Top 10 football gadgets for the new season : Tech Digest

Football crazy, we're football mad... And we were football crazy enough to do a Top 10 Football Gadgets post at the start of last season so, dammit, we're doing it again.

Whether your favourite team is a purring Continental goals machine or a dreadful park-level bunch of cloggers, you'll find something to spend your money on here. And you won't need a Thaksin Shinawatra sized wallet (or human rights allegation) to afford them either.

1. Sensible Soccer Plug'n'Play (pictured). It doesn't get any better than two grown adults yelling abuse at each other after a last-minute lobbed goal from the centre circle in Sensi Soccer, and this plug-in gadget gives you just that. Oh, and it's also got Cannon Fodder and Mega-Lo-Mania on it, if you ever get bored with tiny little men pinging passes around like pinballs. Which you won't. MORE INFO

2. Bluetooth Soundball. The worlds of football and electroacoustic composition unite for the first time since Hoddle & Waddle's 'Diamond Lights' single, with this Bluetooth football that makes bleepy bloopy noises when kicked or headed. In a just and rightful world, this would be the official ball of the English Premier League. MORE INFO

3. Le Stadium Babyfoot. If you have to spend £1,250 on table football, spend it on this. It looks good, you don't need a huge room to fit it in, and you can customise the table and players however you want, to match your team. Yes, even the mighty Bishops Stortford FC. MORE INFO

4. Floating Football. Think Peter Crouch defies the laws of gravity? You ain't seen nothing yet. This gadget does exactly what it says on the tin: it's a levitating football that sits on your desk amazing all and sundry with its floaty goodness. And it's better looking than Pete to boot. MORE INFO

5. LED England Desk Fan. Okay, so if you're here in the UK, you won't be needing a desk fan this summer (although an umbrella stand would come in handy). But just in case it gets hot next year, this England fan has LED lights that spell out 'COME ON ENGLAND' when it's spinning. You can probably hack it to say 'MCLAREN OUT! COME BACK SVEN!' to suit your mood though. MORE INFO

6. Marco Leone USB key. Tsk, no, he's not a hotly-tipped Italian right-back. Marco Leone is the designer behind these stylish USB keys, which come with a rounded base allowing you to play desktop Subbuteo. Marvellous. MORE INFO

7. Liverpool Infra Red Optical Mouse. It comes with a free mat, y'know. Like the team, not so good on rough surfaces etc etc. MORE INFO

8. Naturistick Fertilizing Studs. Genius invention that injects healing cow poo (kind of) into the pitch that you've just raked with your studs. Slip some watermelon seeds in as well, and you could mess up Stamford Bridge for years to come. Get to it, Premiership players. MORE INFO

9. Light-Up Guru Mini Football. There isn't enough neon in the modern game: next time England redesign their strip (i.e. in about three minutes, on past form), they should get a nu-rave fashion designer to design it. Imagine Wayne Rooney running around the pitch looking like someone out of the Klaxons. However, assuming the FA unaccountably fail to take my wise advice, this neon-green football will have to do. It lights up with three modes: constant, slow flash, and strobe. MORE INFO

10. FridgeFootie. Fridge magnets are rubbish: chuck them all in the bin (then pretend your cat ate them), and replace them with this fridge-attaching football strategy game. It's got proper rules and everything. MORE INFO