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Club kit socks: colours, crests and a delivery that lands before the season
A club order has a hard date — the first fixture, the pre-season photograph, the kit hand-out — and a hard specification, which is that the colours must match the shirt and the sock must survive a season. This page sets out how the colours, crests, sizes and grip soles are specified here, and how far ahead the order has to be placed.
The styles below are the ones this floor knits for sport and team use. Each links to its own specification sheet; the table afterwards separates the printed figures from the ones your club order sets.
Six decisions behind a club sock order
Colour, crest, grip, sizes, quantity and the season calendar — the six that decide whether the kit arrives and matches.
Grip socks for the football codes
Football grip socks carry a cuff band and a sole built for boots. The pattern is jacquard, knitted by the machine that makes the sock, so there is no print layer to crack across a season of training and matches.
Where it applies: Football and soccer, training kit, match kit.
You decide: Grip coverage, cuff band width and where the crest sits.
Evidence: a grip football style on this site — see the specification sheet for this style.
Club colours are knitted in, not printed on
Terry runs through the sole on the basketball crew, knitted into the sock on the machine rather than sewn in afterwards. Colour count and where the pattern repeats are the two decisions that move both the look and the price.
Where it applies: Basketball, training, multi-sport club kit.
You decide: How many colours the club pattern carries, and where it stops.
Evidence: the terry and pattern fields on a style sheet — see the specification sheet for this style.
Youth and adult sizes in one order
A club order usually spans the youth and adult squads at once, and sizes are knitted to your chart, typically XS–XXL on request. The chart that matters is the one the kit manager works from, so it goes into the brief.
Where it applies: Youth squads, academies, mixed-age clubs.
You decide: The size break across squads, and how many of each.
Evidence: the size-range field on a style sheet — see the specification sheet for this style.
What is printed here, and what your kit order sets
Club kit is bought against a date and a shirt colour. Both need to be on the table before the deposit, not after it.
Club and team kit terms. Published lines are printed on this site; quoted lines are settled per style on your proforma invoice.
- Order size
- 1,000 pairs per style
- Sample
- 3–5 days
- Bulk lead time
- 20–30 days
- Shipping transit
- 25–40 days
| Term | What we publish | How your club order sets it | Where it is published |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuotedColours and pattern | Patterns are knitted in jacquard on the machine that makes the sock. | Colour count, repeat position and whether the pattern wraps the sock or stops at the cuff. | Pattern field on the specification sheet. |
| QuotedCrest | Logo placement on the rib cuff as the default; body and sole also available. | Mark size and the knit-versus-embroidery choice come from your artwork file. | Logo-placement field on the style sheet. |
| QuotedGrip sole | Grip dots and silicone prints on the sole; four styles listed with a grip sole. | Coverage and pattern are set per style and checked against the approved sample. | Sole field on the specification sheet. |
| QuotedSize split | Made to your chart; typically XS–XXL on request. | The youth-to-adult break and the split per squad come from the kit manager’s list. | Specification sheet, size range. |
| PublishedOrder size | 1,000 pairs per style for bulk orders. | Match kit and training kit are two styles, so two runs. | Quote page and every product page. |
| PublishedSample | Typically 3–5 days after the brief and artwork; charged per style, credited against the first bulk order. | One charged sample per style, trialled before the run is committed. | Quote page, terms card, buyer FAQ. |
| PublishedBulk lead time | Typically 20–30 days after deposit received and sample approved. | Counted from deposit and approval. | Quote page and buyer FAQ. |
| PublishedShipping transit | Approx. 25–40 days sea, 5–10 days air, 3–7 days express. | The leg the fixture date forces. | Quote page, shipping section. |
The two lines a club should insist on are the crest route and the size split. A crest that is too fine for the knit, or a youth size that is a scaled-down adult, both look like a mistake on the pitch rather than in the paperwork.
