Adults wearing replica football shirts...
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Used to buy them every year but stopped a few years ago. At 29 I feel like I’m at a weird age where I’m too old for football shirts but not old enough for retro kits. Have kept all my old ones though. Can’t wait to bust out that chevron one in a few years…
It's very weird for me outside of a game or some kind of football related activity to wear a football shirt (and even then it's a bit odd).
Conversely I wear football shorts all the time in the summer with some sliders, get some awesome adidas styles for cheap.
Conversely I wear football shorts all the time in the summer with some sliders, get some awesome adidas styles for cheap.
That was always my preferred way to wear them back in the day! No idea it was ridiculed
No. She'd look better if she took it off.
So people who spend a high portion of their day thinking about football and using free time on a football forum are actually against using football shirts?
Talk about insecurity. Closet football fans.
Talk about insecurity. Closet football fans.
I really don't get the notion that you need to become a miserable prick and give up on things that excite you just because you are middle aged. If you enjoyed wearing the football shirts when you were younger then chances are you still enjoy wearing them now and it's not worth it to give it up because people like OP are judgemental. I would just wear it to wind those people up tbh
I don't wear them myself, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest if someone else, no matter what age they are wears one, they are not harming anyone.
Dont see why it bothers people to be honest. Just let people wear what they want ffs.
Totally agree
I concur with all of the opinions above.
I don't think anyone is bothered by it.
It's like seeing someone with a mullet, nobody really cares but it can be funny.
What's the harm in wearing a football shirt while going out on a walk or at home?
The only people who I find weird are those who get their name printed on the back and obviously the full kit wankers.
The only people who I find weird are those who get their name printed on the back and obviously the full kit wankers.
I sleep in oversized footy shirts. Fits like a short dress.
There's no harm whatsoever.
I buy no number for me.
I buy sometimes with for my kids.
Its kinda wierd to me having a name thats not mine at a old age.
I buy sometimes with for my kids.
Its kinda wierd to me having a name thats not mine at a old age.
You are correct. You yourself could wear something that you think is fashionable but I think looks ridiculous, or 'weird', but at the end of the day everyone should be free to wear what they want. Football shirt sales bring money into the club so if we capped the age where it is acceptable to wear a footy shirt then clubs wouldn't sell as many shirts.
Agree with all of this
I'm a bit shocked how touchy people are about other people not liking an item of clothing.
The glorious irony of a poster with your username writing that
Found Giggsy's account on the caf.
Is it more weird having your own name? Seeing as you aren’t part of the team?
As someone who is over the age of 30, I would feel weird wearing another man's name on my back (especially if he's alive).
I'm 46, I've got a 1999 remake Paul Scholes 18 shirt, I very rarely put it on. I will be grabbing a Ronaldo 7 shirt from DH Gate to wear around the house. I have Basketball shirts I wear around the house and on holiday, they have names on but haven't got a clue who they are.
I don't mind paying £10-£15 from China but would never pay full price for a shirt.
I don't mind paying £10-£15 from China but would never pay full price for a shirt.
The glorious irony of a poster with your username writing that
I wear mine for running or at the gym. They're all from dhgate which were all cheaper than your standard plain running tops from sports direct or wherever, they've all lasted a good amount of washes too. Prefer the fit of a football shirt to those generic running/sports tops. They're always short and flimsy on my frame. I always buy knock-off from dhgate or similar though. I wouldn't ever pay £70 for what is just a t shirt.
Don't think I've worn them outside of running/gym. They look a bit goofy with a pair of jeans unless you're going to match.
I don't see a problem with a name on the back though. With some sports jerseys, like NFL and basketball tops, you don't have a choice. It comes with a name on it. You're displaying you like the team, why is the line drawn at liking a player? Quite tempted to get a knock-off of the new light blue away shirt with Greenwood on the back.
Don't think I've worn them outside of running/gym. They look a bit goofy with a pair of jeans unless you're going to match.
I don't see a problem with a name on the back though. With some sports jerseys, like NFL and basketball tops, you don't have a choice. It comes with a name on it. You're displaying you like the team, why is the line drawn at liking a player? Quite tempted to get a knock-off of the new light blue away shirt with Greenwood on the back.
In the US, you still look like a weirdo wearing a jersey in your 30sWe make such a deal out of it in this country, don't we? In the States they wear team replicas well into retirement, but there's this weird faux-sensibility that in Britain where you should apparently start wearing trousers and buttoned up shirt post-35.
I wanted to buy the home shirt with 'Ronaldo 7' on the back. After reading this topic, now I'm not too sure.
I never knew the majority of people view this way.
I never knew the majority of people view this way.
Even worse
Wear what you like. You shouldn't care what anyone else thinks, even if that person is me!
This has in fact inspired me to wear my black Anderson no 8 to the vernissage tonight.
Unless you're tailgatingIn the US, you still look like a weirdo wearing a jersey in your 30s
I wouldn't wear one but couldn't care less if somebody else does.
I only wear one match day, rarely any other time. I've always had a rule that I would never get a shirt print with a player younger than me. It just wouldn't feel right.
I'm in my thirties now so I rarely get printing.
I'm in my thirties now so I rarely get printing.
I was about to write a serious post, but that "45 year old wearing Gerrard's shirt bit made me laugh".
I wear City shirts at the game, at indoor football, at training, and that's really it. I don't waste energy judging other people for what they wear though.
So where do we stand on having things written on you when you're not wearing a shirt?
Just for the match? Or also ok for down the pub or nipping out for a bit of shopping?
Just for the match? Or also ok for down the pub or nipping out for a bit of shopping?
Makes no odds to me whether people wear them or not to be honest.
I collect shirts so have hundreds of them but honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I wore one to a game, maybe Wembley a few years back. That being said some of the people I go with wear them all the time, just this morning a mate sent me a pic of their new Ronaldo 7 shirt. I tend to wear them around the house or if I’m playing 5 a side and that’s about it, some of them still have tags on in truth.
Live and let live unless it’s a half & half scarf.
I collect shirts so have hundreds of them but honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I wore one to a game, maybe Wembley a few years back. That being said some of the people I go with wear them all the time, just this morning a mate sent me a pic of their new Ronaldo 7 shirt. I tend to wear them around the house or if I’m playing 5 a side and that’s about it, some of them still have tags on in truth.
Live and let live unless it’s a half & half scarf.
Wouldn't judge anyone but wouldn't wear one myself.
Like the idea if a NT one in a foreign country though. Good inoffensive show of patriotism (depending on the countries in question though!)
Like the idea if a NT one in a foreign country though. Good inoffensive show of patriotism (depending on the countries in question though!
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