AFL Clubs wear different jumpers to train in to those worn on match day .

These training jumpers , jerseys , guerseys have the club mascot , logo and sponsors printed on them.

The jumper is the popular sleeveless style made from close fitting polyester .

The training jumper jersey guernsey is usually only one colour from the teams strip . eg the Power have trained in all black guernseys or all teal ones .

The current training strip of the Brisbane Lions is all red .

It creates a distinctive looking jumper, jersey, guernsey and one that is hard to get .

These jumpers, jerseys, guernseys are rapidly becoming highly collectable items .

Fans wear them to the Game and supporters everywhere like to wear them and keep them .

They are unusual and are a talking point amongst fellow supporters and collectors.
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Lions training jumper jersey guernsey

sponsors on back

Football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys are rapidly becoming highly collectable . As fashions and styles change so does the humble footy jumper . Long gone are the woollen , knitted , long sleeve variety with button up front and club names sewn on front and numbers sewn on back . These jumpers branded a club and a team and whilst not high fashion made a club instantly recognisable and bonded the players to each other, their club and their code . Many a mum despaired as when faced with the mammoth task of washing team jumpers they battled the soiling , the wet winter weather , thickness of the wool and the near impossiblity of getting the jumper dry for match day . Today the modern slick polyester version is usually sleeveless has printed on everything ie numbers , logos , sponsors , names etc, is able to be washed and dried overnight and takes plenty of wear and tear . However the older style jumpers are enjoying a renaissance in their twilight years as collectors world wide hanker for the old school team jumper they played in, or their teams old strip . These jumpers often plastered in unfashionable sponsors logos for tobacco companies and breweries are highly prized . The items are much sort after and collectors and fans alike will pay a high price to secure a much coveted item such as an old Fitzroy Lions jumper . Will the new cartoon like logo of the Lions be as popular or collectable as the the Old Lions strip ? Only time will tell but every woolly jumper forever enshrined under glass has a story to tell which can only grow in stature as time goes by . Will they become the true legends of the game and gaze on in horror at the modern incarnations of this famed piece of sporting apparel ?

modern day west coast guernsey