Football Jumper , according to the Heinemann Australian Dictionary a jumper is ” a garment , usually knitted , worn on the upper part of the body for warmth , etc.”

Previously one of the functions of a football jumper was to keep a player warm.

In the modern era this is not its main role. It is used to market the Club ,the Colours, the Player and the Brand . .All are easily identifiable as belonging to a particular tribe and “keeping warm “is incidental .

Jumpers can be high fashion garments . Fans love to wear their Jumper.

Old style Jumpers are historical and collectable .Sentimentality and nostalgia dictate that the old style jumper will not die out .

Modern day Jumpers are streamlined , close fitting and generally made of a synthetic material designed to enhance the players performance.

Jumper , Jersey or Guernsey ? Wear yours to the Game this weekend.

modern

Guernsey is the new word used to describe the humble football jumper.According to the Heinemann Australian Dictionary it means a ” heavy woollen jumpers such as is worn by footballers , sailors etc. ( originally from the island of Guernsey in the English Channel )

Todays streamlined version of a guernsey is a vastly different version of a ” heavy woollen jumper. ”

The modern Jersey , Jumper or Guernsey is usually quick drying , snug fitting polyester, often without sleeves or collar . It is colourful and printed with many logos , names and sponsors.
Even the number, and sometimes the players surname is printed onto the back of the Jersey , Jumper , Guernsey.

Surely the term guernsey is just another word for jumper?

Perhaps jersey is the American term for Jumper . Guernsey is the UK term for it and jumper is Australian.

Who really cares what you call it . If you are at the Game and you are wearing your teams Jersey , Jumper or Guernsey and they are winning that is all that matters!

premiership style

new

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

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