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Last Man Standing

Kim.Calder — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:24:03 +0000

In days gone by when football kits were still of a basic nature, and technological advances hadn’t even produced protection for goalkeepers hands, the likes of Bob Wilson and Gordon Banks would don a green jersey. Perhaps on rare occasions a yellow shirt. As time progressed and kit designers pushed the boundaries, the goalkeeper bore the brunt of experimental designs, with wacky patterns, and garish colour combinations. Not least at the 1994 World Cup, as miniature sized Mexican shot stopper, Jose Campos designed his own range of kit.

MG Sportswear offer goalkeepers a stylish, and timeless kit choice with the DUO Goalkeeper range. Go traditional with an all Green or all Yellow colour way, or for the more outlandish player put the oppositions forwards off their game with a Flo Pink or Bright Orange choice. Whatever you choose, you will feel like a true number 1 with padded sleeves, padded shorts, and built to last Euro triple ribbed Socks. Finish your kit off with high grade 4mm soft palm gloves available in 3 differentcuts to suit your preference and fantastic value at £25.

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New Hi Vis Nike Team Club

Kim.Calder — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:59:14 +0000

As the nights are getting longer and the days duller and in preperation M.G.Sportswear has just received it’s stocks of the new Hi Vis Nike Club Team matchball. This superior matchball offers optimal visibility in low light or artificial light games with it’s striking yellow and purple contrast graphic.

The perfect combination of quality and durability and with a two year stitch and shape guarantee at £11.50 each they are outstanding value, and with Wayne Rooney’s endorsement that it’s the best ball in the world how can you not have one in your kitbag.

Shop online or contact our sales teamon 01562744735 to purchase your today.

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Dress to Impress…the ref!

Kim.Calder — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:12:33 +0000

Base layers, body armour, undergarments whatever you call them, due to their prevalence in the premiership and the bleak winters we’ve been having they have become an essential part of a players kit. The Football Association’s rule 4 states that “If thermal undershorts are worn, they are of the same main colour as the shorts.In response to this M.G.Sportswear has introduced a full spectrum of colours in its Celsius Base layers range, so you need never get caught out by the ref like the unsuspecting players of Bath City Academy.

Trouble flared recently during an FA Youth Cup clash when the referee enforced a little-known rule that players should wear the same colour undergarments as their shorts. He ordered two players from Bath City Academy to change their undershorts – and they could only watch as the opposition scored while they were stripping on the sidelines in front of 200 spectators. The goal sparked a huge ruckus and the ref sent off a player and the manager, followed by two more players in the second half as the uproar continued. At the close of the match the team had seven players left on the pitch when the goalkeeper was also dismissed. Opponents Newport County romped home to a 6-0 win. Furious Bath City FC chairman Manda Rigby fumed “It was farcical. I understand the kit rule but this was an FA Youth Cup match, not a professional FA Cup game. Manda added “ The ref was forced to lock himself in his room after the game for 30 minutes. Eventually he agreed to speak to me. It is fair to say that he claimed he was just sticking to the letter of the law.

If you want to make sure you’re sticking to the letter of the law view the full range of Celsius products online or visit our showroom.

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Where have all the heroes gone?

Kim.Calder — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:31:41 +0000

We’ve had trial by media, now we have trial by twitter, with Ryan Giggs being uncovered as anything but the sound living, squeaky clean footballer we thought he was. And as another footballing icon falls at the hands of media destruction we wonder can football excellence and a sound moral compass ever be combined anymore. Was it that the greats of the past enjoyed the freedom from the press and didn’t receive the vigourous scrutiny that today’s players receive or was it that the playboy antics of the Goerge Best’s and Frank Worthington’s were actually celebrated? Was it more about what you did on the pitch that mattered? I believe in every true football supporters heart it is still about the performance on the pitch that counts. True supporters will not doubt laugh or sing along with the banter on the terraces, that’s part of psyching out the opposition, but no true supporter will deny an excellent display of skill no matter what the front page of the tabloids say. If a player gets on and does their job I like to believe all the off the pitch antics be forgotten, at least for 90 minutes. Otherwise we could be killing our footballers spirits and confidence with this constant pressure from the media, and in turn killling our game. Whatever your conclusion we at M.G.Sportswear still believe it’s about tackling, passing and scoring goals and the only passion we are interested in is on the pitch!

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A Right Royal Occasion

Kim.Calder — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:21:16 +0000

A big thank you to everyone that came and visited our stand at the Grass Roots Show 2011 at the weekend. We all had a great time doing what we like best, talking to the people who really matter, the people who run the football teams. Just to show how creative we are we decided to pay tribute to the Royal wedding by recreating the weddding party with a twist, we adapted football kit specially for each person. It attracted loads of attention and plenty of photo opportunities including a few celebrity pics. Kate Middleton had a specially crafted white kit which had lace panelling and Harry went commando on us with a camouflage kit. The Queen donned a special union jack design, whilst Pippa’s shorts were enhanced with padding in all the right places! Gino spent hours crafting a replica of ”that hat” that Princess Beatrice wore which he’s thinking of putting on e-bay, unfortunately I don’t think his will fetch the £81,000 the original made.