Working back from the hand-out date
A club order is set by one date, and the published lines add up to the answer: how early the brief has to land. The sums below use nothing but the figures printed above.
| Leg booked | Sample + bulk | Transit | Brief has to land, before the hand-out date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea freight | 3–5 days + 20–30 days = 23–35 days | 25–40 days | 48–75 days before |
| Air freight | 3–5 days + 20–30 days = 23–35 days | 5–10 days | 28–45 days before |
| Express | 3–5 days + 20–30 days = 23–35 days | 3–7 days | 26–42 days before |
The sums assume the deposit, the approved sample and the final artwork all land on the day the brief is sent; artwork time before that is time added to the front of the calendar. Worked once, for a kit hand-out on 1 September: by sea the brief belongs between mid-June and mid-July, by air between mid-July and the first days of August, by express from around 21 July to 6 August. Past that, the arithmetic stops closing, and the useful answer is a later hand-out date or a shorter range.
The crest goes on the cuff
The cuff is the placement our own sheets default to, knitted in or embroidered where the artwork suits it. A club crest is usually a fine-detail mark, so the artwork file decides whether embroidery or a knit is the honest route.
Where it applies: Club crests, sponsor marks, academy badges.
You decide: Knitted or embroidered, and the mark size the cuff can carry.
Evidence: the logo-placement field on a style sheet — see the specification sheet for this style.
1,000 pairs per style is the club arithmetic
The bulk floor is 1,000 pairs per style. A club that needs a match sock and a training sock is buying two styles; a club kit of four colours across two squads needs the numbers run before the design is signed off.
Where it applies: Match kit, training kit, club shop stock.
You decide: How many styles the order carries, and the split between squads.
Evidence: the MOQ line on this site — see the specification sheet for this style.
The calendar is the tightest decision
Sample typically 3–5 days after artwork, bulk typically 20–30 days after deposit and approval, then 25–40 days by sea, 5–10 days by air, 3–7 days by express. A pre-season hand-out is an order placed well before the pre-season.
Where it applies: Season starts, cup fixtures, kit launches.
You decide: The order date that protects the hand-out date, and the freight leg that fits.
Evidence: the lead-time lines on this site — see the specification sheet for this style.
Styles from the catalog for this buyer
Both are current listings on this floor, both knee-high with a grip sole, and both are quoted on the terms in the table above. Each card opens the style’s own page.
What a club should not assume
A kit order is a date and a colour match. These are the boundaries in front of both.
- No guaranteed hand-out date. The production figures are ours; the transit legs above are the published ranges.
- No colour match without a physical reference. Colour is locked to a dye lot per order against the reference you send.
- No order below 1,000 pairs per style. Under that line the sample route is the standing alternative.
- No instant yes on a construction. If the pattern or the grip sits outside this floor, the reply says so.
- No price list. Costing follows specification and quantity onto the invoice.
- No buyer names. Clubs we knit for are not ours to publish.
Colours, sizes and the season date
Can you match our club colours exactly?
Colour is matched to a physical reference — a shirt, a swatch or an approved sample — and then locked to a dye lot per order. A photograph of the kit is not a reference, because a screen cannot be measured.
Can one order cover youth and adult squads?
Yes: sizes are knitted to your chart, typically XS–XXL on request, so one run can carry the youth-to-adult break. The bulk minimum is 1,000 pairs per style, which is the number to run against the squad sizes before the order is placed.
How early do we need to order before the season?
Add it up from the published figures: sample typically 3–5 days after artwork, bulk typically 20–30 days after deposit and approval, then 25–40 days sea or 5–10 days air. A pre-season hand-out means the order goes in well before pre-season starts.
Send the shirt colour and the squad list
Attach a photograph of the shirt, the crest file and the sizes the squads need. Send the crest and the squad list to sales@sockwholesalers.com and the costing comes back within one working day, with the construction, the MOQ in writing, the sample route and the order date your first fixture requires.
Michelle Zhang, Export sales manager, answers enquiries within one working day — sales@sockwholesalers.com, +86-13761030160 (WhatsApp same number).