Features

• Suitable for use on grass.
• 60% Rubber, 15% Polyurethane, 13% Polyester, 2% EVA.
• Nike Aerowsculpt technology uses moulded grooves for more consistent flight.
• Textured casing gives you great touch and feel.
• Reinforced rubber bladder helps maintain air pressure and shape.
• Supplied deflated.

Customer Reviews for Nike Academy 21 Match Football

• 5 out of 5 Match balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (26 Sep 2023)

  Top quality football will buy again

• 5 out of 5 Excellent quality match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Sep 2023)

  Delivered quickly. High quality match ball. Will buy from newitts again

• 5 out of 5 Birthday football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Sep 2023)

  My 10 year old boy was delighted with it. He said it looked “professional”!

• 5 out of 5 Nike Footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (12 Sep 2023)

  Excellent ball for all types of training, cont go wrong with these.

• 5 out of 5 Excellent ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (11 Sep 2023)

  My lionesses use these balls and they have been excellent.

• 5 out of 5 Good training or match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (5 Sep 2023)

  We use these balls for our sides training and match balls. From the many balls we have tried and tested these seem to be the best for the money that we have purchased!

• 5 out of 5 Footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (3 Aug 2023)

  2nd time I’ve got the football they come with in a couple of days would recommend any football team to go for these balls

• 5 out of 5 Perfect for matches and training

  Newitts Verified Purchase (2 Aug 2023)

  Light balls, which travel nicely on the ground and in the air. Great bounce. I always get these as match and training balls. Five Star

• 5 out of 5 Nike academy 21 match football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (1 Aug 2023)

  Excellent ball, that the team love to play with. Super service and fast delivery from Newitts. Always so helpful.

• 5 out of 5 Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (21 Jul 2023)

  Good quality ball, not fake!

• 5 out of 5 Perfect Footballs for Under 10s Youth Team

  Newitts Verified Purchase (6 Jul 2023)

  We use these balls for training to replicate a match ball. These balls fly and are perfect in weight and texture. They are relatively affordable compared to the real premier league match footballs. For a little bit extra money these are worth it, kids will be using these for many months to come. Delivery was super fast and so far I've had no issues with the balls.

• 5 out of 5 Great ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (3 Jul 2023)

  Fantastic ball for my 10yr old. Super fast delivery No issues. Will definitely use newitts again.

• 5 out of 5 Great Footballs!!!

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 Jun 2023)

  Being a coach of a youth football team moving from size 4 to size 5 footballs for next seasons u15 league campaign I need to sort out a load of new footballs for training and matches. Having read many reviews on many different footballs I decided to opt for the Nike Academy 21 balls and I’m very impressed, the team are extremely happy with the footballs. The balls have a truer flight and are well weighted! With a good price and quick delivery, would definitely recommend.

• 5 out of 5 Nike footballs -excellent match and training ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (29 Jun 2023)

  We decided to go with the Nike ball this year as an alternative to Mitre balls that we have been using We found the Nike balls to be a great quality on the players are enthusiastic about them Would highly recommend

• 5 out of 5 A great football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (27 Jun 2023)

  A great ball at a very reasonable price. No complaints from my son at at.

• 5 out of 5 Brilliant Footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (23 Jun 2023)

  We've ordered these for all our teams in our club and they are top quality! Wouldn't go with any other footballs or company!

• 5 out of 5 NIKE ACADEMY 21 MATCH FOOTBALL

  Newitts Verified Purchase (21 Jun 2023)

  Good quality ball with nice cushioning for heading the ball and good grip to enable consistent spin. Quick delivery and no hassle!

• 5 out of 5 Great balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (20 Jun 2023)

  I run my local U15 side and these balls are perfect for both 3G and grass pitches. Great value for money also, highly recommended ??

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 Match Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (7 Jun 2023)

  Excellent product and very fast delivery as always.

