History of Footy Jumpers website.

[Mero]

Thanks to Johnny Howard from Big Footy, here is the revised format for my History of Footy Jumpers website.
www.angelfire.com/ok/fbtmisc/merojumpers.html

All feedback appreciated.

Things I'm already working on:
- White background
- Dates in Text for Firefox users.
- Year by year representation (AFL only)
- Pre VFL jumpers. Eg Other clubs 1874-1896.

 

[Arabian Goggles]

- Dates in Text for Firefox users.

Much appreciated.

Edit: Where?

 

[Mero]

Much appreciated.

Edit: Where?

Well, once someone tells me how to do it, they'll be underneath.

 

[Arabian Goggles]

Well, once someone tells me how to do it, they'll be underneath.

I'll be back in 2009.

 

[arrowman]

Thanks Mero, I'll arrange a link from www.asthecrowsfly.com

 

[Mikes4]

How is it that clubs come about deciding their Centenary and Heritage jumpers, when they had never been used by the club in the first case?

 

[Mero]

How is it that clubs come about deciding their Centenary and Heritage jumpers, when they had never been used by the club in the first case?

Don't get me started...
OK, you have.
Clubs invariably choose a Heritage design based on what will sell on Ebay.
Of the clubs 2005 Heritage jumpers, these clubs have designs that were worn previously:
Essendon, StKilda, Hawthorn, South Melbourne, Collingwood, West Coast, North Mebourne & Brisbane. (Half of them)

Footscray's the bands were too wide.
Melbourne, Carlton & Geelong and were made up of combinations of two jumper designs.
Fremantle wear a jumper attributed to the original Fremantle FC .
Obviously this was never worn in the VFL/AFL, or by the current club prior to wearing it in the Heritage Round.
Adelaide's featured a club logo most people would never have seen.
Port Adelaide wore a jumper that was the wrong colours, which saved them from the embarassment of being the second club in AFL/VFL history to wear Hot Pink. (Magenta being the actual name of the colour, but it's pink.)
Obviously, the jumper it was based on didn't have the years of Port's SANFL premierships down the stripes either.
Richmond wore a jumper that is best described as an insult to their history and their historians. It was designed based on a grainy photograph which showed a black laceup jumper with chamois reinforcing on the shoulders and down the middle where the laces go. It also had yellow stripes, but they were difficult to see. If you didn't care, and didn't pay much attention, it looked like what the heritage jumper became. Those that do care were incensed, and ignored.

This season, you can take North off the list, they are wearing a 1925 North jumper with an enormous 'North Story' logo underneath it.
From what I've seen of StKilda's jumper, the stripes are too wide, and therefore incorrect too.

 

[crudbucket]

Interesting how Freo has only been going for 11 seasons but has had 12 different jumpers. Incidently, I like Freo's first away jumper (with the predominate green) as my personal favourite.
Same goes for Port's first away jumper, I'd like to see that one still going round too.

 

[O Grobbecker]

The pre 1970's jumpers had button ups at the throats, not Vees. You are probably aware of it and retain the Vee from a template.

From memory based on my first purchased Footscray jumper back in 19 mumble mumble, mum knitted one for me before that, and from looking at old photographs, I'd say that the width of the red and white hoops on the Footscray jumper did vary. It became wider in the years leading up to 1975. Memory doesn't permit me to judge width of the hoops of the 5404 design against their corresponding wideth from earlier days. You are probably right. The 5404 design should become the standard jumper. It looks so clean, neat and traditional. The bulldogs head on the current design is ridiculous.

 

[doog. where's my car]

Collingwood say they are totally against clash strips
but they wore one when they played Swan Districts. It was all white with a black V and black numbers.

 

[Mero]

The pre 1970's jumpers had button ups at the throats, not Vees. You are probably aware of it and retain the Vee from a template.

From memory based on my first purchased Footscray jumper back in 19 mumble mumble, mum knitted one for me before that, and from looking at old photographs, I'd say that the width of the red and white hoops on the Footscray jumper did vary. It became wider in the years leading up to 1975. Memory doesn't permit me to judge width of the hoops of the 5404 design against their corresponding wideth from earlier days. You are probably right. The 5404 design should become the standard jumper. It looks so clean, neat and traditional. The bulldogs head on the current design is ridiculous.

I had the priviledge of interveiwing Charlie Sutton at a night for the Footscray taskforce (starting a Hall of Fame) and he ripped into me for not drawing a jumper with buttons. (Plus the History of Bulldogs jumpers)
"Every jumper I wore had buttons, where's the buttons?"
He was semi serious, but he was a scary man, at 80 years of age.
His eyes pierce you, and his handshake is like sticking your hand in a vice and winding it up.

As for the Footscray bands getting wider before '75, I don't think so.
I've traced from the photos in Unleashed amongst other books, and reckon the bands were the same until colour telly made them seperate the red and blue.
Then in 1980 when they dropped the red collar, the white and red bands were wider than the previous versions. The 2005 bands are the same thickness as the 1980 bands.
And yes, in my opinion, the Bulldog head should go.
But then, I'm for ditching the name Western Bulldogs and the logo completely.
Return to the Standing Bulldog and the Teddy Whitten jumper.

 

[Dasher39]

Mero, not sure if you are aware of the Brisbane Lions new clash top. Was pictured in the Herald Sun yesterday (in 'The Pulse' section). Is to be worn against Melbourne when they play each other. Any chance of doing a jumper, as I cant seem to find a pic anywhere!

Keep the good work!

 

[Mero]

Mero, not sure if you are aware of the Brisbane Lions new clash top. Was pictured in the Herald Sun yesterday (in 'The Pulse' section). Is to be worn against Melbourne when they play each other. Any chance of doing a jumper, as I cant seem to find a pic anywhere!

Keep the good work!

Something like this.
It should look better when I actually see one.