Supporting England with the latest World Cup gear

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Supporting England with the latest World Cup gear Every four years the biggest footballing event in the world comes to a pre selected country, and for 31 days, the entire world is gripped on football fever. This year Fabio Capello’s men qualified for the World Cup in South Africa with ease, now the pressure is on to ensure that England are fully prepared to take to the field and fight for the right to place a second star above the three lions. As the nation gets patriotic before the first whistle sales of everything bearing a St Georges cross go through the roof with scarves, flags, banners and beer selling out throughout the nation. This year the emphasis is purely on fashion, and supporting your team with style. As companies now see the commercial gain of a World Cup they are producing more official merchandise than ever before, in an attempt to cash in on the euphoria that can last up to a month during the games, and a long time afterwards. With the style in mind, top designer brands have employed their design teams to create something for the World Cup that not only shows your support for the country of your choice, but also allows you to do so wearing the latest designer name alongside your countries flag.

After scouring the internet long and hard looking for the ideal place to buy my England World Cup merchandise, and ensure that throughout June and July everything I wear is red and white, I came across an independent designer menswear retailer that along with having over 100 of the top designer brands in the world also has a dedicated World Cup section, that displays everything national and patriotic from England to Italy to South Africa and even Russia. The England range in this section is pretty huge and offers plenty of polo and crew neck t shirts, track tops, baseball caps and even flip flops, all bearing the England flag and branding. And to top it all off the designer brands on show are simply breathtaking, with Adidas Originals, Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren, Fred Perry, Gio Goi, Havaianas and Ted Baker all offering football related merchandise for the summer months. What better place to get everything you need online, visit Mens Designer Clothes Online (or MDC to the regulars) to see their entire offering, trust me you won’t be disappointed!

After kitting myself out from head to toe in the latest England gear, and spending a few pounds while doing so, I have found a one stop shop for all designer clothes for life. The service is quick, so no matter how late you leave it chances are you’ll have your top clothing in time for the first game, and they also deliver abroad, so English ex-pats can get their fill. All in all this is a top website that deserves to be shouted about from the top of a mountain, or at least a football stadium in South Africa.

How to save money on parking at Wembley Stadium

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How to save money on parking at Wembley Stadium A day out at a football match at Wembley Stadium costs an arm and a leg.  With the ever increasing costs of tickets, food, drink, replica kit and travel involved with attending a match, there is at least one-way in which you might be able to save some cash.  With only a few weeks to go until the FA Cup Final at Wembley, Parkatmyhouse.co.uk, is an  online marketplace that connects property owners with a spare parking space to drivers in need of a convenient and affordable place to park, has reported a surge in bookings from fans keen to save time and money.

Controlled parking schemes that operate in local areas around Wembley and other London stadiums mean parking, where available, is expensive. Around Wembley Stadium, motorists who are unable to take public transport can expect to pay parking fees of up to £27.50 for a car and £63.50 for a coach/mini-bus. Football supporters have been quick to discover that renting privately through Parkatmyhouse.co.uk costs as little as £7.50 to attend the match.

Brian Stewart, a 43 year old market analyst, has been renting his driveway in Wembley for two years. “Most of my customers are families with young children. Many drive long distances so they are grateful for my offer of a cup of tea and use of my loo on arrival. And if they parked at the stadium they can only leave their car there for the duration of the match. With my driveway there is no time limit so they can enjoy a full family day out.”

Mike Barrett, a security consultant living in Southampton parked on Brian’s drive last year and has just rebooked to attend the FA Cup Carlsberg Vase Final between Whitley Bay and Wroxham in May. “It’s more economical to park on someone’s drive near Wembley”, he says. “And given security is my game I am very conscious that his drive is a safe place to leave my car. It’s in a safe area, it’s close to the grounds, and I know that Brian will take care of it.”

