These tight undershirts that footballers seem to love...

[seagullsss]

theyre really comfortable and warm but most players were it as a fashoin accesory

 

[Kent Seagull]

I saw on Serie A the other day a player wearing a scarf! What with all the glove wearing bollocks it makes me wonder what sort of men they are. Defoe was wearing black tights the other day, I'm suprised they are allowed to wear more than the normal kit.

 

[JJ McClure]

Professional footballers wear them to look buff, I do not wear one as I would look pregnant.

 

[the wanderbus]

I wear something under my shirt to help keep me warm, take it off when I bathe & put another one on after my bath, it seems to do what its supposed to do & is highly recommended - its called a vest & costs about £3.99 at m&s.

 

[strings]

I wear a shortsleeve/high-neck nike baselayer when I am training with my rugby (yes rugby!) team. They are brilliant for those freezing Monday Walsall evenings, they keep you pretty warm and are very comfy. I can't say I ever worn one for a match, but would definately recommend them as an undergarment for training.

 

[Stat Brother]

They're just the football equivalent of cyclists love of gaily-coloured lycra next to the skin IMHO. Highly suspect

That will be me then, having just come back from a blast around Arundel.
I have a few of these and for me they work really well in keeping sweat off my body, hence keeping better temperature.

As for looking pregnant, tis not so, they seem to work more like a girdle sucking everything in

 

[Nibble]

As well as acting as a thermal layer they reduce the natural "bouncing" of muscles. This bouncing can waste energy and adds to muscle fatigue and recovery time.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Their principle aim is to allow Premiership players to write crap slogans on the front

 

[e77]

I use them and they take sweat away from the body.

Then again I take Creatine so I have been known to jump on the odd fitness bandwagon!

 

[SNOOBS]

I wear the top n shorts to keep warm. Very Rarely wear gloves as thats just poofy, another recent fashion is wearing white socks over your football socks with loads of tape, think they are copying Ronaldo - who is poofy too.

 

[Race]

i thought every top was skin tight!!

 

[ali jenkins]

Why do people wear them and then wear a short sleved top??

 

[empire]

the winter ones are long sleeved,so if you only have short sleeved tops you aint gotta choice

 

[Cheshire Cat]

And just what is wrong with a big woolly jumper and a flat cap I may ask?

 

[Scotty Mac]

Why do people wear them and then wear a short sleved top??

that is when it looks TWATISH