A Familiy Business
Founder Adrian Metselaar bore 7 children in total with his wife Barbara. The four eldest offspring, John, Paul, Richard and Roy have all contributed to the Minerva workforce and they still work from their St. Their children too (Lee, James, Andrew, Katie and Robert) have worked at the Unit to cover extra demands in the summer (our busiest time of the year). A Professional Outfit
Since 1955 Minerva Football company has supplied footballs and other sporting goods to a large portion of Professional teams in the UK and beyond, listed in the Graphic below. Famous names of yesteryear like Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Danny Blanchflower, John Wark, Diego Maradona, Paul Gascoigne to name a few have all played with our premium range of match footballs. Our Focus
Minerva has been a brand synnonymous with teams of all nature be it professional, semi-professional, school teams or local sports clubs, focussing on training footballs and match footballs. Minerva's are experts in their field and always keeping a keen eye on developments in technology to bring you a long lasting, quality product at an affordable price. We choose the best materials and stock a wide product range each item branded with the Minerva seal of approval. Minerva are an environmentally friendly operation and have donated generously to various charities and to our armed forces.