Ex-Dover Athletic manager Mitch Brundle and former Lydd Town player-boss James Rogers switching their focus to sportswear brand MPR Sports

Two non-league footballers have turned their focus to a sportswear company.

Ex-Dover manager Mitch Brundle and former Lydd player-boss James Rogers, who finished the 2023/24 season together with the Lydders, have joined forces off the field through MPR Sports.

Brundle, a former midfielder at Braintree, Gateshead and Barnet, said: “I have started
maybe four or five seasons without having our own tracksuits and things similar to that.

“What better way to make sure I have got my own one? It’s unbelievable quality.

“I know what it’s like as a footballer to not have your match-day tracksuit or to not have your proper kit when the season or pre-season starts.

“So, I wanted to dip into a little niche in the market and make sure that everyone gets their kit on time.”

Offering “Premier League kits at non-league prices”, MPR Sports kit has already been worn by Lydd’s first team and Ashford & District League side Market Hotel at Maidstone’s Gallagher Stadium this year.

Various youth-team sides are also set to use MPR Sports attire.

“We’ll do everything - tracksuits, matchday kits, training kits, socks and grip socks,” Brundle said. “It’s everything that you can think of regarding sportswear that you will need in a football team.

“We’ve had kit used in a Kent Cup Final and [for Lydd] against Deal. It’s pretty much
the same as what everyone else is buying but we want to make sure that we deliver for when it’s asked for.

“That means a lot to a footballer. I want the players to have it from the start.”

Brundle, who likened what they are trying to do to Italian sportswear company Erreà,
says more than 100 kits have already been delivered and that MPR Sports already have an agreement in principle with a Championship club for some of