Football shirt firms set to pay £100 m fine

by fixing the prices of replica kits, the Evening Standard can reveal. The Football Association, shirt manufacturers Umbro and a string of high street sports shop chains are facing a total of £100 million in fines. The verdict comes after a two-year...
22 August 2006

The fake football shirt string

phone. This is George. It's not his real name because he is an undercover investigator for British sportswear manufacturers Umbro, dedicated to defending the branded England football shirt against counterfeiters. He's about to meet a trader selling...
19 August 2006

World cup 2006 Adidas, Nike and puma

remain intense rivals. Other sponsors of national teams are: Lotto (Ukraine and Serbia and Montenegro), Joma (Costa Rica) Umbro (England and Sweden) Marathon (Ecuador) Puma pioneered signing soccer stars and in a Seventies World Cup final, Pele (Brazil)...
19 August 2006

Kit designer - Darren medley

the time. Indeed he wouldn't be seen on the pitch without them. Unsung creator Darran is International Apparel Director at Umbro, the Cheshire-based kit manufacturers who currently supply Manchester United and England. Even if you don't recall the name...
18 August 2006