"Oh the black and red of Mayo..."
It doesn't have the same ring, does it?
Mayo's alternate kit got an airing in the Allianz League in the Spring. While Kerry are wearing their more traditional navy second kit today, it's the Connacht side who have moved from tradition.
Game day!!! Red & Black, Green & Red, whatever colour you're wearing just do your bit to get the lads over the line. #16thman #mayogaa pic.twitter.com/tJpmhtyHd5
— Mayo GAA (@MayoGAA) August 20, 2017
While the GAA thrives in its tradition, Mayo's move to a predominantly black kit, seems to have come with near-universal acclaim.
Mayo black and red jersey is swweeeeeet
— conor foley (@conorfoley18) August 20, 2017
That Mayo jersey though 😍
— Alanah Mc Donnell (@AlanahMcDonnell) August 20, 2017
Mayo's kit for today is savage 👀
— Tadhg O Shea (@Tadhg0Shea) August 20, 2017
Mayo deserve to win 2day for that jersey alone 👌#tantalising
— Mark Russell (@MarkRussell95) August 20, 2017
#mayo jersey is slick
— Niall Breslin (@nbrez) August 20, 2017
Hate saying it, but that black and red #Mayo jersey is class.... #MayoKerry #KerVMayo #GAA #RTE
— Colm Healy (@ColmSeanHealy) August 20, 2017
Regardless of what happens... The Mayo kit... 😍😍😍😍
— John Egan (@JohnEgan1111) August 20, 2017
Cannot overstate how lovely that Mayo kit is
— Oisin McQueirns (@McQueirns) August 20, 2017
That Mayo jersey 😍😍😍😍
— James Fawson (@jimmyf1988) August 20, 2017
Big fan of this Mayo Gaa jersey #GAA #MayoVKerry
— Kieran Barrett (@K_Barrett_92) August 20, 2017
In the early-2000s, Sligo shocked Kildare in a Football Qualifier in Croke Park wearing an all-black kit. Such was the success of that result (and defeating Tyrone in the following year in black), Sligo have stuck with their all-black kit ever since.
While Mayo will return to the green and red at the first available opportunity, if they beat Kerry it could become the Westerner's lucky charm.
