A LOVE MATCH
Flirty footie gifts go up a league for Valentine’s
FOOTBALL fans can show their club has a special place in their heart this Valentine’s.
Premier League clubs are selling a range of saucy gifts to spice up the day.
Bosses hope it will help their loyal followers to keep their passion burning while crowds are locked out of games during the pandemic.
Spurs, West Ham United, West Brom and Sheffield Utd are among those flogging raunchy gifts on their websites.
Hammers fans are being offered the chance to snap up a racy white and blue lace garter for just £6.
London rivals Spurs go one step further. As well as garters for £6, the club’s website is also offering a “Spurs women’s lace detail bra” for £20 and “Spurs lace detail briefs”, at £6.
The bra, inset bottom right, with a cockerel on one side, is described as a perfect way to “keep Tottenham Hotspur close to your heart”. Lancashire side Burnley is offering claret-coloured Oddballs ladies’ briefs at £10 a time and boxers for men, also at £10 a time. West Brom is punting a similar range of ladies’ briefs and boxers from £5, inset left top. Liverpool – whose form has been pants recently – offer two packs of boxers for £20, while rivals Manchester United have clubthemed pyjamas for her at £30 a pair.
Sheffield Utd is offering boxers from £10 a pair, top right, and a club-themed pink dressing gown for £30.
Arsenal have Gunners-themed boxer shorts at £15 for a pack of two, while Fulham also sell boxers at £8 a time.
Martyn James, of consumer group Resolver.co.uk, said: “If your lockdown love life is struggling to find the back of the net, these gifts will go a long way to helping rejuvenate things with the man or woman in your life.”