Right, Christmas is now officially less than two weeks away. Yesterday, we got your festive juices flowing with part one of our gift guide, featuring some lovely stuff from Art of Football, Fontaines D.C. and loads more amazing people. Today, it’s a Classic Football Shirts special. CFS is a truly wonderful place, but in the lead-up to Christmas, your time is at a premium. So, think of us as your personal shoppers. We’ve spent hours trawling through each nook and cranny of everyone’s favourite procrastination webstore to compile the ultimate Classic Football Shirts gift guide. There’s scarves, there’s quarter-zips, and there’s even bloody mugs from the 1970s waiting to be discovered. Tuck in below and treat your loved ones to something special.
£10 and under
NIKE TOTAL 90 SHIN PADS—£2.99
It’s 2000 and something, and you’re thirteen or something, and everything is Total 90. Balls, boots, ads, your very own head. Also, shin pads. Beautiful, ankle-saving shin pads. You are Sneijder. You are Rooney. You are 35 and about to buy these for yourself and someone else because they’re less than three English pounds, and for that price, everyone can feel young again.
PANINI GERMANY 1974 MUG—£2.99
Get some eggnog in this bad boy on Christmas morning. Lovely stuff.
OLYMPIAKOS BEANIE—£4.99
Our Art Director Alex threatened us with violence if we didn’t put this in. He’s Greek, you see. It also resembles a Santa hat, and it’s funny to imagine St. Nick as an Olympiakos diehard.
ADIDAS GOALIE GLOVES—£7.99
Here’s a fact for you: investing in a pair of decent-quality goalie gloves is worth at least six points for your five-a-side team per season. These are perfect for the job at hand, too. Just look at that lattice grip. You can wave goodbye to embarrassing fumbles and say hello to being compared to Neville Southall after the 8:20 kick-off.
2010 WORLD CUP TEE—£9.99
When I get older, I will be stronger. They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag.
NIKE P20 BALL—£8.99
It looks like a Poké Ball. If that’s not enough to tempt you, this beauty only shows ‘minimal signs of usage’. Are there four more comforting words in the entire English language?