With Wembley fever building, Bradford City has announced its range of official merchandise for fans travelling down there, featuring everything from t-shirts and scarves to mugs and flags. We've taken a good look at them all (except the mug, which there isn't a good picture of on the website) and given our expert verdict. They're all available for preorder from the Bantams Club Store website and will be dispatched next week to arrive in time for Wembley.
1. The Play-off Final T-Shirt (£15)
A real heirloom, this one. Contains all the key facts you'll need to jog the memory when you dig this out of the loft in 20 years. Or possibly by the time kick-off rolls around if you're making a weekend of it: Where am I? What day is it? Why am I here? Who am I supporting?
2. The Wembley T-Shirt (£12 junior, £15 adult)
The iconic arch of New Wembley combines with a stylised City player to form a more minimalist and, arguably, more stylish t-shirt than the 'Play-Off Final'. Available from junior sizes all the way up to XXXL, so the whole family can match if that's a look you want to go for.
3. The On Our Way To Wembley T-Shirt (£15)
An alternative take on the 'Play-off Final', again offering all the go-to information but this time in amber-on-claret rather than claret-on-amber. There's something particularly pleasing about the typography on this one, although you might want to bring something else to change into once you're on your way back.
4. The Junior Bantams T-Shirt (£12)
One just for the kids, this is a bit of a Ronseal option: I am a child. I am at Wembley to see the Bantams. What more do you need to know? Away with you and your silly questions. I have crisps to eat and face paint to apply and have no time for your nonsense.
5. The Wembley Final Foam Hand (£6)
All hail the big foam hand. One of many trappings of American sports seamlessly integrated into the English game in recent years, the big foam hand is a universally popular sight at Wembley finals. Once Brexit Britain is freed from the tyranny of needless EU human rights legislation, the EFL will finally be free to make failure to wave a big foam hand during a Wembley final punishable by a £10 fine, so you might as well get into the habit early. George Orwell put it best when he said: if you want a vision of football's future, imagine a big foam hand waving in a human face forever.
6. The Wembley Final Scarf (£10)
You can't go far wrong with a scarf, and this is a special scarf for a special occasion. Club colours, crest and that all-important reminder of the date, it's the scarf that says: "I was there". Depending on the weather, might need a wash after being trailed out of a minibus window all the way down the M1 and back.
7. The Wembley Final Jester Hat (£8)
Nothing says "please feature me in your live TV coverage" like a jester hat and, while this one may at first glance appear functionally identical to the ones that you know full well the loud Cockneys will be selling on Wembley Way for half the price, this one's different. This one's official. Um. Anyway. Moving on.
8. The Wembley Pique Polo (£15.99 junior, £19.99 adult)
Not another t-shirt, you cry - but no, steady on. This is a polo shirt. With stripes, a collar, two buttons, and a little badge with loads of embroidered writing under it. Either it's for wearing in a fit of pique if things don't go your way or, I dunno, maybe a 'pique polo' is a style thing. No time to check. Either way, it's available in claret or amber to suit your taste.
9. The Wembley Flag (£7)
In today's safety-conscious football world, it's getting harder and harder to take flags into the ground, and nowhere is this more apparent than at Wembley. Is it fireproof? Is it the right size? One good thing with buying a flag direct from the club is that this one has been designed with Wembley's guidelines in mind, so you shouldn't have any problems taking it in with you. Of course, once Brexit Britain is freed from the tyranny of needless EU health and safety regulations you'll be able to take a bedsheet with the slogan of your choice daubed on it in good old-fashioned lead-based paint. But in the meantime, take this.
10. The Wembley Training Top (£18.99 junior, £22.99 adult)
This is it, ladies and gents. The créme de la créme. The ultimate in play-off merchandise (unless the mug is really good. Seriously, we have no way of knowing without seeing it). The official commemorative training top the players will presumably be wearing as they warm up at Wembley. Stylish and practical, especially if you're in the market for an exercise top after the big day.
- All merchandise is available at bantams.clubstore.co.uk/final
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