Adults wearing sports jerseys for leisure

Wouldn’t wear them on a normal day, but for gym/indoor football I’d happily wear a team’s jersey

After Hours has a strict no team colours policy.

People should obviously be allowed to wear whatever they want, but team jersey-wearers should recognise that they're essentially cosplayers who put no effort into their costumes. They also tend to be just as nerdy about pointless football games and stats as cosplayers are about pointless animes and games.

Wearing sports jerseys, watching super hero films and Netflix.

God help us, surely the end of the world is neigh.

What's next, young adults playing computer games!?!

There appears to be a very strong correlation between being an adult man who wears a Manchester United jersey and having a very red face and huge belly. Carlsberg also appears to the beer of choice for this species.

Woke Hogan wrote: »

When my son came back from college for the weekend last night I invited the lad who drove him up in for a cup of tea.

We were chatting and then I realised that my son's friend was wearing a Man United jersey. It got me thinking: I've never worn a replica jersey in my adult life and back when I was a younger man it was something you never saw anyone else doing either, except children.

Could this be a symptom of the infantilisation of society? Grown men dressing like their sporting heroes? From the impression my son's friend gave me last night, the kind of people who wear Man United or Leinster rugby jerseys past their late teens are definitely more into "Netflix binges" and superhero films rather than reading a good book. Very worrying.

You haven't lived. The moisture-wicking qualities of jerseys are excellent and they don't need ironing. Get yourself a life and stop being a loafer, collar and chino wearing stuffy old git! Wear a jersey, start watching films that aren't in black and white, and feel what freedom is like!

It is only infantile if the person wearing it has tracksuit bottoms on and their hands down their pants.

Woke Hogan wrote: »

When my son came back from college for the weekend last night I invited the lad who drove him up in for a cup of tea.

We were chatting and then I realised that my son's friend was wearing a Man United jersey. It got me thinking: I've never worn a replica jersey in my adult life and back when I was a younger man it was something you never saw anyone else doing either, except children.

Could this be a symptom of the infantilisation of society? Grown men dressing like their sporting heroes? From the impression my son's friend gave me last night, the kind of people who wear Man United or Leinster rugby jerseys past their late teens are definitely more into "Netflix binges" and superhero films rather than reading a good book. Very worrying.

If your a proper dresser and book reader It appears to have just turned you into a judgemental guy.

People expressing themselves and their interests through clothing choices? What is the world coming to?

Whatever about adults wearing football jerseys off the pitch, there seems to be an epidemic of people wearing sports gear when going about their daily life. More often than not its the very people who could benefit the most from some actual exercise who insist on wearing lycra to tescos.

The guys with player's surnames on the back are the worst .

Why would you wear another male's name on your back?

Sleeper12 wrote: »

The fashion sense...

There's your problem, you have a preconceived notion of what fashion is, I'd imagine supported by mainstream media and social media celebrities. I hate the notion of 'fashion' and I personally think we should avoid anything to do with it, as it sends the wrong signals to the youth of today.

I agree with you regarding the wearing of tracksuits, I don't wear them myself outside of the house. But I also disagree that labels are required, or you have to be wearing the current colours and trends. I've never owned, and will never own, skinny jeans. They're horrible things and I wonder where the lads put their balls when they're wearing them.

I'm a jeans and tshirt guy. My tshirts are 99.9% from Qwertee, and usually contain an image from a game or show that I've an interest in. I used to try and be fashionable, but to be fashionable you need the typical perfect figure. You can only have a dad-bod if you have kids, otherwise you're just fat. So I gave up on it, and I'm so much happier since I stopped giving a fluck about what people think about the clothes I'm wearing.

End fashion, and the world will be a better place.

I wear my GAA club's gear when I'm out running or training or playing some 5-a-side. It's the only sports gear that I own besides boots and runners so I don't have much choice. I wouldn't wear them out socially unless it was some club-related event.