AFL team Sydney Swans , home to Carlton at the SCG , took to the ground in red and white hooped jumpers , with 150 emblazoned on them . Is this an historic strip ? or was it an attempt to commemorate an occasion . ?It was a red and white jumper , jersey , guernsey , but bore little resemblance to either their home or clash strip . This hoop style of stripes has long been the traditional style jersey of the Geelong Football Club .

Traditional Carlton Jumper

Despite this repackaging of the Swans , humble footy jumper , Carlton were the winners on the night . The Blues , buried an atrocious record of success , at the SCG , when they seized victory in the wet and muddy conditions .  Carlton played in their traditional, age old design , navy blue and white , jumper jersey , guernsey . Could it be e a case of stick with what works !

Swans SCG Jumper

Football Jumpers offer companies who pay for sponsorship a high profile mobile billboard facility .

All players wear the jumper , jersey , guernsey with the sponsors name / logo or mascot printed across them.

Companies pay highly to have their company name emblazoned on the clubs gear .

The companies consider it worth the expenditure as they receive high visibility for their product.

Sponsors come and go .

A jumper can be dated by who the sponsor was at the time .

Often fans or collectors will seek out a specific jumper with a unique sponsor because it triggers a memory or reminds them of a favourite place in time.

In the modern game , companies pay huge remunerations to the clubs to own a piece of the jumper , jersey , guernsey .In return they achieve high visibility and maximum media exposure of their brand .

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