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After all, they could not look sillier than 1970s Leicester striker Keith Weller, who chose the era of the hard man to turn out in white hosiery.

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Clough: leg warmers were all the rage in the 1980s

Plastic pitches in the 1980s prompted goalkeepers such as Bruce Grobbelaar to protect their pins with leggings, but Nottingham Forest striker Nigel Clough had no such excuse for covering up. He just didn't want to catch cold.

Grobbelaar: no risks on plastic pitches

Come on you lilywhites: Chimbonda wears leggings to prevent injuries

These days, Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda and Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt uphold the trend, apparently to prevent muscle cramps and spasms.

These all white? Leicester City's Keith Weller starts a trend

Hunt says: "All the Reading boys have tights and we wear them after every game for four hours."