Jermaine Pennant has found himself a new football club.
That wouldn’t really be news in itself, nice and all that it is for the former Liverpool man to be gainfully employed again.
Singapore side Tampines Rovers have decided to take a punt on the former Arsenal winger and reports today suggest that he is about to become the country’s highest paid player.
He looked only delighted earlier.
https://twitter.com/MightyStags/status/689313137351237632
But the real treat was in finding out who one of the sponsors of Pennant’s new club is.
Readers of a certain vintage may remember these bad boys
Ah the #mikasa gloves them were the days #GAA #blastFromThePast pic.twitter.com/TU5KukWm
— UnOfficialGaa (@UnOfficialGaa) November 6, 2012
And it looks like the famous manufacturers of Mikasa gloves/hand sponges have moved from Under-12 football to helping pay Pennant’s wages judging by this snap of their training gear.
https://twitter.com/MightyStags/status/687660609731608576
Connor Phillips is the man to thank for alerting us.
I will now be closely following the career of Jermain Pennant! Proper GAA fans will get why… @SportsJOEdotie pic.twitter.com/qgOl2vxsCW
— Connor Phillips (@ConnorPhillips) January 19, 2016
@ConnorPhillips @SportsJOEdotie rumour has it these gloves oozed superglue from the black spots!!
— Rory See (@RoryC111) January 19, 2016
And judging by a quick Twitter search, the gloves are still a firm favourite among GAA players.
@RorysStories lad in front rocking the Mikasa gloves. Best ever. I still wear them.
— Dan Mellett #BetDan (@danmellett) November 19, 2015
@SecondCaptains saw this in cork today – mikasa gloves look what they've been relegated to since ye gave up on them! pic.twitter.com/WjE6YGAvvc
— Ross Noonan (@noonan_ross) September 23, 2015
Good to see the old reliable Mikasa gloves get an airing in the Kildare Junior Championship this weekend pic.twitter.com/FdZ4XVm7NR
— Kildare Nationalist Sport (@KildareNatSport) May 11, 2015
Are they the most iconic piece of sporting gear from your childhood? Surely rip-off tracksuit bottoms are the only rival.
