QUALITY KITS TO MOVE FORWARD

This is an uncertain time for everyone as the UK recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. If the last few months have taught us anything it’s the value in thinking local, whether that’s ordering from the restaurant just down the road or buying your coffee from a small independent instead of a large global chain.

- Neil Harvey

This is also true for football clubs looking to sort out their new kit or a new supply of equipment for when the game returns.

The quality and individual touch of British kit manufacturers can benefit clubs and the local community – SKkits and Moving Forward Sports are two UK brands who can offer the personal touch for the thousands of football clubs in the Non-League pyramid.

With 40 or so years in the Non-League game as a goalkeeper, both playing and coaching, Ian Senior knows how Non-League clubs work.

They don’t have the finances to carry much stock of playing kit, so rely on suppliers to have the flexibility to supply at short notice, along with quality and price.

Having initially sold kit and equipment out of the back of his car, Ian moved forward in the team wear world when he retired as a fireman in 2000 and took SKkits into the world of kit supply.

“Three years ago I had the opportunity to work with sublimation as my major form of supply, a method of supply that opens up a completely new level in terms of options,” he said.

“This has been proved with some notable successes, two of which have pride of place in the National Football Museum.

“The LGBT Rainbow shirt as supplied to Altrincham earned worldwide accolades, with orders from all over the world. The other shirt, made for 1874 Northwich, designed locally by Phil Galloway, was another shirt that found its way into collections all over the globe.