Armagh are expected to revert to their traditional orange jerseys for the All-Ireland SFC final.

The Orchard County wore their alternative black strip in the semi-final win over Kerry, but will be back in orange for the decider as many spectators would struggle to distinguish between black and Galway’s maroon jersey.

They (the GAA) are very funny about that, don’t ask me why. You have to get special permission,” Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney said at this week’s All-Ireland final press night in The Carrickdale Hotel.

“We have two players with colour blindness, that’s an issue at different times, so when you have full block colours it can be an issue for two of them.

"Listen, I don’t know, that sort of stuff goes way over my head. You’d think it’s a simple enough thing, like wear what you want as long as you can distinguish between the two teams.

“You’ll have traditionalists but I still think part of the thing we have now in each county is that, whether we like it or not, there has to be a commercial value to it.

"We have to make money, they are businesses and stuff, and if there is a jersey out there that sells better than the other and it’s not going against everything, I still think counties should be able to do it.

“They are too hamstrung as it is, in terms of raising money, so if there is something that can help them raise that kind of finance – the black jersey is a good seller for us, as was Ethan Rafferty’s (blue) jersey.”

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