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Summer is (finally) here and Kitbag have gone a bit crazy in the heat with a 20% sale. The new football season is nearly here - it’s a great chance to buy some of the new kits!

The Kitbag sale gives 20% discount off all orders with a spend of £40 or more. This sale starts at 10am on Wednesday 30th July, and will run for 2 days only (ending on Friday 1st August 2008 at 10am).

The discount will be applied automatically to the customer’s basket once the total reaches £40.  A great offer for Kitbag customers.

The new England Away Shirt is available to pre-order now from Kitbag.  The new away kit is manufactured by Umbro and features a central embroidered England crest.

The new England shirt uses revolutionary technology by incorporating a QR (Quick Read) code into the shirt’s label. This enables fans to access a unique QR website. After photographing the code with their mobile phones, fans will be taken to the website where they can obtain exclusive content about UMBRO and England.

This is the first time that QR code has ever been incorporated into a football shirt.

Sounds and looks pretty smart!

The annual rugby union RBS Six Nations Championship kicks off on 2nd February 2008 with Ireland v Italy at Croke Park. Eyes will be on England’s efforts after their back-to-back World Cup final appearances. The England squad is a mix of old and new so it is perhaps difficult to know how they will play but they will have home advantage for their first game against Wales.

For England rugby fans, when they spend over £10 in the rugby section at Kitbag, there is a free gift England RFU rugby calendar. This will be added to the customer’s shopping basket automatically when the relevant products are added.

Kitbag have a dedicated Six Nations section which includes sub-category links to all the teams - England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and France.

C’mon England!

One of the Christmas presents I received this year was Ian Botham’s autobiography called Head On. I have just started reading it and, if the book is anything like the man himself, it should be an entertaining read!

I am not sure if this is the only autobiography because there are a few Ian Botham books that have the same ‘Autobiography’ title. Nevertheless, Head On appears to be the most recently published. It should be a good read.

• Amazon UK: Head On - Ian Botham: The Autobiography
• Play.com: Head On
• Blackwells: Head On

Kitbag are offering 50% off all England home shirts to celebrate the appointment of Fabio Capello as the new England manager.

The shirts are the new official England home kit for 2007/09. They are manufactured by Umbro and feature an embroidered 3 Lions Crest and printed Umbro Diamond logo with the stamp of authenticity embossed directly onto the shirt itself.

This offer means that England home shirts start from around £17. Great price!

» England football shirts at Kitbag

Kitbag have a great offer now available - up to £10 off Liverpool FC home shirts. This means that Liverpool home shirts are now from £24.99 each. A great Christmas present for Liverpool fans.

» Liverpool Home Shirts Offer

I have supported the England rugby team for more years than I care to remember, either from the sofa, down the pub … or at the game itself.  These days, there are a lot of England rugby products that you can buy, ranging from the England Rugby Mug to an England Rugby Calendar.

However, top of the list must be an England Rugby Shirt, either short-sleeved or the more traditional long-sleeve version. I used to buy these after a match at Twickenham but I discovered that getting home with a pristine new shirt wasn’t always so easy after a few beers (ahem). This year, I plan to buy the long-sleeve version in preparation for a trip to Rome in February 2008 to see the Six Nations game against Italy.

One of the good things about going to an away game is that the atmosphere is somewhat similiar to a home game with friendly supporters mingling in bars outside the game but it’s also quite different in other ways, Italian food and wine being one of the main differences! I’m looking forward to February already.