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Shin Pad Size Guide: What Size Do I Need? (Kids & Adults)
Sizing Guide 29 Sep 2026

Shin Pad Size Guide: What Size Do I Need? (Kids & Adults)

How to choose the right shin pad size for kids and adults: what each size covers, how to measure, and why shin pad size isn't about age.

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How to Put Your Name on Football Boots (Without Sending Them Away)
Boot Personalisation 29 Sep 2026

How to Put Your Name on Football Boots (Without Sending Them Away)

The easiest ways to personalise football boots with your name, number or flag, and a step-by-step guide to applying a Boot ID transfer at home in five minutes.

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Grip Socks vs Normal Football Socks: Are They Worth It?
Kit Guide 29 Sep 2026

Grip Socks vs Normal Football Socks: Are They Worth It?

What grip socks do, how they compare with normal football socks, how to wear them with team socks and shin pads, and whether they're allowed in matches.

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Club Order: Benoni Northerns' Custom Championship Shin Pads
Club Story 29 Sep 2026

Club Order: Benoni Northerns' Custom Championship Shin Pads

How we made a full squad of custom carbon fibre shin pads for Benoni Northerns: one club design in the team colours, with every player's name on their own pair.

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Carbon fibre shin pad close-up showing the weave texture
Equipment 29 May 2026

Carbon Fibre vs Plastic Shin Pads: What Professional Footballers Actually Use

We break down the real differences between carbon fibre and polypropylene plastic shin pads — weight, protection, durability and what the pros actually wear on matchday.

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Custom shin pads being designed showing name and number personalisation
Design Guide 29 May 2026

How to Design Custom Shin Pads: A Step-by-Step Guide

Your name, number, flag and colours — all on carbon fibre. Here's exactly how the design process works from start to delivery, with no experience needed.

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Aubrey Modiba at the FIFA World Cup 2026 wearing Strapzy's Shinnies
News 12 July 2026

Strapzy's Shinnies Makes Its FIFA World Cup 2026 Debut

Aubrey Modiba, Bradley Cross and Lyle Foster wore Strapzy's Shinnies on the biggest stage in football. A milestone moment for a proudly South African brand.

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