This shirt was worn by Joe Haverty in an international match for the Republic of Ireland sometime around the late 1950s. It is a green, home, long-sleeved jersey and bears the number 11 on the back. The shirt was sold at Graham Budd's auction in May 2008, along with several other shirts which had all formerly been in the Arsenal FC museum. It had originally been donated to the Arsenal museum by Haverty so there can be no question regarding its authenticity. Joe Haverty is of course an Arsenal legend. The shirt is in good overall condition for its age. The original badge is regrettably missing and a modern replacement badge has been rather crudely attached instead. The shirt itself is entirely original of course! I believe that the shirt may be from the match Ireland played against England at Wembley in 1957. Haverty played in that fixture and is photographed below. However, I cannot be certain about this - I can be certain that it is a shirt from the late 1950s.

Joe Haverty in action against England at Wembley

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