<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1468\">A GAA statement read:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1716\">As there is a clash between the jerseys and the alternative jerseys, the CCCC held a draw, in the presence of both County Secretaries, to determine which team would wear their traditional jerseys and which would wear their alternative jerseys.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1814\">Based on the draw, Ciarra\u00ed will wear their home kit, and Maigh Eo will wear their alternate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"2054\">The decision has prompted plenty of discussion online, with many Mayo supporters hoping the county would instead be allowed to wear the white commemorative jersey they sported in their National League meeting with Kerry earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"661\" width=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mayo-fans-left-disappointed-as-gaa-confirms-all-ireland-final-jersey-choice.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659558 max-w-970 w-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-text\"> 14 March 2026; Ryan O&#8217;Donoghue of Mayo during the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Kerry and Mayo at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2177\">That strip proved hugely popular among supporters and had been suggested by many fans as an ideal solution for the final.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2179\" data-end=\"2277\">It is not the first time the counties have had to switch colours when meeting in the championship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2418\">When Kerry and Mayo met in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final and subsequent replay, both sides wore their alternate jerseys to avoid a clash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784042954_902_mayo-fans-left-disappointed-as-gaa-confirms-all-ireland-final-jersey-choice.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659559 max-w-970 w-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-text\"> 30 August 2014; David Moran, Kerry, in action against S\u00e9amus O&#8217;Shea, Mayo. GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship, Semi-Final Replay, Kerry v Mayo, Gaelic Grounds, Limerick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2570\">More recently, in their 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final, Kerry lined out in their green and gold home strip, while Mayo wore their black alternate kit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"630\" width=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784042955_295_mayo-fans-left-disappointed-as-gaa-confirms-all-ireland-final-jersey-choice.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659560 max-w-970 w-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-text\"> 26 June 2022; Paudie Clifford of Kerry in action against Mayo players Kevin McLoughlin, left, and Lee Keegan during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kerry will wear their traditional green and gold jerseys in the All-Ireland football final against Mayo after winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,232782,43],"class_list":["post-549405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mayo-kerry-jerseys","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}