• 5 out of 5 Excellent

  Newitts Verified Purchase (5 Jun 2023)

  Excellent football for match days and training, we have 10 of these and the Open Age lads love them. They have great flight when shooting, they also have a good bounce. One and only one negative is when playing in a fence 3G area the balls have a tendency to rip slightly but can be rectified with a bit of superglue

• 5 out of 5 Size 4 footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (1 Jun 2023)

  Top quality

• 5 out of 5 Top Quality Footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 May 2023)

  By far the best training balls to use in my opinion. Great quality and look the part. 2nd set of 12 I’ve bought and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Quality service from Newport’s too. Thank you.

• 5 out of 5 Good product

  Newitts Verified Purchase (26 May 2023)

  Good value for money match balls. Good service from Newitts.

• 3 out of 5 Like Kicking Cannonballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (25 May 2023)

  These are like kicking cannonballs. We have tried with less air in but are still very hard vs the predecessor I usually purchased.

• 5 out of 5 Fantastic

  Newitts Verified Purchase (11 May 2023)

  My little boy takes his ball everywhere with him. They are that good the team actually plays with it now.

• 5 out of 5 Great Balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (5 May 2023)

  Recently purchased some Nike Academy 21 match balls. Excellent quality and great colours, would highly recommend

• 3 out of 5 nike academy ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (3 May 2023)

  ball is smaller than normal size 4 balls and it appears to be lighter.

• 5 out of 5 NIKE ACADEMY 21 MATCH FOOTBALL

  Newitts Verified Purchase (19 Apr 2023)

  Great product and excellent service by Newitts

• 5 out of 5 Nike balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (1 Apr 2023)

  The balls are very good durable and last perfect for youth football

• 5 out of 5 Greats balls for a great price

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 Mar 2023)

  We use these for 5-a-side and they are perfect. They hold the air. They are light but still feel weighty when striking.

• 5 out of 5 Great quality match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Mar 2023)

  Excellent quality match balls at a price that cannot be matched. We use these weekly on a synthetic pitch and they hold up extremely well to the artificial surface. The quality is a massively noticeable step up from the basic range of Nike balls.

• 5 out of 5 Great ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (23 Mar 2023)

  Nice flight, textured outer. Good value match ball

• 5 out of 5 Great balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (20 Mar 2023)

  Great balls

• 2 out of 5 Feel too light

  Newitts Verified Purchase (19 Mar 2023)

  I’m not a big fan of these balls as they feel to light when striking the ball.

• 3 out of 5 Not a good match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (16 Mar 2023)

  Lighter than regular match quality balls, it even sounds dodgy when kicked. Still on the hunt for a decent replacement for the Zilands and looks like I will need to go elsewhere.

• 5 out of 5 NIKE ACADEMY 21 MATCH FOOTBALL

  Newitts Verified Purchase (6 Mar 2023)

  Great quality!

• 5 out of 5 Just right

  Newitts Verified Purchase (28 Feb 2023)

  Perfect weight. Good grip.

• 5 out of 5 Super ball!! Excellent curl soft touch good weight

  Newitts Verified Purchase (21 Jan 2023)

  Super ball!! Excellent curl soft touch good weight

  Had a vote on different balls to get for my club and this was the most votes for

• 5 out of 5 High quality footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (4 Jan 2023)

  Old Mitre balls has worn past their best with these new Nike balls a major upgrade on quality and even the boys made comment on how they played better with them

• 5 out of 5 Great match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (16 Dec 2022)

  A great ball and so much better then the balls we were provided by our club, which seem to deflate constantly - a great purchase and even better, we won our 1st match of the season with it - so brought us some luck too ??

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 Footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (12 Dec 2022)

  Good footballs for semi-pro level training or match balls for Academy level u18's. Fast delivery

• 5 out of 5 Spot on

  Newitts Verified Purchase (4 Dec 2022)

  Nike academy balls are perfect for kids ??

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (4 Dec 2022)

  Top balls we only use for games the opposition few times tried take it with them

• 5 out of 5 Nike Match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Nov 2022)

  The product has been used twice and has kept its shape well and boys have enjoying using the ball

• 5 out of 5 GREAT!!

