Arsenal kit: an introduction to Arsenal football merchandise

The Arsenal kit is one of the most popular items of football merchandise sold in the UK. Despite the lack of trophies in recent years, support for Arsene Wenger and his unique brand of positive, free-flowing football is still strong with sales of official Arsenal merchandise reflecting the club's popularity. The multinational nature of the squad has also helped increase the club's popularity overseas with the Arsenal shirt top of the shopping list for most fans.

The extensive Gunners merchandise range includes official team tracksuits, club polo shirts and other Arsenal training wear as well as accessories such as caps, scarves and pin badges. The Arsenal home shirt is also available with matching shorts & socks as is the Arsenal Away shirt which this season comes in yellow & maroon colours. All Arsenal shirts are available with the option of the official Premier League name & number printing for an added charge or can even be customized with your own name or slogan. Walking around the Emirates Stadium or visiting the Arsenal shop on match days it is not uncommon to see current 10-11 Arsenal home jerseys being worn with Adams 6 on the back such is the legendary status of the former Gunner's captain.

Arsenal shirts: top sellers with official name & numbering

Anyone choosing to purchase their Arsenal shirt with a player name & number is currently spoilt for choice. Previous seasons may have seen the vast majority of Arsenal kit bearing the name and number of one particular star player such as Henry 14 but this season the popularity of players is spread a lot more evenly. Wilshere 19, Walcott 14 and Nasri 8 have evened out the dominance of Fabregas 4 and van Persie 10 in the personalized Arsenal shirt stakes.