The games may be thinning out with the season coming to a halt but it was a big weekend for the new Nike Hypervenom. Officially landing on the international scene, Nike's new breed of attack took place amongst your usual dosage of custom paint jobs and latest releases.

To help kick our post season depression here at SoccerBible the good folks at Gillette have sent us this super cool Subbuteo set. Included are team SoccerBible and team Gillette FC and it got us thinking of ways we used to get our football fix before Football Manager and FIFA came into our lives. We've all got a Subbuteo set locked under the stairs, so why not dig it out this summer. Or you could always pretend to like tennis.

Summer is nearly here (hopefully) and with no international tournament on the cards it could be a long one. Whether you're on the beach or returning to pre-season early, we've whipped up a collection of Summer essentials inspired by the new Nike England kit launch and by the one colour that goes with everything....

The bar has been set. For the launch of the HyperVenom Nike held nothing back. We were told to expect something special as we flew out to Rio. Nike know how to build hype (you might have noticed) and this time it worked. The world watched as Neymar unveiled the HyperVenom in front of a media frenzied crowd.

The season may be over but adidas continue to churn out new colourways across their silos. With the attention firmly focused on the Nitrocharge and new Pred, the f50 has taken a bit of a back seat of late but not to be left out adidas have dropped a decent toned down Black/White/Infrared paint job on their speed boot...

Nike follow up their launch of the Mercurial Vapor XV with an even more limited edition boot. Right now you're looking at 1 of only 15 pairs of Mercurial IX R9 Chrome football boots on the planet. As far as special edition releases go, they don't come much rarer than these...

Two weeks since its launch and the new adidas Predator LZ has already created quite a storm. Arriving on the back of the outrageous launch colourway, adidas re-tune their dial to give us this more palatable black/green/white design. If you found the first a little hard to stomach, these might be more up your street.

We're bang in the middle of new kit season right now and the next club to show their hand are Real Madrid. The Spanish giants today unveiled their new adidas home shirt for the 2013/14 campaign and for the first time features a dash of orange...

Since the England squad met up at St George's Park on Sunday, Nike have been using every opportunity to remind the players of the passionate support they enjoy and the importance of the England shirt. Using twitter messages printed around every corner

Following the launch of the new England kits, Nike Sportswear has created a premium lifestyle collection featuring customised versions of two iconic styles, the NSW Destroyer Jacket and the Air Max 1. Football culture at its finest...