Mayo stay green and red for All-Ireland final despite calls for black

Mayo will wear their traditional green and red jersey this Sunday although their strong record wearing a predominantly black jersey may give them food for thought.

Since 2015, the seniors have worn black in four championship games and are yet to be beaten. The most recent matches came against Kerry where a jersey change was required due to a colour clash (Mayo were partly prompted to produce the black kit after the All-Ireland semi-final games with Kerry in 2014). Alternate kits were also required when they faced London in the Connacht SFC and Fermanagh in last year’s qualifiers.

Mayo have also beaten Kerry twice in the Allianz League wearing black and luminous green in Fitzgerald Stadium in 2015 and this year in Austin Stack Park where they debuted their black and red gear. However, they lost to the Kingdom when donning the black and luminous green in last year’s Division 1 meeting in Elverys MacHale Park while their juniors were also beaten by Kerry wearing the same kit in the 2016 All-Ireland final.