Our Top 5 Tips for Buying your Team Football Kits

August 25th, 2009

1. Buy the best quality that you can afford

There are many varieties of football kits available for your team and a multitude of suppliers. Wherever possible you should try to buy the best quality kits available as they will wear much better, wash better, retain their shape and colour, take printing and numbering with ease and will last for more than one season if you need to use them over several seasons.

2. Make sure your kits are comfortable

Your teams have to wear their kits over many matches and it is important to ensure your team football kits are comfortable. Think about:

  • whether they fit well
  • how/if they stretch
  • how they will wear in wet/cold weather conditions
  • how cool they will feel in hot weather conditions
  • look at the quality of the seams and ensure that they will not rub

3. Set your budget and stick to it

It is important to set your budget and stick to it and ensure that when you budget that you include all the football kit parts that you need along with a few to cover for  losses and damage. You may well find that you are able to get better deals if you buy full kits at a set price that include shorts, shirts, and socks and in some cases spares will be included. In many cases you will find that buying team kits online will be significantly less expensive than buying in the high street as the cost overheads of the online stores are much lower and they can therefore offer better discounts on their football kits.

4. Get your printing done where you buy your kits

Football kits printing can be done by many companies, including those that supply kits and those that don’t. It is often more economical to get the printing done at the time that the football kits are supplied from the the supplier of the kits. It is also the case that football kit suppliers are more aware of the materials used in the kits and will ensure that the printing products used are appropriate for your kits.

5. Make sure replacements will be available

If you don’t buy spares at the start of the season it is important to know that the styles that you choose are still going to be available for purchase later in the season. This is particularly important in the case of your football shirts, some of which are only provided by the suppliers for more than a few seasons.

We feel sure that if you consider all of the above when selecting and buying your team football kits you will get the best value for money from you purchases.

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The Football Shirt

August 25th, 2009

In 1977  football shirts started to become famous. At one time, the only thing that you could purchase to represent your team were small trinkets, toys and maybe a scarf or hat. Britain did not realise that they were sitting on a gold mine when they started selling the football team shirts. Who thought that people would think that a shirt was such a popular commodity.

The sale of team football shirts took off and skyrocketed in the market. Teams did however start to have restrictions as to what type of companies could represent them and advertise on their shirts. Now sponsorship from tobacco companies is not allowed  on football shirts as this was considered to be inappropriate for the sport.

Nowadays many gaming companies and other large corporations commit substantial amounts to sponsor football teams as it gives them valuable advertising for their company and their products as well. Teams get much-needed revenue from their sponsors  and the companies get increased product/services awareness - so this provides real benefit to both sides.

In many cases the sponsorship from corporations is what make the large-scale production and sale of  football shirts possible.

Now both professional replica shirts and amateur football shirts can be found in almost any department store, sports shops and you can even order them online if your favourite store is out of stock of a particular shirt.

Although obsessed fans have always looked for a way to have a piece of the team, once they were able to purchase a football shirt then a whole new world opened up for them. For some it has become an absolute must to own an authentic football shirt from their team. They will hold it in high regard and not let anyone even breath on it. A true fan will search high and low until they are able to find what they are looking for and will pay almost any price to get the football shirt they want.

One day a company decided to give fans the opportunity to purchase a football shirt , fans went wild with excitement and sales went through the roof. Many fans would say that producing football shirts for sale was one of the best things that could have ever happened for them as it allows them to show everyone which team they support .

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Personalised Football Shirts for your Football Team

December 30th, 2008

If you’re a 5 a side or amateur football team, finding the correct supplier of football shirts is important.  Sports International UK has over 20 years experience of supplying football teamwear. With our showroom based in Manchester, North West England, UK.

We can help you choose an select from a wide range of colours and sizes the perfect football teamwear for your club, combining matching team colour shorts and socks. With our  suppliers Prostar and Joma we can find an ideal Prostar football kit for your team.

Plus we offer a full service and can offer personalised football shirts incorporating your team emblem or logo embroided our printed on your new shirts, we can also print sponsors logos, names and numbers to ensure each player has the perfect football shirt and full kit.

Please contact us to see the huge discounts available to teams and managers.

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