CLASSIC SHIRTS CHRISTMAS JUMPERS
£39.99
classicfootballshirts. co.uk
Knitting and nostalgia combine to transform the tedium of office Christmas jumper day into a tribute to retro royalty. This year, CFS’s charity collection has swelled to 30 including Andriy Shevchenko at Milan (right) and Henrik Larsson at Celtic. Picking just one is the hard bit.
92 SCRATCH-OFF MAP £13.99
amazon.co.uk
Time to tick off that rainy night in Stoke, Forest Green’s vegan burgers, the top-tier calorie burn of Newcastle away and the ‘what-am-I-doing-with-my-life?’ journeys to Brunton Park. ‘Doing the 92’ is some achievement and this satisfying scratch-off map plots your Football League odyssey to utopia.
FOOTBALL MURALS: A CELEBRATION OF SOCCER’S GREATEST STREET ART £20
bloomsbury.com
Coffee tables were invented for books like this. From Rooney and Rapinoe to Cruyff and Cristiano, football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell explores the fascinating phenomenon of these giant street daubings, going deep into the history, culture and significance of over 100 gorgeous murals. Beautiful.
LOTTO STADIO 200 II FG
£95
prodirectsoccer.com
Like the Adidas Copa Mundial, this is an ‘ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ boot design that has all you need in a pair of five-a-side wheels. If the fold-over tongue and comfortable K-leather were good enough for Cafu and Gazza in the Serie A glory years, they’ll do a lovely job at Goals in Ruislip.
CITY GROUND BEER MATS
£7
art-of-football.com
What we having, then? A pint of Andy Reid extra stout, a Cloughie pale ale, a couple of Psycho’s Pilseners and a John Robertson chaser, please guv’nor. In recent years, Nottinghamshire-based designers Art of Football have united fashion and football culture in ever more creative ways. Now they’ve conquered beer mats, paying homage to Nottingham Forest icons. Fingers crossed many other teams will follow.
ENGLAND 1970 BLACK-OUT NO.6 £40
scoredraw.com
It was Sir Alf Ramsey and Umbro’s experiment (based on military attire used in the Middle East) – Aertex shirts, made of a cellular lightweight material, to keep the lads cool in the intense Mexico heat. Retro football clobber brand Score Draw have reproduced them in stealthy black, complete with Bobby Moore’s famous No.6. It’ll look stunning underneath your big coat this winter.
LIONESSES SUBBUTEO
englandstore.com
Subbuteo was born in August 1946 with an advert in The Boy’s Own Paper, promising a tabletop game containing “all the thrills of real football!” Only 76 years later England’s Lionesses have their own set, based on Euros-winning stars Lucy Bronze, Fran Kirby & Co. Just don’t tread on one
