Gifts for a girl dad

A heavy enamel mug with his daughters’ names on it, the kind he reaches for at 6am. Holds its heat, takes a knock, and beats the flimsy printed ones that chip in a week.

Make one a year from the camera roll he never prints. A real book on the shelf does more than a thousand photos lost in a phone, and she will pull it down for years.

Full-grain leather that ages well, with a small initial or date pressed in. The sort of everyday thing he keeps for a decade, not a gimmick he bins by spring.

For the touchline, the early starts and the long days out. A proper vacuum flask that keeps coffee hot until half time is a gift he will use every single week.

Daft in the best way. A his-and-hers pair they can wear on the same morning, the kind of small ritual a young daughter genuinely loves and remembers.

The night sky over the place and date she arrived, printed clean and framed. Quietly emotional rather than slogan-loud, and it earns its spot on the wall.

Big enough for a night away with a small person, tough enough to last. Skip the throwaway holdall and get him one good bag for the trips you keep telling him to take.