Common Football Kit Ordering Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

Every season, the same handful of kit-ordering mistakes wipe out committees up and down the country. The good news is that all of them are completely avoidable once you know what to look for.

Mistake 1: Leaving It Until August

Pre-season is the worst time to order. Every other club in the country is doing the same thing, lead times balloon, and you end up paying express fees just to make the first weekend of the season.

Place your order in May or June for a stress-free start to the season — and a much better chance of getting exactly the kit you want.

Mistake 2: Guessing The Sizes

Eyeballing sizes for thirty players is how clubs end up with three boxes of shirts that don't fit anyone. Use a proper sizing kit, run a sizing night at training, and write every player's size down in one shared spreadsheet.

Mistake 3: Forgetting About Sponsors

Lock in your sponsor logos before the kit goes to print, not after. Reprinting a batch of shirts to add a sponsor logo costs roughly three times what it would have cost to include it from day one.

Mistake 4: No Spares

Always order a few spare shirts in the most common sizes. Mid-season signings, new players, lost shirts in the wash — they happen every year.

Final Word

A 30-minute conversation with the Hackin team before you order will catch every single one of these. Pop us a message — we've seen it all.