Is there anything that beats a Cagoule (Light Rain jacket) for the Australian Football Terraces. I know I am not the only one who bemoans that the A-League Season is in summer, games in up to over thirty degree heat really limits the wearing of a lot good gear.
Trench coats, Checked Scarves and 80’s Tennis Track tops are not particularly good in such a climate and so we miss out a bit on wearing some of our favourites to games.
Cags However, they are light and if the weather heats up you can just roll them into a ball and pack them away. Alongside this for us in Melbourne when a sudden shower comes on a hot day from nowhere they can be absolutely perfect.
Below are some my favourite Cags of all time:
1. Patrick Sports:
The early 1980’s Cags from French sports brand Patrick are regarded by most as the best that have ever existed. Unfortunately they stopped making them a long time ago and the only way you can get hold of on is spending the kind money you would spend on Quality Electronics on a second hand on EBay.
Patrick became popular with Casuals when Liverpool star Kevin Keegan signed an endorsement contract with the company to wear their boots. Years later Kevin admitted that he thought the quality of the boots were poor and he only wore because he was being paid.
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| A 1980's Patrick Cagoule |
2. The Peter Storm:
Green Peter Storm Cagoules have gone through a recent rival on the Terraces and this largely thanks to the fact that the 2009 Film “Away Days” based on a book of the same name by Kevin Sampson about a pack of young casuals who follow Tranmere Rovers is set in the year 1979.
In 1979 Cagoules were all the rage in particular the cheaper Green Peter Storm Fisherman ones were very popular as they easier to obtain than the more expensive Adidas Cagoules of the time.
In 1979 Cagoules were all the rage in particular the cheaper Green Peter Storm Fisherman ones were very popular as they easier to obtain than the more expensive Adidas Cagoules of the time.
The film features most of pack wearing Green Cagoules (Made by Adidas) to look like the Green Peter Storm ones of the time.
Peter Storm have restricted sales to Australia however you are able to buy these great Cags for roughly $30 AUD on Ebay.
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| Peter Storm Cags Available for sale to Australia |
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| Cast of Away Days (2009) |
3. Adidas:
As mentioned above Adidas have always been a massive player in Cagoule scene.
Ranging from their plainer late 1970’s Navy with White three stripe Cags which remain very popular to this day to their more colourful patterns of the mid 1980’s.
As with Adidas Trainers, unless you have shocking taste if you want an Adidas Cagoule it is pretty hard to muck things up and buy a bad one.
On Ebay you can still get a lot of the more OG Designs.
On Ebay you can still get a lot of the more OG Designs.
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| Adidas Cagoule from the late 1970's |
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| 1983 Adidas Cagoule |
4. Nike:
The Nike Windrunner does not much explanation needed as it is simply a timeless piece of Nike Clothing and in my option the best jacket that Nike they will ever make and the constant re-release of these jackets in different colorways seems to indicate that Nike realise this fact.
This is great when a sports company actually realises what its best products over the years have been.
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| The Classic Nike Windrunner |
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