The Athletic News in 1901 was full of adverts from businesses offering products to football clubs and footballers, including boots, kits, medals and the Thistle football from Lumleys in Glasgow.

In April 1887 the content of one of the sheds at the Henderson shipyard at Meadowside in Partick was revealed – the Partick Thistle yacht.

This advert from the Daily Record of 1906 seems to suggest that a fly puff could be part of the modern day footballer’s training regime, as long as the trainer doesn’t catch you.