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Nov 2022)

  Just as I hoped excellent quality..kids love it too

• 5 out of 5 Excellent

  Newitts Verified Purchase (23 Nov 2022)

  Go as far to say that this is the best size 3 football I have purchased for my son. Weight, pressure is perfect. A very good football.

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 Match Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Nov 2022)

  Fantastic product, the best ball on the market for the best price.

• 5 out of 5 Excellent

  Newitts Verified Purchase (20 Nov 2022)

  Excellent Ball, been using Mitre Delta and decided to have a go at these and this has changed everything within our play. Shots from distance Better Passing. Better Long balls Better in air

  Also the service was excellent total communication and arrived before the set date

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 Match Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (6 Nov 2022)

  No issues to date. Good product

• 5 out of 5 Fantastic match balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (3 Nov 2022)

  Really good quality football for training and matches

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 Match Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (31 Oct 2022)

  Nice ball Good weight for grassroots footy Very happy with purchase

• 5 out of 5 Ideal ball for starting out.

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Oct 2022)

  This ball is per For my 6 year old practicing his skills

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 Match Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (9 Oct 2022)

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• 5 out of 5 excellent

  Newitts Verified Purchase (9 Oct 2022)

  This is our go to football, my son loves them. Wear extremely well and last for ages. lightweight, I highly recommend.

• 5 out of 5 Excellent

  Newitts Verified Purchase (4 Oct 2022)

  Good footballs

• 5 out of 5 Great Product!

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Sep 2022)

  These are a really good standard of ball for the price. Look great and they are brilliant to use. Will be buying more in various sizes.

• 5 out of 5 Good quality

  Newitts Verified Purchase (19 Sep 2022)

  My 14 year old son was very impressed with this football.

• 5 out of 5 Great

  Newitts Verified Purchase (19 Sep 2022)

  Fantasy ball, great value for money

• 5 out of 5 Good football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (17 Sep 2022)

  Been using it for three weeks consecutively and it is a good football to play with. The weight and flight of it is sublime.

• 5 out of 5 Really great footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (13 Sep 2022)

  Nike do by far the best footballs currently. The mottled surface is an absolute joy to strike. So agree all our weekly 5 a side lads!

• 5 out of 5 Nike Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (7 Sep 2022)

  Excellent service and great product.????

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 match football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (5 Sep 2022)

  It’s good quality ball and my 6 year old grandson loves it

• 5 out of 5 Excellent

  Newitts Verified Purchase (2 Sep 2022)

  Best training balls about!

• 2 out of 5 Not great

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Aug 2022)

  First team training session 1 has gone flat and within 3 session parts of the balls are ripped and chucks of the ball cut out

• 5 out of 5 Good quality

  Newitts Verified Purchase (16 Aug 2022)

  Speedy delivery, happy with my purchase

• 5 out of 5 Quality

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 Jul 2022)

  Excellent quality and will definitely be buying more in the future.

• 5 out of 5 Good quality ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (28 Jul 2022)

  Working well on 4g pitch! Worth the money!

• 5 out of 5 Fantastic

  Newitts Verified Purchase (13 Jul 2022)

  Fast delivery fantastic footballs would definitely recommend

• 5 out of 5 Good product

  Newitts Verified Purchase (2 Jul 2022)

  Reliable solid football, definitely wors the money paid.

• 5 out of 5 Quality product

  Newitts Verified Purchase (27 Jun 2022)

  Excellent balls. Brought to use as matchballs.

• 5 out of 5 Quality Balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (26 Jun 2022)

  Will definitely recommend this. My Academy player of all clubs love it

• 5 out of 5 NIKE ACADEMY 21 MATCH FOOTBALL

  Newitts Verified Purchase (21 Jun 2022)

  Really good football, bought for an Under 11 team as their match ball and is better than any other I have purchased.

• 5 out of 5 Would not miss

  Newitts Verified Purchase (26 May 2022)

  Can’t go wrong feel nice on the touch n can send a nice ball across the pitch.

