Southampton sign Umbro deal until 2013

brand with over 80 years of heritage in the game. UMBRO cares about one sport and one sport only, Football. Founded in Manchester in 1924, UMBRO is still based in the north-west of England today, from where the company designs and markets a wide range...
29 January 2008

New Nike Mercurial Vapor 4 football boots

this a Moulded E.V.A. sock-liner will cushion impact at high speed. The new Nike Mercurial Vapor IV ad campaign shows the Manchester United winger going faster than ever before — and beating the world's most powerful road car in a head-to-head race. The...
11 January 2008

JJB to pay fans over football shirt rip-off

part of a cartel of seven companies fined a total of more than £16 million in 2003 for fixing the price of England and Manchester United football shirts in 2000 and 2001. Fans who paid up to £39.99 for certain England and Manchester United football...
09 January 2008

Football Shirt Culture - by James Bailey

the total value of Premiership shirt sponsorship to the incredible £70 million a year figure. With five top clubs (Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham) accounting for the majority of the overall sum, it is the Red Devils who...
02 January 2008

Flashback : Newcastle United 95/96 shirt

distance of winning the league in this kit, Les Ferdinand, Phillipe Albert, Rob Lee, David Ginola et al. Hammering Manchester United 5-0 in the pouring rain is one game which really stands out in the memory whenever I see this shirt. Even the lettering...
12 December 2007

Adidas Predator Power Swerve launch video

new technology include David Beckham, Cheslea's Michael Ballack, former Arsenal player Patrick Vieira of Inter Milan, and Manchester United's young Brazilian Anderson. At the event, the players wrote their personal advice for young football talents onto...
10 December 2007

Manchester United 'Busby Babes' 1950s style kit

Manchester United will mark the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed eight members of its famed team of "Busby Babes" by playing February's Premier League match against Manchester City in a 1950s style kit. United has been given special...
09 December 2007

Austria EURO 2008 Puma 08/09 football kits

145 grams (size M). The shirt improves aerodynamics, minimizes weight and maximizes confidence. With testing done at both Manchester Metropolitan University in England and Dresden’s Technical University in Germany, researchers found that the v1.08 was...
18 November 2007

Nike eyes takeover of rival Umbro

by Nike would give the American firm a huge presence in the Premiership, where it already supplies kit to Arsenal and Manchester United, among others. Umbro supplies six Premiership teams, including Birmingham and West Ham. Nike also sponsors leading...
22 October 2007

Shirt makers discouraging supermarket sales

supermarkets from stocking their products, a BBC investigation has discovered. Nike, which makes shirts for the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Celtic, has a long list of criteria that retailers wanting to stock its products must meet. BBC News...
14 October 2007