{"id":153600,"date":"2026-01-02T10:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=153600"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:02:48","slug":"why-footballers-stopped-wearing-long-sleeved-kits-footballshorts-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=153600","title":{"rendered":"Why Footballers Stopped Wearing Long-Sleeved Kits | #footballshorts #soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYgXoc-ir9M?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Welcome to The Athletic FC&#8217;s YouTube channel, where best-in-class journalism meets video.<\/p>\n<p>Why did footballers stop wearing long-sleeved shirts?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s find out \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>#premierleague #efl #footballshorts #football<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Try The Athletic for FREE for 30 days: https:\/\/theathletic.com\/checkout2\/intro30\/?source=video_youtube_theathleticfc<\/p>\n<p>Watch our latest uploads here \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9HdRjQJ0mH6bJW9MeLavdgTi-vMbJtrg&#038;si=uKJJXdcnzAYGWiJo<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbb \ud83c\udfa7 Watch the Tifo Football Podcast here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tifo-podcast <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcec Sign up for The Athletic FC Newsletter here for free: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/newsletters\/the-athletic-fc\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow The Athletic FC:<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAthleticFC<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theathleticfc<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theathleticfc<\/p>\n<p>Listen to The Athletic Football Podcast:<br \/>\nApple Podcasts: https:\/\/bit.ly\/TAFPod<br \/>\nSpotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/69AAB4ojTuK7gwy3ZdQdB9<br \/>\nSubscribe to The Athletic FC newsletter for free: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/newsletters\/the-athletic-fc\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow The Athletic&#8217;s Premier League WhatsApp Channel here: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va4OzCyKwqSbZb1pna0K<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Additional footage sourced from AP Newsroom<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hYgXoc-ir9M\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to The Athletic FC&#8217;s YouTube channel, where best-in-class journalism meets video. Why did footballers stop wearing long-sleeved shirts? Let&#8217;s find out \ud83e\udd1d #premierleague #efl #footballshorts #football &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Try The&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":153601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/153601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}