Many football clubs play in Amateur Leagues and Competitions.

It could be the local under 10 school based team .eg St Josephs primary school side, Premiers 1998, who play in all blue with yellow V colours .

Older youths play in District Teams.eg SMDC . South Melbourne Districts Club, who play in the red and white and have a Swans Mascot .

Areas form their own teams and play in amateur leagues eg St Kilda City , who play in the Southern Football League .For decades they have fielded local teams at all levels junior through to senior .They play out of the famous Peanut Farm Reserve in St Kilda and wear the red , white and black jumper , jersey , guernsey with a Saint mascot and shield.

Women have their own League. In Victoria it is the VWFL and is growing . St Kilda Sharks is a womens team that also plays out of the Peanut Farm Reserve in St Kilda and wear the red , white and black of their AFL counterparts.

The iconic colours mark a team , an area , a district and a competition .

Amateur or elite team the club colours of the jumper , jersey , guernsey are worn with pride and passion .

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The AFL draft has taken place and the the new recruits and rookies have been presented with the football jumper ,jersey ,guernsey of the club they have been recruited to . The chairman of the AFL Andrew Demetriou called out the new players name and the club he had been recruited to . Watched by family and friends and club officials the young man proudly strode toward the clubs coach who was smiling and holding the club colours aloft in the form of the teams current home strip. The colourful football jumper ,jersey ,guernsey was accepted gratefully by the new recruit who left the stage clutching his future football clubs jumper ,jersey ,guernsey . It is now a part of the clubs and his history . The humble football jumper ,jersey ,guernsey was present at the making of a future club champion to be written into club folklore . Nowhere was a football jumper ,jersey ,guernsey more proudly displayed along with the hopes and aspirations of those young players and their chosen clubs who are hoping for 2010 success.

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