I hear you, but I'm probably the wrong person to discuss this with. If I'm given any option to dress up I tend to take it. I quite like dressing up and going out.
Personally I can't understand the mentality of any middle-aged man who would voluntarily wear a nylon replica shirt, tatty jeans and flip-flops. But each to their own.
And the moaning about it has been going on for years as well. Anyone would think people were forced to join club/corporate areas.
PS feel free to swing by for a glass of bubbly if the Wigan result is favourable.