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In the UK many people love to go on a caravanning holiday in what’s called a static caravan. Caravan holidays have always been very popular in Britain and many companies have formed the static caravan market that has evolved over these past few years. Static caravans are used for many different purposes that have made them become a quite large market disparate from the mobile caravan industry. For example; the main purpose that static caravans are sold are for holiday purposes whether it is privately owned just for yourself and friends or on a public caravan site.

This can be luxurious accommodation in some cases as many static caravans are very large and offer a lot of features and equipment with them. Other purposes may include an office for a business if their premises are under maintenance or construction. Also it may provide builders with living accommodation that can be situated just outside the premises or properties that they are building. This is very useful for some building companies that are under a tight schedule to finish an estate of properties for example. The static caravans that can be ordered allow the builders never to leave the site and ensure they have maximum working hours to ensure the buildings are finished on time.

Many specialist companies are competing to make the best static caravans available that can be sold to a wide variety of people in private deals or to big caravan sellers across the UK. There are many different types of static caravans on the market today that allow different experiences to the people that buy and take holidays in them. For example; there are many different styles and sizes that the caravans come in. This means that everyone’s tastes are catered for when wanting to buy a static caravan. Colours can vary from different shades of brown and cream to dark green, so that no caravan looks too dull or boring.

The different styles are defined by the different fixtures and fittings inside the caravan as well as the different window designs. There is also an option to have decking built around the caravan to allow you to sit outside your caravan in complete luxury and enjoy the views surrounding the park; or if the weather is nice there is an opportunity to enjoy a barbecue and have a drink. The caravan’s size depends on the amount of people that it can accommodate; also the more people the caravan can hold the larger the dimensions need to be. This is because the caravan will need more space to allow the room for more people. Without this the caravan would be too cramped and small.

The static caravan market in the whole is a fairly young but successful with more and more caravan sites appearing across the UK. This will allow the manufacturers of static caravans to produce more abodes due to higher demand although competition will undoubtedly increase. This means that the market can only get bigger meaning that the caravan haulage business will also grow due to the higher demand of static caravans. This will allow static caravans to be transported across the UK as well as caravan sites around other countries in Europe such as France and Spain. With increased popularity the industry will continue to grow and provide many people with years of unbridled holidaying pleasure.

With the new English football season upon us we’re sure to see some fantastic and breathtaking goals. Every season a handful of players pull out something magical and score a goal that you didn’t think was possible. Looking over the best goals from last season made me wonder, what would be the best goals ever scored? Well I’ve done some research and this is what I’ve come up with.

10. Geoff Hurst for England against Germany in the World Cup final in 1966. As an Englishman I think this one can almost go without saying any more. The goal that clinched the World Cup for England and secured our only international triumph to date has a special place for any football fan from the country where it was born. When you combine the goal with the black and white footage and unforgettable commentary from Kenneth Wolstenholme you get a classic moment for English football and one that hasn’t been replicated since.

9. Zinedine Zidane’s left foot volley in the Champions League final in 2002. Volleying a ball that drops from a height is one of the hardest skills to pull off in football. To volley it with such power and accuracy on his weaker foot is why Zidane was such a special player.

8. Carlos Alberto for Brazil against Italy in the 1970 World Cup. The Brazil team of 1970 have often been thought of as one of the greatest teams of all time, with this goal one of their crowning glories. It is a brilliant team goal involving the whole team and when Carlos Alberto bursts out of nowhere to provide the finishing touch you have a moment of World Cup history.

7. Trevor Sinclair’s bicycle kick for QPR in 1997. If volleying a ball was one of the hardest skills then an overhead kick must be the hardest skill to pull off. Sinclair’s overhead kick is the best one I’ve ever seen, hit with precision off a pacey cross with flawless technique, it is simply an amazing goal.

6. Roberto Carlos’ free kick for Brazil against France in 1997. Dubbed the banana kick, or the impossible goal the amount of swerve that Roberto Carlos managed with this kick is unreal. The flight of the ball completely fooled French keeper Fabian Barthez as kids all over the world spent the next day trying to replicate this jaw dropping piece of skill.

