All the major football jumper , jersey , guernsey manufactures make babies Footy Jumpers . These
football jumper , jersey , guernseys are usually a replica of the senior sizes.The commemorative or more decorative styles do not seem to be made for babies .

The basic standard style of home and away colours are made in tiny sizes for babies from six months upwards.Do these mini fans continue to follow the team’s guernsey, jersey , jumper they wear as an infant or do they discard them as soon as they are old enough? Has the indoctrination that has begun at birth been successful so they continue to follow the parents choice of team into youth and then adulthood? Time will tell but these jumpers for small fans are becoming increasingly popular with parents everywhere .

small sizes

Saints white or not

The NAB Cup continues with successful teams playing off.
Saturday sees Melbourne based team , the much loved but spectacularly unsuccessful St Kilda Saints play the Sydney based, exciting Sydney Swans.Both teams have red and white in their team colours . The Saints have black too but it still raises the question will one team play in the white strip favoured of previous years when a clash in clubs colours is evident ?

hawks white one

If they do it will avoid confusion between players , fans and TV viewers alike . This white jumper , jersey , guernsey is destined to become a highly collectable item . Those from previous years clashes are widely sought by all  .

Is a new white strip to be worn ? Fans will just have to wait and see.

Fans who have endured the long summer hiatus of football from their lives can take heart . The NAB Cup kicks of this Friday the 12th February for the opening of the AFL’s pre – season competition .There are a succession of games to be played at venues around the country , in every state where AFL is played.

new jumper

old jumper

Footy starved fans can dig out their jumper , jersey , guernsey and other paraphernalia such as flag , cap etc possibly eschewing the scarf and beanie in 37 degrees heat . Its a time of celebration for footy fans everywhere , whether they are going to the Game or watching it on the TV the fans will be back in the old familiar jumper . Or perhaps not so familiar for Blues fans whose team this year is to be fuelled by lollies in their hunt for the Flag. Will they prove ” a mars a day helps you work , rest and play “. All the teams photos for 2010 have been posted in the daily newspaper and it promises to be a blockbuster season. Get your football jumper , jersey , guernsey out of the cupboard , off the wall or down from storage now . Or better yet shout yourself a new one with all the new sponsors firmly in place . The scent of the turf and the bounce of the Sherrin is close

There is savage price cutting raging across the board as shops clear their summer stock to make way for next seasons autumn / winter range.Sales have been on since Christmas with extreme price cutting taking hold in this last week as February beckons . A good quality football jumper jersey guernsey is priceless. No matter what the cost fans want to be represented in their teams colours . A jumper will always be purchased and is valuable to fans no matter what the cost . Sponsors may come and go but the colours remain constant .Whether it is the traditional strip or a new incarnation of the away strip fans will purchase a good quality item . Prices vary even in sales time but a purchase will be made whatever the cost . Look good , feel good and dress up .If you score a bargain in the sales even better .The older style team jumpers are now highly collectable and are often forever encased under glass for posterity !

worth it at any price

An end to summer is in sight with the nights and early mornings drawing in with less daylight and a drop in temperatures. With the changing season a football fans thoughts turn to their teams first game of the year .Last years jumper , jersey , guernsey is pulled out of the wardrobe and inspected . The questions has it got another season in it? , are the sponsors too dated ?but mainly will it still fit ?are asked .The sponsors may come and go, as will some of the mascots ( who would have thought the Lions would run out with a new Lion ).The team colours may appear a bit darker or lighter each passing year but one thing remains the same and will never go out of fashion ,at round one every ardent footy fan will be out in their teams colours wearing their jumper , jersey or guernsey.Sometimes these jumpers have often had a short respite over the warmer months but the humble jumper has definitely become more of a fashion trend and wearable iconic item of clothing over time .Of one thing you are assured , the jumper ,whether temporarily rested , newly purchased or freshly washed will be proudly on display at the first bounce of the Sherrin .

year of the Bomber

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

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.

new team strip

Observed today in Melbourne town on a day of 29 degree summer heat three different instances of people in football jumpers. A builder in grey st st kilda working on site with a hard hat shorts and Hawthorn footy jumper . His guernsey was the modern sleeveless style with printed sponsors logos . Further along the same road and in the same area a patron of the PCYC gym arrived in the latest strip for irish hurling team Leinster. His entrance was followed by a fellow patron of the same gym in an old sleeveless asics guernsey of the melbourne football club .Fashion statement or just good comfortable gear to wear in Melbourne ‘ s summer heat . Proof that jumpers can be worn anywhere , anytime .Football jumpers are not just for Christmas.

not just for Christmas

What better time to buy your nearest and dearest a football jumper jersey guernsey than at Christmas . It is a most well recieved gift as footy followers of all codes everywhere appreciate loved ones acknowledging their support of a specific team . It may be your codes ” off season ” but the modern fashionable designs and styles of jumpers jerseys guernseys make this item much coveted and able to be worn anywhere , anytime as a valid fashion form .Shopping to purchase the desired team strip is usually hassle free as most sporting goods stores and reputable on line suppliers eg ebay have a vast range all competitively priced . Why not make someone you love happy with the much maligned Magpies jumper or the hard to source and irreplaceable vintage jumper of the ‘ old Fitzroy Lions ” . Its a no brainer and makes Christmas shopping a relatively painless and stress free experience and you might be pleasantly surprised with the reaction to your thoughtful gift .

rare and collectable Saints jumper

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Money from sales goes back to the clubs and promotes sponsors important to passionate supporters a s a way of supporting club.
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Football Jumpers are part of Australia’s national identity

From the dawn of time Australians have played footy

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