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Size 3, 4 or 5? A straight guide to football sizes by age group, weights and circumferences, plus the questions parents and coaches ask us most.

Garment weight, print positions, individual names and quantity breaks: what really drives leavers hoodies cost, and how to compare two quotes fairly.

Match, club, training and school cricket balls are different products, not price tiers. What separates them, and which one belongs in which bag.

Headguards reduce cuts and abrasions, not concussion risk. What World Rugby approval means, how to fit one, and when to replace it.

School shoes fail in three predictable ways. A fitting checklist and a straight answer for the situations parents actually turn up with.

The instinct is to buy a size up so they last. Here is why that backfires, what a thumb's width really means, and how to measure a child's foot properly.

What a school PE kit list really means, item by item: what has to be branded, what can be plain, and which bits get bought twice.

FG, AG, SG, TF and IC on the box, and what each soleplate is actually for. A plain-English guide to matching studs to the pitch your player is on.

SG, FG and AG on the boot box tell you which surface the sole was built for. What each code means, and how to choose for a muddy UK winter.