• 5 out of 5 Nike academy football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (19 May 2022)

  Bought 3 2 were fine other one had a faulty valve that didn’t inflate ball but was replaced no problem at all .. decent design and the team love the new footballs highly recommended

• 3 out of 5 football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (16 May 2022)

  the ball delivery was perfect it is a great ball but unfortunately my ball popped after a week. but do recommend them as they are great for shooting and perfect passes

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 match football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (27 Apr 2022)

  A very resilient well balanced football that my 6 and 7 year old boys prefer to use above all others when training and match play. Very good value except the other kids are always trying to run off with it.

• 4 out of 5 Football’s

  Newitts Verified Purchase (18 Mar 2022)

  Brilliant buy our grandson loved them

• 5 out of 5 Customer support

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Feb 2022)

  Ball is great happy to buy again

• 5 out of 5 5 star review

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Feb 2022)

  Balls are great quality and delivery times was amazing! Will definitely be purchasing more!

• 5 out of 5 Satisfied customer

  Newitts Verified Purchase (12 Feb 2022)

  The Nike Academy 21 Balls we purchased for our teams training sessions are excellent, great value and quality

• 5 out of 5 A.Pereira

  Newitts Verified Purchase (2 Feb 2022)

  Perfect. Quality.5??????????.

• 5 out of 5 Great Value Matchball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (31 Jan 2022)

  Bought two of these for my Sunday League team and for the price you really can’t go wrong just as good if not better than the equivalent Mitre ball. Good flight and bounce and pretty tough they have been smashed into hedges and Thorne bushes and are still in good shape. Would recommend to any team who wants a decent match all on a budget.

• 5 out of 5 xmas present

  Newitts Verified Purchase (14 Jan 2022)

  very happy with product.

• 5 out of 5 Nike academy 21 match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (31 Dec 2021)

  My boy hasn't stopped playing with it cool design loves the ridges helps with the bounce he said

• 5 out of 5 Christmas present

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Dec 2021)

  It's was on my grandson's Christmas list,I'm sure he will love it.

• 5 out of 5 Nike football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (6 Dec 2021)

  The football is very smooth and moves very well. It came packaged well and there was no problems with the ball or the puncture.

• 4 out of 5 Great ball but had some issues with a batch

  Newitts Verified Purchase (2 Dec 2021)

  The balls are brilliant when fully pumped. I had an issue with the balls losing air constantly, to the point I requested a new bag full. Apart from this, the balls are brilliant and the team at Newitts arranged new balls for me.

• 5 out of 5 Nike academy 21 match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (11 Nov 2021)

  This item I received is one of the best buys iv got at great value such quality product, my u8 football team are arguing over who’s using the Nike academy 21 football as I only got two, deffo be getting more ??

• 5 out of 5 Nike

  Newitts Verified Purchase (13 Oct 2021)

  Great football balls

• 5 out of 5 Purchased 2 balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (3 Oct 2021)

  Great quality,value for money

• 5 out of 5 Great football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (1 Oct 2021)

  Perfect for my 5 year old, quality ball at a good price.

• 5 out of 5 Nike footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 Sep 2021)

  Good quality. Always get my footballs from Newitts. Fast delivery.

• 5 out of 5 Great football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 Sep 2021)

  Bought 10 of these for U9 training sessions. Great quality design. Liked by all who use them. Best price and would definitely use Newitts again.

• 5 out of 5 My nephew's football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (29 Sep 2021)

  Great football. Jack was so please with the football.

• 5 out of 5 Great value great product

  Newitts Verified Purchase (24 Sep 2021)

  Very surprised when they came how good athersley balls were for the price, highly recommend

• 5 out of 5 Great football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (23 Sep 2021)

  Worth the additional cost to a cheaper ball as much softer material and better feel for youngsters.

• 5 out of 5 Good quality match ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (22 Sep 2021)

  These are perfect quality for matches!

• 5 out of 5 Outstanding Nike Balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (17 Sep 2021)

  I recently ordered 20 of these size 4 Nike strike balls they are a Perfect football for the price you pay. Every single player and coach Enjoy using them. Would highly recommend purchasing these balls to any team that needs new footballs.

