Was perusing for stationery souvenirs for when I am back home, and had a look at the club shop. A pencil case and a calculator/ruler thingy. No pencils, pens, erasers, stickers etc. fair enough.

So I thought, have a look at other clubs. Nothing. Then I had a look at the EPL - nothing! Not online anyway.

I can have some very swanky looking NBA pencils, NFL too. and don't get me started on those spangly MLS ones.

They are all of a kind, which means the governing body must have merchandising rights. I assume that is not the case in blights, where it must be up to each member club.

But could clubs make more money by following the American trend of selling merchandising rights across the board? I mean, the whole hog, from shirts to pencils.

I know pencils wont exactly be the answer to Hearts' prayers, but from small acorns...

Was perusing for stationery souvenirs for when I am back home, and had a look at the club shop. A pencil case and a calculator/ruler thingy. No pencils, pens, erasers, stickers etc. fair enough.

So I thought, have a look at other clubs. Nothing. Then I had a look at the EPL - nothing! Not online anyway.

I can have some very swanky looking NBA pencils, NFL too. and don't get me started on those spangly MLS ones.

They are all of a kind, which means the governing body must have merchandising rights. I assume that is not the case in blights, where it must be up to each member club.

But could clubs make more money by following the American trend of selling merchandising rights across the board? I mean, the whole hog, from shirts to pencils.

I know pencils wont exactly be the answer to Hearts' prayers, but from small acorns...

Those items may not be online but they do have them in shop