The goalkeeper is the one player on the pitch who cannot wear the club's strip. The laws of the game ask for colours that stand apart from both teams and from the match officials, so the keeper's kit is chosen and ordered on its own. It is also the piece most often forgotten until the week of the first fixture.
What goes in a keeper's kit
Start with a goalkeeper set. Most are a shirt and shorts, and a few add socks, so check what is in the bag on the product page before you order socks twice. Joma, Stanno and Errea all make them, and most styles come in adult and junior sizes, so the same kit can run from the under-tens to the first team.
Then think about the pitch. Padded goalkeeper shorts and Bermudas take the sting out of a hard summer surface, and full-length goalkeeper trousers such as the Errea Pitch earn their place on frozen grass and on 3G. Many keepers own shorts and trousers and choose on the day.
Choosing the colour
- Pick a colour that is nowhere on your home strip or your away strip.
- Look at what your regular opponents wear. A keeper in orange is no help against a team in orange.
- If the budget allows, buy a second colour. It settles every clash without a phone call on a Sunday morning.
- Ask your league secretary whether the competition has rules of its own before you buy.
Name, number and crest
Goalkeeper kit is personalised in our own workshop in Lowestoft, the same as the outfield strip. A number across the back is £2.00 a character, a name is 80p a letter and the club crest is £3.95 a garment. The 3D designer on the product page shows the keeper's kit turning with the artwork on it, and the price is on the page before anything goes in the basket.
Order it with the rest of the squad
Put the keeper's kit in the same basket as the outfield order and the whole lot counts towards the automatic 10% off over £100, with free UK delivery over £300. Clubs and schools can pay on a purchase order, and if you are kitting out a new side our new club checklist covers everything else.
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