Football

Club first

Club merch works best when you already know which badge deserves a place. Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Arsenal and FC Barcelona are among the teams that feature. Some products stick to the club badge and colours. Others put the players or the kit more firmly in the spotlight.

Posters give players and club designs plenty of room on the wall. Mugs and smaller accessories keep things simple. Jewellery, pins and bracelets turn club loyalty into a smaller detail you can take with you.

The player or the badge?

A player product might be the right choice when one particular star is why you follow the team. The club badge has a longer shelf life and works whoever’s on the pitch right now. They’re two quite different ways to choose football merch.

Clothing tends to make the club identity more obvious, with colours and badges taking up more space. Jewellery and small accessories can be much more understated. That lets you decide how much you want your football side to show, without leaving the team behind.

Football cards are a collection of their own

Cards take a different route from standard club merch. Booster packs put the players, series and hunt for new cards front and centre. Here, it matters less whether the product is meant to be displayed. The interesting part is which cards turn up in the pack and how the collection develops.

If that’s what you’re after, find football cards all in one place. Football clothes, posters, mugs and accessories are for anyone who’d rather have the club or player than the card series. In that case, the design itself matters more than which card release is current.