Umbro Coats & Rain Jackets for Football Clubs

Shop Umbro coats, rain jackets, and bench jackets built for the cold, wet half of the British football season. Whether you need a padded Umbro coat for the gaffer standing on a January touchline, a shell for a soaking Tuesday night session, or matching layers for the whole squad, everything here can be finished with your club crest, sponsor, and initials in-house at the SX Sports unit in Canvey Island.

We have kitted out grassroots clubs since 2001 as a genuine Umbro teamwear supplier. If you are putting a full kit package together rather than just winter wear, browse the wider Umbro teamwear range.

Umbro Coats and All-Weather Layers

Winter teamwear does 3 separate jobs, and clubs often buy the wrong thing because they treat it as one purchase. Padded coats are for standing still: substitutes, coaching staff, and anyone watching rather than moving. Shell rain jackets are for being active in the wet, so they are lighter, cut closer, and pack down into a kit bag. Mid-layers and quarter-zips from our Umbro training wear range sit underneath both and cover travel, warm-ups, and the walk from the car park.

The Club Essential Bench Jacket uses poly-filled padding for warmth without the bulk of a technical mountain coat, with details that matter on a pitch rather than a hillside: a concealed hood, concealed zip pockets that keep car keys and team sheets safe, and drawcords at the inner hem so wind does not get up the back of the jacket. Placement of the Umbro diamond varies by style, and the stock colourways are straightforward to match to a club strip.

If what you actually want is a lighter zip-through for training and travel rather than a coat, the Umbro tracksuits and jackets collection is the better starting point. This page covers the heavier, weather-facing end of the range.

Umbro Rain Jackets for a British Winter

The range covers both ends of the scale, so check the individual product page before you commit a squad order. The Club Essential Waterproof Jacket is the fully waterproof option, rated to 8,000mm, with a waterproof zip, a concealed hood, and toggle adjusters. The Club Essential Light Rain Jacket and the Team Hooded Shower Jacket are lighter shells built for showers rather than sustained downpours. We would rather tell you that up front than have 18 jackets land at a club that expected something different.

A shower-proof shell covers the vast majority of grassroots weather: drizzle during a warm-up, a wet 20 minutes on the side of the pitch, a downpour between the changing rooms, and the car. Sustained heavy rain across a full 90 minutes will eventually get through a lightweight shell, which is where the waterproof jacket or a padded bench coat with a hood earns its place instead.

The rule of thumb we give clubs is simple. Mild and wet, take the shell. Cold and dry, take the padded coat. Cold and wet, which is most of February, put the shell over the padded layer, or go straight to the waterproof jacket or a bench coat. For juniors, go up a size, and have a player wear a hoodie or training top underneath, because a shell pulled tight over a mid-layer restricts movement in the arms.

Wash cool and skip the fabric softener. Softener coats the fibres and stops water beading off, which is the most common reason a jacket seems to stop working after a season.

Bench Jackets for the Touchline

The best Umbro coat for the touchline is a padded bench jacket with a concealed hood and zipped pockets, because managers, substitutes, and coaching staff stand still for 90 minutes and need insulation rather than breathability.

Building the order by role makes it easier. The manager and assistant usually want the longer-cut Club Essential Bench Jacket for the full match in any weather. Substitutes need something they can get on and off quickly, so the hip-length Team Padded Jacket over their kit works better. A physio wants free arms and a zipped pocket for tape and spray, which is where the Club Essential Gilet comes in. Kit officers and volunteers tend to take the same bench jacket as the coaches, which keeps the group looking like one club rather than a collection of individuals.

Length is the other decision. Hip-length bench jackets suit anyone who has to move, warm up a sub, or drive straight home. Longer coats earn their money on exposed pitches with no dugout, which describes a fair number of the grounds we supply.

Junior bench jackets run alongside adult sizes, with styles such as the Club Essential Bench Jacket, so an under-9 sub wears the same coat as the manager. That matters more to young players than most adults expect. If you grew up watching 90s managers in long padded touchline coats, the current Club Essential cut is the closest equivalent we stock; we supply current-season benchwear rather than vintage pieces.