Following on from my last football gift post today I am bringing you some more gift ideas for those who think that football is the most important thing in the world. In this post I am concentrating on what to wear, and some of the important equipment that you need, whether you are planning to have a game in the garden, or maybe you’re training up your own little team of future sporting stars.

So, whether you have a budding Messi, a little miss Jodie Taylor, or even a Zinedine Zidance in your midst, these are some of the items that could lead to a very merry Christmas for one of the special people in your life.

Football Shirts

If your football fan supports a Premier League team, then there is every chance they already have the shirt. But there seems to be an unwritten rule that you can also wear shirts that belong to other teams as long as they are Continental teams, with Spanish and French sides being particular favourites. A good place to look for sports kits, tracksuits and training gear is excell sports. They have a wide range of tops from intercontinental teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Roma and Bayern Munich, as well as National sides like Belgium France, Portugal, and,yes, even England.

As well as a great range of kits (all the tops featured above also have matching shorts and socks that are also available on the site, you can view all football kits here.) , The site also has a good range of training gear, including the iconic CR 7 range from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sporting Equipment from Networld

These days, even your average garden has a wide range of training equipment for your budding footballer. The days when a pop up goal was sufficient are long gone, and now sturdy robust goals able to withstand all weathers, football rebound nets which allow the player to hit the target even when they are playing alone, and mannequins which enable you to practice free kicks and set pieces are now available to buy whether you are using them to train a team or just to enjoy enhancing your skills at home.

Net World Sports are the number one supplier of sporting equipment for all sports, including cricket, golf and tennis. But it is football where it really excels, with a great range of football nets and goals and other equipment that can make training both fun and professional. Key pieces for Christmas 2017 include the Forza goals that range in size from mini target goals to full sized 16×7 nets. Forza nets are easy assembly and are built to last in strong UPVC, making the ideal Christmas present, even though this may mean assembling it on Christmas day!

As well as goals, a rebound net is a new favourite when it comes to Christmas gift ideas. Rebound nets are designed to improve heading, volleying and first touch, they have a simple foldaway design that makes them easy to use, and then transport to a field or put them away in a shed. You can get a single sided or two sided design.

Freekick mannequins have long been used in the professional game, but you can now purchase these for use in your garden too. They come as individuals or in packs of three, and also in different sizes to suit junior or senior players.

Do you have any sports equipment on your Christmas list this year?