Fashion in Football Part One: Evolution of the Snood.

Snoods are the new gloves for football players, the crowd chants sissy, puff and tart and they don't mean pastry! The derisory  attitude towards fashion conscious footballers is typical of a section of football fans who think a cat walk is a pavement allocated for cats to walk along. The word snood was first recorded in 1938 and its meaning was "net or bag worn over a woman's hair" footballers such as Argentinean with Tasmanian Devil physique Carlos Tevez have evolved the meaning of the snood collaborating closely with designers transposing with idiosyncrasy the neck for the hair in this new design.

There are mixed reactions from Premier League managers, Alex Ferguson has banned them from his team proclaiming them 'for powder puffs'. Arsène Wenger on the other hand is more compassionate and tender toward his player's needs. While nibbling on his croissant he suggested that the snood has a medical purpose with players who are having neck problems in the cold damning weather. Here is his golden boy Nasri, exhibiting his beautiful silk snood while playing in the game:

These snoods are mainly targeted by tropical players who find the conditions in England like that of Siberia. Former Brazil World Cup captain Socrates told the Manchester Evening News: "England is too cold for Brazilian footballers." So do these neck warming snoods make such cold places more attractive for those with the inherited brown sugary skills of the Tropic of Capricorn?

Trendy or not they will be banned this coming summer, The IFAB used Law 4, relating to players’ equipment, to banish the snood. It says: ‘A player must not use equipment or wear anything which is dangerous to himself or another player.’ Dutch player De Jong used judo which he learned from Gerald Butler of 300 and PS. I Love You Fame to take down Spanish player Alonso during the World Cup Final, so who knows if Tevez comes across him, De Jong might use the snood to strangle him until his eyes are xeses. And not the sexy kind, unless you are into necrophilia...