Ireland 1988 player shirt by Adidas believed to have been issued to O'Brien for the 1988 campaign.
O'Brien played in 5 matches during this year and was in the squad for Euro '88 when the side heroically beat England and were a whisker away from reaching the Semi Finals.
4 of O'Brien's appearances were coming on as a substitute, these were friendlies with Romania, Yugoslavia and Poland in the build-up to the Euros and a World Cup Qualifier against Spain in Seville. The midfielder's one start came in PJ O'Driscoll's Testimonial, a 4-0 victory of Tunisia at Lansdowne Road which did count as a full international. O'Brien moved to England in '86 with Manchester United and spent two years at Old Trafford before a transfer to Newcastle United where he was a regular for 6 seasons, in total he won 16 caps for Ireland in an international career that spanned a decade.
Correct player size flock print professionally heat pressed, flock crest and Adidas logo, long sleeved version not commercially available, comes from the players own personal collection - a signed letter verifying this will be provided.
