Post by loy PRA on Dec 23, 2009 19:58:50 GMT
Is a Dukla Prague Away kit.
(I actually always wanted a Slavia Prague home kit and finally thought I would get my wish when me mam went to Prague some 2 years ago, only to return with a Sparta Prague top. Any team with the words Spartans, Sparta, Sparta in the title do not deserve the time of day - to this day the shirt has not even had it's labels taken off.)
So here I am to take you through a rather late guide to the best footballing presents for you Ladies to get him 'indoors this/next Christmas!
www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/
a comprehensive, if overpriced collection of recent football shirts for sale from domestic and international clubs. I've used this site before and they were rather good, my purchases of an adult size Sunderland 91-92 Home shirt (the shirt I wore to my very first game vs Man United in 1995) brought back some great memories, if not exactly in mint condition but a snip at 100 notes. You can even find a rare yellow and blue Gateshead away top from 1995 of which I have the home version.
Present rating 7/10
www.subbuteoworld.co.uk/index.php?cPath=21_26&sort=2a&page=2
The world's best. Subbuteo. A game which I think is sorely missing from kids' childhoods these days and there'd be far less knife crime if children had taken to the hallowed felt of the Subbuteo in recent times. My first set was Man U vs City in a Manchester derby for the Premier League Trophy (I still have the little trophy knocking about somewhere), I was always Man U but had a habit of standing on my players causing an injury crisis so whoever was City generally had the upper hand. That, and my cousins who I played with were a lot bigger and older with massive fingers for flicking their players all over the shop. I had a collection of mitre footballs which I added to with my pocket money to choose from and later complemented my injury depleted Man U team with a red and white time (Sunderland obv), a barcelona looking team (could have been Palace), Wimbledon, England team. Sunderland won the Premiership trophy against my dad's mixed team of Palace and Wombles.
Present Rating 9/10. You needed to be a proper geek to keep all your players in mint condition, whereas my lads were patched up with glue and toy soldiers who were ponderous and immobile.
www.gonedigging.co.uk/sports-book-gifts/personalised-football-books/football-club-books/
Football books. The matchday experience was never quite complete with a stopover at the local shop for the Pink. The Pink now sadly has met it's demise as well as it's local non league correspondent Bob Moreland however you can still relive the good times with a personalised bound replica of the stories that captured the good times.
Present Rating 6/10. Nice to read, can't play with it really though.
The England Football Kit.
www.umbro.com/#/teams/?locale=en_GB
No self respecting child missed out on the opportunity to earn respect through owning a glistening white kit of England during P.E. Those bought the replication red kit from Marks and Spencers were roundly mocked, those who bought the horrible grey kit of Euro 96 were shown up on the pitch, but the lads who wore white knew their football and played as if representing their country. Now Umbro have went back to their roots with a Savile Row tailored creation and it looks fantastic. Hopefully a classic '66 based red number to match the home kit forthcoming for Saffa '10! (notice the club of the month on the umbro website.)
Present Rating: 10/10. Absolutely Unparalleled. Wear with unity, wear with Pride.
The Old Fashion Football Shirt Company
www.toffs.com/
Closer to home with this one, a Gateshead Company who first had the idea of bringing old shirts back to life. I used to hang around their shop on Shakespeare sheet after school with my mate who's brother worked there at the time and had a near encylopaedic knowledge of football. They would even knock a shirt up from scratch for you in the shop if they/you had a badge. Unfortunately it pains me to say it but they've moved into the maximise profit world and closed down their Shakespeare Street shop and moved their operations back to Gateshead in an Industrial Estate. My first experience was a double set of shirts I got for my 16th birthday, one a white Celtic shirt and one a white 'Escape to Victory' shirt. As a treat I requested a number 6 on my EoV shirt in memory of Bobby Moore but a 9 on the back of the Celtic shirt in memory of Stevie Chalmers and Niall Quinn. Unfortunately both shits arrived with a 6 on the back and a later purchase had a pie stain on it, which I had to get replaced. Frustrating.