More details at Parkatmyhouse.co.uk

Football fan will go back to Portuguese jail

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Football fan will go back to Portuguese jail So called football fan Gary Mann is due to be shipped out to Portugal today in order to serve out a 24 month prison sentence for his part in a serious riots which took place during the Euro 2004 competition.

The Portuguese prosecutors had originally decided that they would deport Mann back to the UK rather than having to serve out his jail sentence at one of the countries penal facilities. But then back at the beginning of 2009 they opted to put out a European extradition warrant in order to fast track his return to Portugal in order to serve out his original two-year sentence.

Since then Mann has been through a drawn-out extradition battle that finally ended up in Strasbourg at the European Court of human rights, who two days ago completely rejected his appeal fighting the extradition procedure.

Now aged 52, Mann is a former firefighter who was arrested shortly after the Albufeira, Algarve, riot humans taken into custody and then using a fast tracking court procedure set up especially to deal with cases during the football championship was tried and convicted within four hours of his arrest.

12 men were tried at the same time and were represented by two lawyers and one interpreter. In his defence Mann pointed out that a Humberside police officer, Detective Constable Alan Rutter, who was representing the British police and assisting the Portuguese authorities during the championships was present at the trial and later described the process as ‘a farce’

Mann decided that he would accept deportation out of the country in return for a guilty plea, which is what then happened. But following this the then Home Secretary David Blunkett, made his feelings very clear stating that the British government intended to ‘nail’ man for his part in embarrassing the country, some time later the Portuguese authorities mysteriously issued the warrant to bring him back to the country to serve out his sentence.

Becks is still highest earning player

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Becks is still highest earning player David Beckham is still the highest earning football player across the globe for the third year in a row, according to the annual feature in Forbes magazine. In 2009 the 35 year old football player earned £40m out of which 80% came from his sponsors, who include Giorgio Armani, Adidas, and Motorola. Beckham unfortunately is predicted to lose some of his larger sponsorship money this year due to the fact that he tore his archilles tendon in March, which will force him to sit out the South African World Cup. Second on the Forbes list was Christiano Ronaldo who earned £30m in the past year. Credits to his name include the 2008 World Player of the Year and the title of the highest salary paid football player in the world when Real Madrid purchased him from Manchester United. His contract is for six years and started at about £15.5m but will increase by a quarter every year after. Sponsors of Ronaldo include Coca-Cola, Giorgio Armani, and Nike. In third place on the list of top earners is Kaka also a Madrid player who earns £25m per year. His sponsors are also Giorgio Armani and Adidas. Fourth place is Ronaldinho who also earns £25m per year and in fifth place is the Barcelona striker from France Thierry Henry who earns about £24m per year. Last year Beckham was estimated by Forbes to have earned £46m while Ronaldinho was estimated to make £33m in second place and Henry was in third place with £28m.

Manchester United still top club money wise

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Manchester United still top club money wise Manchester United may not have earned a place in the Champions League and will have to scrape to keep their Premier League title, but they still have been able to keep the lead as one of the most valuable clubs globally.

In this year’s Forbes Magazine list of the top twenty football teams, the Old Trafford club held onto top position with a value of £1.19bn, which is a two percent decrease from last year.

England landed seven clubs on the list, although the Premier League is known as the most indebted club league throughout Europe.

Showing up on the list was Arsenal in third, Liverpool in sixth place, Chelsea in ninth, Tottenham Hotspur in 12th, and near the bottom in 19th place is Manchester City.

The last team on the list was a surprise as Newcastle United made the list even though they are currently in relegation for the Championship.

Forbes business sports writer, Peter Schwartz, stated that Manchester United deserves a bit of praise for its continual resilience and its place as one of the largest global sporting brands.

Schwartz continued to say that the club has made itself one of the first class brands out of all world sporting brands with great marketing and new kit deals that have helped them continue to hold their status even in the face of the global recession.

Over the last season the twenty most valuable clubs together generated a total of £422m in operating income and combined revenues of £3.57b.