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I buy one a season most seasons.

Also have a growing tradition that the player whose shirt I buy ends up being rubbish, while the player whose shirt I nearly buy has a great season.

2 years ago - got Chamakh, almost got Wilshere.
last year - got Wilshere, almost got Koscielny.

I get one most seasons and literally only ever wear it to matches. I didn't get last year's as I knew I wouldn't be able to go to many games, but then someone bought it for me anyway, in March for my birthday. Great 2 months I got out of that, I wore it exactly once!

Having names and numbers on the back should be for children only. No exceptions. Same goes for wearing it in a non-footballing context. Just no.

TheSkins (U3865)

Why for children only? - I agree about wearing it in a non-footballing context for the most part, however I'm interested to know why some people consider it childish to get names and numbers on the back?

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I only got this years for the Gold Star

Bubbles is a plastic

Also have a growing tradition that the player whose shirt I buy ends up being rubbish, while the player whose shirt I nearly buy has a great season.
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What about this year? Who did you get and who did you "almost" get?

SuperGoon is a Pastore hater

Well I'm kinda joking, you can get whatever you want on your shitt of course, but it seems a little bit childish (in the literal sense) having your favouritist player in the whole wide world on your back. It makes me think you probably still pretend to be him when you go and play football in the park later.

But then I am a very judgemental person. Maybe there's not enough childish innocence and fun left in the world? Maybe i should embrace it, and by that I don't mean I should embrace children. Not a good idea.

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Slightly Freudian..

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I'm not necessarily disagreeing as such, but I'm just interested to know why some people think it is. As, 'because it is' isn't an answer, I'm still asking the question,

I'm not sure I'd get it done myself now though, but I can see the appeal as it's a way of personalising your shirt.

I know people that will say its childish to personalise a shirt, yet will go ahead and spend hours a day pretending they are a space soldier form the year 3000, on their Xbox, or will drive around town like they are playing Gran Turismo with awful music blaring out for the whole world to hear.

I know people that will say its childish to personalise a shirt, yet will go ahead and spend hours a day pretending they are a space soldier form the year 3000, on their Xbox, or will drive around town like they are playing Gran Turismo with awful music blaring out for the whole world to hear.
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As, 'because it is' isn't an answer, I'm still asking the question

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I think Joe was being amusing with that comment. Well it amused me anyway, even if he didn't mean it.

TheSkins (U3865)

Yep, I agree it seems juvenile if you put it like that and you are getting it done so you can pretend to be your hero when you play down the park, but like I said above, there are people that find it childish to get a shirt printed for this reason, yet will load up an RPG on their games console and pretend to be a knight or a sorcerer for months on end.

In my opinion, both are a little childish in some respects, but in no way unnaceptable for adults, it's personal choice.

For example I play guitar and often download backing tracks of AC/DC songs to play along to, and own the same model guitar as Angus Young, but does that mean I'm pretending to be him and I'm childish?

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Hmmm.. Kind of as if the man walking around with the Frimpong name on his back, idolises him to some extent. Kids can get away with it. They have their heroes when they're younger. I guess when you're an adult, it doesnt seem right.

I've bought a shirt every year since 1989.
My favourite being the O2 home shirt.....with the yellow pinstripe.
I used to have Henry on the back on my more recent ones until he left.
I then had Fabregas and last year Wilshere.
I believe that if I have a name on the back I curse that player so this seasons home kit is nameless!!!
I have now started buying my son the Arsenal kit, his first was in 2008 and I will get him one every year til he's old enough to buy them himself!!!!
Anyway, August is an expensive time......easily spend a One-er on Arsenal shirts!!!

Playing online RPGs and pretending you're actually an ork or something absolutely is childish. You'll probably find people who do that wouldn't think twice about names on football shirts. Quite probable they wouldn't be big football fans though I would suggest.

Can pretending to be Angus Young count as childish? Isn't he nearly 60? :p

What if say a 40yr old has Giggs on his utd shirt? Say Giggs was his hero ever since he first broke into the scene? Would it still be childish?

I can see where this arguement comes from, but to me having your name, or a player's name, no matter what your age seems ok.

Also I'm not sure wearing a shirt 'casually' is 'chavvy'.
Unfortunately I do not get to go to many games so I wear my shirt casually, usually on days of a match.
Are you say every time you play 5-a-side or go to a game you're a C hav???

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Yeh, see the argument for, and against it and I don't know where my opinion lies. I guess in some respects you could argue that owning a replica shirt at all is a form of hero worship? or is it just support?

When I was in New York this month I went to a Yankees game (shocking sport baseball btw) but one thing that was noticeable was that nearly every single person was wearing a jersey with a player on the back. I looked out of place for rocking up in a standard t-shirt and shorts.

One thing I can't stand though is when people get their 'witty' nicknames on their shirts. Reminds me of those nob'eds who get holiday shirts printed with things like 'big kev' on the back.

One thing I do find a bit odd is when you get some lad who completely kits up to play football, with the official shorts socks and all as if he's lining up for the first team.

I will be bying one the year Wenger retires and getting Wenger and 1 on the back

CShield day 1990. I bought the Man United away one, with the blue'n'white diagonal M's. It was £22-23 pounds.

A year later, they were £33 and I said I would not buy one out of principle as it's a ripoff!!

Last year, I bought the Man United away one, for whatever they are now (£40ish?) online from ManUtd.com. As most prices have doubled in that time, at least, I see them as same vfm as 1990 again.

Quite proud that I held out for over 2 decades, shame more people didn't, they'd have to put the prices down then.

Not sure about names/numbers, but I do see a fair few on here deriding such practice. How is liking players any different to a shirt with a clubs name on the front?

I dont see anything wrong with it personally. People just want to have a whinge at anything it seems though.