Present rating: 8 in theory but 6 in practice.
There you go feel free to add your own!
(I actually always wanted a Slavia Prague home kit and finally thought I would get my wish when me mam went to Prague some 2 years ago, only to return with a Sparta Prague top. Any team with the words Spartans, Sparta, Sparta in the title do not deserve the time of day - to this day the shirt has not even had it's labels taken off.)
So here I am to take you through a rather late guide to the best footballing presents for you Ladies to get him 'indoors this/next Christmas!
www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/
a comprehensive, if overpriced collection of recent football shirts for sale from domestic and international clubs. I've used this site before and they were rather good, my purchases of an adult size Sunderland 91-92 Home shirt (the shirt I wore to my very first game vs Man United in 1995) brought back some great memories, if not exactly in mint condition but a snip at 100 notes. You can even find a rare yellow and blue Gateshead away top from 1995 of which I have the home version.
Present rating 7/10
www.subbuteoworld.co.uk/index.php?cPath=21_26&sort=2a&page=2
The world's best. Subbuteo. A game which I think is sorely missing from kids' childhoods these days and there'd be far less knife crime if children had taken to the hallowed felt of the Subbuteo in recent times. My first set was Man U vs City in a Manchester derby for the Premier League Trophy (I still have the little trophy knocking about somewhere), I was always Man U but had a habit of standing on my players causing an injury crisis so whoever was City generally had the upper hand. That, and my cousins who I played with were a lot bigger and older with massive fingers for flicking their players all over the shop. I had a collection of mitre footballs which I added to with my pocket money to choose from and later complemented my injury depleted Man U team with a red and white time (Sunderland obv), a barcelona looking team (could have been Palace), Wimbledon, England team. Sunderland won the Premiership trophy against my dad's mixed team of Palace and Wombles.
Present Rating 9/10. You needed to be a proper geek to keep all your players in mint condition, whereas my lads were patched up with glue and toy soldiers who were ponderous and immobile.
www.gonedigging.co.uk/sports-book-gifts/personalised-football-books/football-club-books/
Football books. The matchday experience was never quite complete with a stopover at the local shop for the Pink. The Pink now sadly has met it's demise as well as it's local non league correspondent Bob Moreland however you can still relive the good times with a personalised bound replica of the stories that captured the good times.
Present Rating 6/10. Nice to read, can't play with it really though.
The England Football Kit.
www.umbro.com/#/teams/?locale=en_GB
No self respecting child missed out on the opportunity to earn respect through owning a glistening white kit of England during P.E. Those bought the replication red kit from Marks and Spencers were roundly mocked, those who bought the horrible grey kit of Euro 96 were shown up on the pitch, but the lads who wore white knew their football and played as if representing their country. Now Umbro have went back to their roots with a Savile Row tailored creation and it looks fantastic. Hopefully a classic '66 based red number to match the home kit forthcoming for Saffa '10! (notice the club of the month on the umbro website.)
Present Rating: 10/10. Absolutely Unparalleled. Wear with unity, wear with Pride.
The Old Fashion Football Shirt Company
www.toffs.com/
Closer to home with this one, a Gateshead Company who first had the idea of bringing old shirts back to life. I used to hang around their shop on Shakespeare sheet after school with my mate who's brother worked there at the time and had a near encylopaedic knowledge of football. They would even knock a shirt up from scratch for you in the shop if they/you had a badge. Unfortunately it pains me to say it but they've moved into the maximise profit world and closed down their Shakespeare Street shop and moved their operations back to Gateshead in an Industrial Estate. My first experience was a double set of shirts I got for my 16th birthday, one a white Celtic shirt and one a white 'Escape to Victory' shirt. As a treat I requested a number 6 on my EoV shirt in memory of Bobby Moore but a 9 on the back of the Celtic shirt in memory of Stevie Chalmers and Niall Quinn. Unfortunately both shits arrived with a 6 on the back and a later purchase had a pie stain on it, which I had to get replaced. Frustrating.
Present rating: 8 in theory but 6 in practice.
There you go feel free to add your own!