5. Tony Yeboah’s volley against Liverpool. Another volley, and this is a special one. Seemingly from nothing Yeboah smashes the ball against the underside of the bar to beat David James from 25 yards. Yeboah would score a similar goal the next week before fading away. Still, if you’re going to be remember for something you may as well be remembered for an outstanding goal.

4. Nayim against Arsenal in the Cup Winners Cup final. One of the first goals of its kind, Nayim’s audacious lob fooled everyone, David Seaman included. The vision to spot the goalkeeper off his line combined with the perfect execution is what makes this goal so good. Add it to the fact that it is in a major European final and you have one of the best goals ever scored.

3. George Weah for AC Milan against Verona. This is an absolutely amazing goal. Picking the ball up inside his own penalty area Weah beats four players on his own while running the length of the pitch to score. One of the best goals of all time no one has ever come close to scoring anything like it since.

2. Marco Van Basten for Holland against the USSR in 1988. This is the best volley ever scored. Hit from an impossible angle it is still unbelievable to watch the ball fly in, it is hard to think that a volley will ever beat this.

1. Diego Maradona against England in 1986. No, not the handball that should have been disallowed. The other goal. The one where Maradona beats five England players before calmly slotting the ball into the net. While not running as far as George Weah, Maradona didn’t just use pace to beat players, but ghosted past world-class English players like they weren’t there. If there ever was a one man team it was this Argentina team, and Maradona was their driving force. An incredible player and this was his best goal.

Well these were my favourite goals of all time. There are a lot I’ve left out, but search for these on YouTube and you’re sure to be amazed.

It was in the Victorian period that football emerged as a popular sport, being somewhat regulated in 1863 when the Football Association was formed. In these early years specialised clothing was not really needed for matches, players turned up in whatever clothing was to hand, normally teams would be distinguished by the wearing of coloured scarves or caps. This period however saw football in its infancy, the rules varied depending on which public school was playing, for instance, Rugby School played rules where handling of the ball was allowed and Cambridge University and the Sheffield Club played a game where the use of hands was outlawed. Eventually this led to a split between the two forms of the game, one becoming rugby and the other football. It was at this stage that codified rules were produced.

It was in the 1870s that the first uniform kit clothing started to appear. In most cases the colours of the kits related to the school or organisation that was affiliated to the team. In the first ever FA Cup Final, which took place in 1872 the two finalists played in clothing with an eclectic mixture of colours. The Wanderers wore pink, cerise and black while their opposition the Royal Engineers (army teams regularly played in the early years) wore dark red and navy clothing. At this early stage however, players were restricted by living costs, if a player could afford a shirt in the team colours, more often than not they could play for the team. Subsequently the most popular colour was plain white, as it was the cheapest and most widely available.

It was not long before specialist sports clothing manufacturers started to arise. In 1879 Bukta began making football shirts. Shirts however is a misnomer, in this early period the clothing was often labelled as jerseys, sarks and even Guernseys. It was in 1883 that the term shirt was first used, the result of vertical striped patterns arising in many teams. At this stage the range of colours used was probably at its largest in the sport’s history. A mixture of economic and practical reasons led to the diminishing of diversity and a more general set of colours used for all kits across the land.

In terms of the bottom half of the player, originally knickerbockers; a piece of clothing that covered the knees, worn due to rules about knee coverage from the FA. In addition heavy shin guards and stockings were worn on the legs. However the rules pertaining to the covering of knees were relaxed at the turn of the century and players soon wore shorts; at this stage, the stockings on the feet of players were first regarded to be part of the kit. Colours for these items of clothing were not as diverse as the shirts, in most cases, white, black and grey were the only colours available.

In this period the materials used for clothing were hard wearing cottons that allowed for the tugging of shirts during play. It was not until the middle of the twentieth century and further regulation of the rules that lightweight shirts were introduced. Predominantly this began on the continent but eventually spread to Britain in later years. At this stage however fans and spectators rarely wore team shirts as a means of support; it was more oft the case that the crowd would have a scarf with the team colours to show support. This however changed in the latter half of the twentieth century as teams saw the monetary benefits of selling shirts to fans. Today the manufacture of replica shirts is a multi million pound industry as fans are proud to sport the attire of their favoured team.