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Grass Roots Football Show 2011

Kim.Calder — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:30:13 +0000

M.G.Sportswear are excited to be exhibiting for our fourth year at the Grass Roots Football show at the NEC in Birmingham on the 3rd-5th June.

The Grass Roots Football Show is a great day out for football players of all ages, so don’t miss out on your chance to get involved at the biggest grass roots event in Europe! Whether you want to take part in coaching sessions run by some of the best in the game, show off your skills or spend all day talking about football and playing football, there is plenty to get involved in. You can take part in the Crossbar Challenge, get involved in the Manchester United Soccer Schools, take part in the interactive Coerver coaching sessions and even buy your next pair of football boots at the exhibition

Come along and listen to some of the biggest and best names in the business share their expertise on how to get the most out of your players, learn some innovative new coaching drills and take home some great coaching tips. With lots more to see and do, you certainly don’t want to miss out!

Tickets cost just £15 for adults, £7.50 for under 16s and allow you access to all three days of the show! A fantastic deal and just one more reason why you should attend the Grass Roots Football Show. Click here to buy your tickets now. We look forward to seeing you at Stand F49.

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Game on for Gambia

Kim.Calder — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:25:17 +0000

It was fantastic to see the pictures that Graham Shermans and Darren Hodgkiss of Pelsall Villa Colts had sent back from their recent trip to Gambia. Pelsall Villa Colts have for some time been actively involved with the Charity “Unity For Kids”, and put on twice-yearly quiz nights, (in which the M.G. team came a credible 3rd), and collect outgrown boots and kit which is sent out to the village football team, New Jeshwang. Graham and Darren finally got the chance to fly out to the village thanks to sponsorship by Co-op Travel and took with them a new kit and kit bags donated by M.G.Sportswear, and had also bought the team new football boots.

It’s great to know that our football community spreads all over the world thanks to the hard work and commitment of everyone at Pelsall Villa Colts and we hope to continue to support them in their efforts.

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Especially for you…..

Kim.Calder — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:18:04 +0000

M.G.Sportswear were pleased to welcome Amy Plimmer the winner of the Halas Hawks design a kit competition down to our factory recently were she saw her design brought to life. Amy got to see her drawing be turned from an idea on paper to a kit for her to take home just as anyone can if they decide to create their own kit from our identikit range.

Halas Hawks have just decided to do exactly that and this picture of their new unique home kit modelled by the U’14’s East shows just how effective it can be if you take things into your own hands.

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Summer football

Kim.Calder — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:05:19 +0000

With the outcome of whether the Russell Foster Tyne & Wear mini league can move their playing season to begin in June, break from November, restart mid Feb and finish April looking like it will be given the go ahead, and rumblings that Platini has similar ideas for world football which would mean moving the world cup t0 February –March, the move towards summer football seems to be up for debate and it has provoked two different responses.

As we have encountered two of the harshest winters in the last two years many are agreeing with John Topping, secretary of the Durham FA and a national FA Council member who is backing the Tyne and Wear mini league in it’s move. “It’s simply common sense,” Topping argues. “In effect we are having a winter break anyway, but it isn’t planned and children are becoming very frustrated by games being called off week after week. “Through the summer matches go ahead, people are all in shorts and T-shirts, the pitches are in good condition, the whole atmosphere is completely different and more pleasant

The opposition have several axes to grind many believe we already wrap our children in cotton wool and playing in the winter toughens them up. They are also concerned about how it will affect other sports such as Cricket, Rugby, Golf, Tennis, Athletics. Often grounds are shared between sports or children would have to make a decision between which sport they would play and then would be inactive during the winter break with nothing to do. There are also the staunch traditionalists that believe football has always been a winter sports and should remain so.

Whichever standpoint you take one thing is definite the winters aren’t just getting wetter and colder and children aren’t scared to brave the elements, it was impossible for people to leave their houses let alone get to a football match. If this was to continue then maybe it would be worth looking at a compromise of having an official break for December and January by extending the season until June or reducing the league sizes to reduce the number of matches, so we can avoid the worst of the weather.

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Penalties mean prizes

Kim.Calder — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:36:20 +0000

M.G.Sportswear showed it’s long standing support of Kidderminster Harriers F.C. on Saturday 12th February by hosting a penalty shoot out competition to win a £500 voucher for a football kit.

The competition involving 200 youngsters resulted in a penalty shoot out final against 6 finalists at Kidderminster Harriers game against Altrincham. The winner Dominic Griffiths from the Kidderminster Lions F.C. under 11′s team showed that it runs in the family as his brother Aaron currently plays for Kidderminster Harriers first team.

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