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Down may have lost the All-Ireland final last September but they remain the GAA’s champions of fashion. In 1960 they were the first team whose substitutes wore tracksuits in an All-Ireland final. The reason was not dress sense but common sense, as it made it easier for players to strip off and go on the ... Read more

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