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Beer Mats A collection of 12 round beer mats celebrating your clubs history These bespoke designs are not available anywhere else and make the perfect addition to any garden bar, pub or home. Each beer mat has been individually designed to celebrate the clubs history – whether it is a legendary player, song or memorable moment. Pack of 12 Classic Beer Mats 94mm x 94mm radius round/circle Printed on 1.2mm wood pulp board from FSC Certified sources Eco-friendly vegetable based inks 100% recyclable after use Bar Runner Spruce up your home bar with our bespoke bar runners Back is black non-slip...

One year ago today we launched Kick Off Merchants. 7 lads supporting clubs across the country had a dream. Fed up with the merchandise on offer, we started with a simple philosophy. “Design what we would buy”. Nearly 5,000 orders later and it seems that philosophy is the right one. What we would buy, you would too. We started with just a handful of designs for a few clubs and a couple of products. In the last year we have grown to offer nearly 2,000 products for 56 football clubs. More recently we have added Rugby Union and Rugby League...

It was never really in doubt. We are delighted to announced that the winner of World Cup of Kick Off Merchants is Big Duncan Ferguson.  You, the fans, picked him as the hardest of hardmen. And he is a worthy winner. World Cup of Kick Off Merchants- THE FINALWho is the Hardest of Hardmen?RT & VOTE NOW 🥊🥊🥊 — Kick Off Merchants (@KOMerchants) February 28, 2021 Most well known for 2 spells at Everton, Bug Dunc’s career also saw him play for Newcastle United, Rangers and Dundee United. Surprisingly he won just 7 caps for Scotland - more of this...

So what a first week it has been at Kick Off Merchant Towers. We launched last Thursday and have been overwhelmed with the support. Orders flying out daily, what excites us most is the engagement on Twitter – thousands of impressions, RTs and Likes. Our World Cup of Kick off Merchants has proved hugely popular. Loads letting us know which players missed out. We are sorry but we could not add them all! We are up to the semi final stage with Patrick Vieira taking on Duncan Ferguson in the first semi final World Cup of Kick Off Merchants -...

Modern football. It has led to an influx of owners who do not love the club; and as a result they treat it like a business rather than a football club. This has lead them to investing heavily in commercial departments to build the brand of the club. To protect and grow revenues. Almost every top flight club has undergone a rebranding in the last 2 decades. This has led to the majority of teams releasing a new club badge. With many ripping up history in favour of copywrite. They then outsource the design and manufacture of merchandise to huge...