With less than a month to the AFL NAB Cup,  fans are itching to drag on their  football jumper , jersey , guernsey and get along to support their teams . The ball bounces for the first games on 17 February .

vintage melb jumper

GWS will play NRL convert , Israel Folau, in the inaugral Sydney derby against the Swans , Round 1 , ANZ Stadium , Sydney.

Collingwood , with 3 new recruits on board , including a North Queenslander and an Irishman , climbed Cradle Mountain , in Tassies wilderness , under new coach Nathan Buckley's tough regime.

The Saints , capping off a difficult 2011 , have recorded a large financial loss for last season .

Richmond Tigers , have recruited a new , 2. 02 tall metre ruckman , and welcome Jack Riewoldt back , following four operations over the Summer .

vintage tigers jumper

Mark Neeld , new Demons Coach , will announce their leadership group ahead of the NAB Cup .

29 days to kick off and counting , for ardent AFL Fans everywhere , who can't wait for that first bounce of the Sherrin , and the wearing of the old familiar football jumper .

Is the AFL Football Jumper in hiding during the long , hot summer months ?

new Hawks

Yes and No . Diehard fans , have been spotted wearing the sleeveless model to the beach , pool , bbq or pub . Newer styles of football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys are made from lightweight , breathable , stringently engineered , and expertly designed synthetic fabrics . They  fit like a second skin , absorb sweat , and let the wearer breathe through the hottest , balmiest summer day .

The traditional , old style , vintage and retro woolen or acrylic knitted football jumpers , are usually retired for the summer . They are packed lovingly away by owners , to be proudly unfurled , when a nip is in the air , and the first bounce of the Sherrin , is promised for the 2012 fixture .

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Traditional Blues

classic Saints

vintage Barwon Heads

Whatever style , shape , size , construction , or colour , your football jumper , jersey , guernsey is , it is a piece of easily recognisable footy memorabilia . Popular in the on , or off season , it still has the ability to turn heads and provide comfortable apparel .

modern Eagles

WCE , in a brilliant marketing coup , have presented the leader of the free world  , President Obama with a personalised , West Coast Eagles, football jumper, jersey , guernsey .

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Julie Bishop , deputy leader of the Opposition , WCE board of director member , presented the delighted Obama with the footy jumper , prior to his address of federal parliament in Canberra . She likened the Eagles , to NFL side , the Pittsbugh Steelers , in describing their meteoric rise from bottom of the ladder , to finals contenders .

The other 17 clubs in the AFL Competition  , will be disappointed they missed the opportunity to secure Obama's support .

wce eagles footy jumper

Obama , soared like an eagle ,  favouring the  symbol of American democracy , and let the " dogs  out ",  ie: Western Bulldogs , Julia Gillard's team of choice. Will he sleep in his number1 , new football, jumper , jersey , guernsey ?

wce Obama jumper

AFL Football Fans , wearing their football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys , will be watching this weekends Preliminary Finals , willing their teams to win .

Hawthorn to upset magpies

cup to WA

No bigger prize exists for ardent footy fans , than their team being successful in the hunt for the AFL Premiership Cup .

Can Collingwood continue defeating all challengers , and win back to back premierships ?

Will the Hawks cause an upset on Friday night ,  and defeat the Magpies ?

Geelong have proved largely unbeatable this year , will they win on Saturday ?

back to back magpies

cats or eagles

The West Coast Eagles have crossed the Nullabor  many times , will this journey be a successful one ?

By Saturday night , all will be resolved . May your team win .

One day is a  long time in the life of AFL Coaches .

Ross Lyon , ex - Saints Coach , appeared to be in negotiations with the St Kilda FC , to extend his remaining contract beyond 2012.

Mark Harvey , ex - Dockers Coach , had spent the same day in discussions with his coaching staff , detailing the inclusions and exclusions , from his Fremantle Dockers players list .

By nightfall , Harvey had been sacked as Dockers coach , Lyon had resigned from STKFC , and had been employed as the new Dockers coach .

Emotion aside , today's AFL footy is all about success , and clubs will pursue any avenue to win premierships .

Loyal Saints fans , wearing their football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys,  have had a tough week , watching their team lose a finals match , and a coach .

The Marngrook Footy Show is a fun , laughter filled , sometimes irreverent look at AFL footy . Mainly indigenous ex players make up the panel , who discuss the game in a light hearted , but knowledgable vein . They have women presenters , informed guests , and feature entertaining Aussie musicians . Its a great watch , and leaves that other footy show for dead , in the entertainment stakes .

Marngrook footy show

Both the Eagles and the Blues have blue in their team colours . Who will wear blue jumpers on Saturday nights , twilight , AFL Semi Final Game , in WA ?

white carlton jumper

away wce jumper

The Blues travelling interstate , will surely favour their traditional style , navy blue with white logo football jumper , jersey , guernsey .

The host team , the West Coast Eagles , have a home style jumper of dark blue , yellow and white . Will they wear this ? or be forced to adopt a white style  , clash football jumper ?

The question arises , who will wear what coloured footy jumper on  saturday  night ?

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Carlton blue jumper

Carlton , winning their first AFL final for 10 years , defeated the Bombers at the weekend . Jubilant , they are into round two of the AFL footy finals . WA and the Eagles beckon . The quietly confident Blues are so not Blue about that . Nor are fans who will be cheering their Blues on , wearing the ever changing style of the Carlton football , jumper , jersey , guernsey .  

AFL Weekend results were a mixed bag , with games providing fiercely contested battles , and  some surprise results .

Saints outclassed

The Crows were very good against Geelong in Adelaide , with the Cats scraping a narrow win by only 11 points . The Swans  in a shock 43 point loss to the  under-performing Tigers have placed their finals chances in jeopardy . This loss allows Fremantle and North Melbourne to keep their finals dream alive .

Carlton , Hawthorn , Collingwood , Geelong and the West Coast Eagles continue to win , broadening the gap  between the top five , and the next three contenders , for places in the eight .  The Lions won the  battle of the Queenslanders , and the Bombers ended the Bulldogs hopes of playing in the Finals  . St Kilda , couldn't make it seven wins in a row , and were simply outclassed by the silky skills of the Magpies .

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Blues are winners

Its a  fierce  battle , between five teams , for the last three spots in the eight . Loyal fans , wearing their football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys , will be treated to some fine footy action in the three weeks of home and away matches , as the season draws to a close . 

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