Bands are small, cheap and easily lost, which is exactly why club sets drift out of match faster than any other kit.

Hold the colourway on file

Reorder ad hoc and the club colour arrives a shade off.

Two bands on every player at eye level make that very visible.

Order roster sets, split by squad

Sized and separated before they arrive.

Nothing should be sorted by hand at your end.

Budget spares from day one

Players change bands between sets; bands get lost.

A programme without spares is mismatched by mid-season.

Knit the mark in

It survives the season and the washing machine.

Printed marks on stretch terry crack; embroidered ones pucker.

Put event dates in writing

A tournament pack that lands after day one is worthless.

We would rather decline a date than miss it.