• 2 out of 5 Very Light Matchballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (4 Sep 2021)

  For the fact these footballs are IMS stamped I was expecting a better quality football. Balls are extremely “floaty” and we are back to using a £10 champions league training ball

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 football (Volt green)

  Newitts Verified Purchase (1 Sep 2021)

  Bought 10 of these for U9 training sessions. Great quality design. Liked by all who use them. Best price and would definitely use Newitts again.

• 5 out of 5 Great Training Ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (1 Sep 2021)

  Would highly recommend these footballs. Make sure they are pumped to the correct psi range. They are very solid and durable 5/5

• 5 out of 5 Nike Academy 21 football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (30 Aug 2021)

  Great football I love the design of the groves on it and quality feel and well made, my son has two of them they are that good. Service from Newitts was excellent great price one of the cheapest around would order again in the future.

• 5 out of 5 Thank you.

  Newitts Verified Purchase (27 Aug 2021)

  Thank you for this product and quick delivery.

• 5 out of 5 Nike academy 21 football (orange tick)

  Newitts Verified Purchase (26 Aug 2021)

  as expected. son very happy. hope it lasts a bit!

• 4 out of 5 Great balls but others are more durable

  Newitts Verified Purchase (19 Aug 2021)

  Nike footballs have a great feel for playing, but we tend to end up very quickly with nicks of the foam-ish outer layer coming off, however, we play with all sorts of obstacles, fences, trees, hedges around the pitches and this is not likely to be a problem on an open grass pitch

• 5 out of 5 Great ball, great delivery

  Newitts Verified Purchase (4 Aug 2021)

  My son is a football fanatic and these are his favourite type of football. Nice textured surface, great to kick, excellent quality. Easy ordering and very quick delivery - greet service.

• 5 out of 5 Football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (31 Jul 2021)

  Fantastic

• 5 out of 5 5 star

  Newitts Verified Purchase (31 Jul 2021)

  Great balls, recommend

• 5 out of 5 New club footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (21 Jul 2021)

  Great for matches and training. Seems good value

• 5 out of 5 Excellent training football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (20 Jul 2021)

  Tough and goes where you send it ours has taken two to three hours most days and still going.

• 5 out of 5 Ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (15 Jul 2021)

  Perfect ball mate

• 4 out of 5 Nike 21 match size 3’s

  Newitts Verified Purchase (14 Jul 2021)

  All good and easy to pump up and to use, though I was given one ball that didn’t pump up whatsoever upon arrival, any chance of a replacement?

• 5 out of 5 Ball rip

  Newitts Verified Purchase (12 Jul 2021)

  It rip straight away

• 5 out of 5 Nike academy 21 match footballs

  Newitts Verified Purchase (15 Jun 2021)

  Ordered 12 footballs and they have been brilliant and the players have commented on how good of a product they are!!!

• 5 out of 5 Excellent value

  Newitts Verified Purchase (23 May 2021)

  A great match ball for the price . Certainly doesn't feel like a lower end match ball

• 4 out of 5 Nike balls

  Newitts Verified Purchase (21 May 2021)

  Decent ball with a good weight. Looks really nice. Probably the best match ball at this price. Only reason for not 5 stars is they are quite thin and one punctured in the first use when it hit a hedge behind the goal.

• 5 out of 5 Great ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (13 May 2021)

  Brought as a match ball for my u7 team and it is top quality would highly recommend

• 5 out of 5 Academy 21 football

  Newitts Verified Purchase (28 Apr 2021)

  We purchased these balls for use in training sessions, the quality has been brilliant and we have had no issues with wear and tear like we have done previously with other balls. Would purchase again.

• 5 out of 5 Excellent ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (25 Apr 2021)

  Really good balls to manipulate and shoot with. Would highly recommend

• 5 out of 5 Excellent ball

  Newitts Verified Purchase (23 Apr 2021)

  Really good balls to manipulate and shoot with. Would highly recommend