The panther is the captain
With girls' and women's teams it goes differently. The captain does not pick a band, the team picks a print. And then it is panther, cow spots or pink camouflage. Panther has been the shop's best-selling print for three years.
Posted on September 21, 2026
The reason is simple: the print belongs to the team, not the club. It is a band you recognise off the pitch as well — in the team photo, in the dressing room, in the Instagram story after the match. No club crest is needed, because the panther is the crest. And the C on it is the only thing that says this is a captain's band.
How we make a print
A print has to run on: the band goes round the arm and the seam sits on the inside, so the pattern must not have a hard edge anywhere. We draw every print over the full length of the band, with the C in the middle where it sits on the outside of the arm. Want the print in another colour — panther in blue, cow in pink — then it is a matter of asking.
"They all wanted to be captain, so we had eleven made. Every week someone else wears the C, the rest have the print without the letter."
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