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JD Sports and Deliveroo have just changed the game by introducing a service that means you can have football boots delivered to your door in less two hours.
For anyone who is in desperate - and we mean desperate - need of a new pair of cleats for a big Sunday League game, their prayers can be answered very quickly.
The link-up between the two companies is seeing 'ultra-fast delivery' being trialled in select JD Sports stores across the United Kingdom.
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Customers will pay a pretty fair £14.99 delivery fee and their chosen product will be with them in the 120 minutes.
Simply stick a Champions League knockout fixture that goes to extra time on and wait for the hero on a bike to come with that trusty turquoise backpack.
Commenting on the trial scheme, JD Sports told The Sun: "The prospect of a partnership is exciting but any future decisions will be subject to further testing.”
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Over on Twitter, Luke Massie, who founded Vibe Tickets, claimed he had heard about the collaboration while in store at JD as a staff member explained training on Deliveroo orders was underway.
He wrote: "I was just in @JDSports and the young lad behind the counter apologised for my delay being served and said the reason was, staff are being trained on handling @Deliveroo orders. You’ll soon be able to order clothes from deliveroo in >2hrs."
A spokesperson for Deliveroo told LADbible they have been "piloting a small number of deliveries at limited stores as part of a small-scale trial to understand whether there could be potential for a future partnership between Deliveroo and the JD Group".
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It's an exciting prospect and one that appears to include products of all kinds, from trainers to football shirts.
Deliveroo got up and running in 2013 on these shores and proved particularly useful in times of lockdown and isolation when it came to food and shopping deliveries.
Josh Lawless