The Mitre Revolve is an association football ball made by Mitre Sports International

Mitre Sports International

Mitre is a British sportswear and equipment supplier based in England, owned by Pentland Group. Established in England in 1817, Mitre is the world’s oldest manufacturer of footballs.- History :...

, a British

United Kingdom

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 sports equipment manufacturer. It is the official ball of several football competitions, including The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

, the Football League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, the Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

 and the Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

. Balls used by teams in the Football League Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

, Football League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 and the Scottish Premier League are all given club-specific colour schemes and the club badge is featured. A generic version of the ball is used for clubs in Football League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

. Since 2009

2009 Football League Cup Final

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, a variation of the ball with a black-and-goal design has been used for the Football League Cup final. In the Scottish Premier League, the champions from the previous season use a gold-coloured ball in recognition of their status as champions. A high-visibility version of the ball was developed, in orange with a red and yellow pattern.

The ball features an outer layer made from Clarino

Clarino

is the brand name of a synthetic leather-like material, commonly used in gloves, footwear, handbags, and law enforcement duty gear. Versions are made that simulate suede and top-grain leather. It is manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd...

 microfibres and composed of 26 panels, as opposed to the 32-panel designs used by Adidas

Adidas

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 and Nike

Nike, Inc.

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 amongst others. It is claimed that the 26-panel design allows the ball to maintain its spherical shape better, with the seam pattern also allowing for more accurate control over the flight of the ball. Mitre also claim that this control is further enhanced by the ball's polyurethane

Polyurethane

A polyurethane is any polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed through step-growth polymerization, by reacting a monomer with another monomer in the presence of a catalyst.Polyurethanes are...

 coating – which keeps the ball dry and provides better grip between boot and ball – and its PVC

Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer constructed of repeating vinyl groups having one hydrogen replaced by chloride. Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene. PVC is widely used in...

inner layers – which transfer the momentum from the player's foot to the ball with greater efficiency. The design on the ball's surface is based on thermal images of global wind patterns.

External links

• Mitre Revolve at mitre.com