Resources
Our articles are scattered throughout our site on product pages and elsewhere. We thought it would be useful to gather all these resources together in one place, so here they are in alphabetical order!
5-a-side Football Kit
We love 5-a-side at Football Kit Designer. So we don’t charge you more per kit…
All about Mesh Lining and Panels
Our San Marino Training Jacket, San Marino Training Trousers, Engage Taslan Training Jacket, and Engage Taslan Training Trousers all feature meshing, either as mesh panels on …
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Choosing a football kit
The main consideration is comfort. You want to be comfortable when playing, and when waiting on the touchline, in training, when travelling to the match, etc., so think about the …
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Fabrics for football kit
Most of our range is made from forms of polyester or a polyester/cotton blend (referred to as polycotton). This is because polyester is tough and durable, easy to care for …
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Fleece
Fleece is a modern hi-tech knitted fabric designed to provide insulation for very little weight. Fleeces dry quickly and are breathable.
How can I judge the quality of a fleece?
Good quality …
Football kit for junior players
All Kit Designer products are designed for best performance in mind; lightweight, durable and extremely comfortable. Our performance hi-tech polyester cloth gives excellent wear and sweat transfer – ideal for …
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Football kit for Pub Teams
Our playing kits, training kits and leisure wear are great for pub teams. They look good on most people, regardless of physique… we’ve put a lot of effort into our …
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Football kit for Women’s Football
Here at Football Kit Designer we are very excited to be developing a Women’s Football Kit range that will be every bit as good in terms of design, quality and …
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Getting your logo into vector format
There are lots of image formats out there. For images that you convert to badges or logos, however, you need a graphic format that resizes easily and accurately, and so …
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Glossary
Bespoke
Made-to-order – e.g. hand made by a tailor to your exact measurements, or, in this case, specially made to the exact colour combinations you want, so you can specify the …
History of Women’s Football
At the beginning of the 21st century women’s football, like men’s football, has become professionalised and is growing in both popularity and participation. From the first known professional team in …
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Microfibre
Microfibres are incredibly fine fibres with filaments thinner than one denier. They are created by drawing out the fibres much further than the normal five times their length.
Microfibre fabrics are …
More than you ever wanted to know about polyester
What is polyester?
Polyester is the name for a group of substances. They are all polymers of chemicals called esters. A polymer is a very long molecule, made by sticking together …
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Our sizes
Our sizes
Our garments all come in a range of sizes. Here’s what they all mean.
Shirts, jackets and tops sizes
Size Name
Chest Measurement (inches)
Child S
26” …
Our stitching
We’ve just invested in a series of new, state of the art, Toyota Expert 9000 embroidery machines. This is the best embroidery machine on the market. It takes designs in …
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Peached fabric
Peaching is a finishing process we use on the polycotton for our drill tops. After weaving, fabric is stretched while drying. This is when it takes on its stability. While …
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Printed logos
We’ve just invested in a new full-colour sublimation printing system which is accurate, precise, durable and, of course, economical.
Using our system, any design can be printed from a computer …
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Providing artwork in EPS or AI formats.
When we receive an image, we have to convert it for printing or embroidery. You can make the process easier, quicker and cheaper by providing us your image in a …
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Quality Kits
Premiership kit at grassroots prices. That’s what we’re trying to do here. Because we believe that the grassroots is the heart of the game. So we’ve done a lot of …
Raglan sleeves
In a raglan sleeve the piece of fabric making up the sleeve doesn’t end at the shoulder, but goes all the way up to the collar or neckline. The sleeve …
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Schools Football Kit
Buy football kits specially designed with the needs of school teams in mind
Teardrop zips
The zips in our tracksuits are what we call teardrop zips. They are extremely thin and sewn into seams so they are less bulky and visible and they have a …
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Uploading Images to Football Kit Designer
OK, so you’ve got this far, but you’re unsure about how to upload that image. This article should help you solve the problem.
Uploading files to websites can be tricky. It’s …
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What does showerproof mean?
Showerproof fabric is fabric that resists water. You could pour a glass of water over it and watch the liquid simply form beads and run off. However for a garment …
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What does windproof mean?
Our training kit windshirts, jackets and trousers are all made from a windproof fabric.
Windproof fabric is fabric that doesn’t let the wind through. They are very useful for keeping you …
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What is a ’shell fabric’?
This is a term particularly used of outdoor clothing – trekking, mountaineering, etc. A shell fabric is the outer layer of warm clothing, often the outer layer of an insulated …
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What is sublimation?
In printing, this means that dye is transferred onto the fabric by heating. The heating process causes the special dye chemicals to vaporise; they then solidify again on the fabric, …
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What is Taslan?
Taslan is a modern, high-tech, woven polyester fabric. It is a strong, durable fabric, ideal for gear you may want to train in every day of the week. It’s also …
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Why we think long sleeves are better for grassroots football
You may have noticed that although premiership football shirts have short sleeves, all our football shirts have long sleeves, even though we promise to give you premiership kit at grassroots …
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Wicking fabric
Wicking fabrics are modern technical fabrics which draw moisture away from the body. They are made of high-tech polyester, which, unlike cotton, absorbs very little water. Cotton will absorb …