I will be traveling to London in three weeks. I had a request to bring a soccer jersey back for a friend. I appreciate any information on the best place to buy one, and also some idea on what it might cost. Thanks alot.

Recently flew out of Heathrow, and there is a sport shop once you go thru to international gates, at which there are great soccer jerseys of all teams.

recalling that the price was approx $45-65. Everything was pricey in London....

65-69e seems to be the going price - i know this might not have the allure of getting one in the UK, but go online to EUROSPORT.COM, they also sell jerseys for the various teams and the cost is about the same (no guessing on the exchange rate, etc)

Thank you for the fast replies. I do appreciate your help.

Soccer scene on Carnaby street. This is Europes largest soccer store, selling nearly every jersey you will ever want.

Thanks Jim. I'm glad I asked. The more info the better. It will save me from having to do a lot of searching once I get there. Leaves more time to shop for ME.

I assume that a particular team jersey has been requested?

Why not simply visit the club's Home Page - most have online stores - and have it delivered to the States or the hotel where you are staying?

Brian

Two points, if you buy it at the airport (there's a Nike shop in the departure lounge - but not all kits are made by Nike) you'll save at least 17.5% tax. If you want a bigger choice there is a big sports shop called Lilliwhites on Picadilly Circus in the centre of London. The new season is about to start so all the new kits are out now and cost about £40/$60

Just a note, re: Lillywhites. We were there last year and they had sold out of most of the Arsenal jerseys. But that was (I think) at the end of the season (and a good one for Arsenal).

Sorry, another comment: I have inquired about shipping jerseys to the US. My last inquiry was that the cost of shipping nearly doubled the cost of the jersey. I think there is a catalog (maybe website) called Big Toe in the US, or something like that, that has some (but not all) jerseys.

If you are after ManUnited jersey, remember that the club controls are very tight for somebody else to re-sell their shirts. So, many London stores do not have the 'REAL' thing, just a copied replica at best, with few important copyrighted fetures missing.
I don't know about other clubs but I imagine that some of the top ones do the same, so just a word of caution, what may 'look' like it, may not be even close.

Just checked the manutd.com website - and registered to browse the shop.

A home jersey with short sleeves is $65 + $18 shipping. I used an address in Florida as a secondary address.

$18 isn't too much for shipping IMHO.

Brian

Hi, My friend printed out two pictures for me. One is a white jersey and he wrote on it " England's home team shirt". The red one "says England's away team shirt."
Make sense?
I'm not a sports enthusiast so I don't have a clue. Thanks for all the great feedback.

How do American teams solve the same problem?

A football team - in this case England -wears a strip of a predominant colour. The strip's main purpose is to make team members instantly recognisable to team mates and opponents while playing a fast-moving game.

Inevitably, they're often going to play a team whose strip is a similar colour (there are, after all, only five basic colours for any strip). So the norm in football - and I'd have thought, any similar game - is that when strips clash, the away team wears its secondary strip. All teams have a primary and secondary strip.

The fact that this offers the merchandising industry twice as many opportunities for sales is, of course, an entirely unintended consequence.

"" All teams have a primary and secondary strip.

The fact that this offers the merchandising industry twice as many opportunities for sales is, of course, an entirely unintended consequence.""


Get real !!

The last I heard ManU, and other Premiership teams, have at least 3 or 4 strips per season.

And, of course, there are the special " oh, this is the Champions League version" and, "this is the FA Cup Final version" !!

Being a ManU fan, I'm waiting for the "and this is the post-Beckam version" !!

Agh well, Mr Merchandiser is at least happy with the 'customer choice' he is giving.

Brian

Irony is clearly lost on some people.

BTW you might be amused at the justification one of these guys offered: "The kid wears the shirts all day, every day. So, say four shirts a year at 35 quid each. You'd easily spend over 140 a year on ordinary children's shirts.
We're actually doing the housewife a favour"

Hmmm....

The other thing that makes me cringe is at the airport.

Mummy, Daddy and the rest of the ' junior' crew kitted out in jersey, shorts and socks of their favourite team.

Now, the kids have every right to be young and support their team - but seeing grown-ups trailing round holiday destinations in their football regalia.............

What an advert for the UK.

Brian

In addition to the english premiereship teams, there is also an English Nation Team jersey from the World Cup. The English jersey was white with a red cross on it, similar to the flag of England, not Great Britain.

This might be what your friend is requesting too.

It would be the difference between a Lakers Jersey and an Olympic Jersey for the US Basketball team.

Koshka,
I think you are probably right about that. Is that something that would be available? If not, I'd better ask him to pick an alternate fast. I'll be leaving this Saturday. Thanks for your help.