| Father's Day is basically about making dad feel great | | | | Once you've established what sports your dad likes, |
| for a whole Sunday before he goes back to work on | | | | it's time to go online. Sport related Father's Day gifts |
| Monday to start another year of feeling miserable. | | | | are not easy to find, but with a little digging you'll |
| And if there's one thing guaranteed to satisfy the | | | | start to find a treasure chest or two. Searching for |
| average dad, it's sport. In fact, something with a | | | | websites that specialise in gifts is a great way to |
| sporting theme has been the mainstay of Father's | | | | start. You'll be able to find some gems that aren't |
| Day presents for decades, and not without reason. It | | | | available in the shops to create a unique, even |
| is, after all, what dads in particular and men in general | | | | personalised, gift. Because these presents are not |
| choose to talk about when they're not talking about | | | | bought off the shelf, you can often have personal |
| women, traffic congestion and what they used to | | | | messages or your dad's name printed on it at no |
| get up to when they were in their prime. And | | | | extra cost, making a gift that's extra personal. |
| frankly, they don't make very appropriate themes | | | | So what kinds of sporty personalised Father's Day |
| for presents. But finding a great sport-related gift | | | | Gifts can be found? We can start with things like |
| isn't as easy as it sounds. Let this guide help you find | | | | sporting calendars and mugs containing messages and |
| the right gift. | | | | names spelt out in highly imaginative ways. Then |
| The primary question you need to ask yourself is | | | | there are the compilations of newspaper articles |
| what sport or sports does dad actually follow? There | | | | dating back a century or more featuring not only his |
| are still plenty of grown men who have not been | | | | favourite sport but often his club or national team, |
| dragged onto the football bandwagon but remain avid | | | | too. Anyone who's interested in the history of his |
| sports fans. Note that football doesn't feature in the | | | | team will find it a fascinating read. |
| old adage that there are only two sports: | | | | Merchandise with the names of clubs on them can |
| mountaineering and bullfighting. Then again by this | | | | also make great presents. Wallets, pens and keyrings |
| definition he probably isn't a sport fan at all, especially | | | | are the kind of gifts that he'll carry with him |
| if he's an animal rights protester who lives in Norfolk. | | | | everywhere and use with the kind of pride only avid |
| Old sayings aside, we know perfectly well what we | | | | team followers can muster. |
| mean when we say sport. We're talking golf, football, | | | | Perhaps the ultimate sporting Father's Day present is |
| cricket, motor racing, rugby, boxing, snooker | | | | the opportunity to become the next Roman |
| … You know, the ones that don't involve | | | | Abramovich - or at least a small version of him. Yes, |
| crampons or peeved livestock. The events that get | | | | it's now possible to give the gift of part-ownership in |
| his heart racing and can affect the national mood; the | | | | a football club so the recipient can really feel like a |
| games he plays at weekends to a disturbingly poor | | | | part of the sporting fraternity rather than merely a |
| level but treats as though his life depended upon | | | | spectator. Winning and losing will suddenly take on |
| them. | | | | whole new meanings. |