Best Valentine's Day Gifts for Football Fanatics

For most people, the anxiety around Valentine's Day revolves around being alone or being in a new relationship. For others, it's finding a gift that shows you really care. And if you have a football lover in your life, grocery store teddy bears, stale chocolates, and overpriced flowers aren't exactly thoughtful treasures for the person you know best.

Instead, show them you care by offering up inspired Valentine's Day gifts for football fans. Start by identifying their favorite team, their colors, popular players, and upcoming games. From here, get creative and buy them a gift they'll remember for a lifetime.

10 Valentine's Day Gifts for Football Fans

1) Find a cooler that matches the color of your loved one's favorite team. If it's the Eagles or Jets, pick a green one and decorate it with stickers, stats, or printouts of the heads of each player. Fill it with favorite brews and snacks for game time. Check the Dollar Store, Wal-Mart, or craigslist for supplies. The cost could be as little as $15.

2) Find a special football jersey or memorabilia on eBay and surprise your loved one with it.

3) Tell your significant other you have elaborate plans for Valentines Day. Let them think you're dragging them out for a night on the town, but instead throw a Valentine's Day party for your football fan friends and couples and decorate with football shaped cookies and candies.

4) Invest in some seductive undergarments or lingerie and give it a boost with some iron-on football decals. If you're a woman, give the gift while wearing it.

5) If you're not a football fan yourself, give yourself a crash course in football education or pick-up "Football for Dummies" and impress your loved one by talking sports all night at the local pub.

6) Plan a romantic getaway to your significant other's favorite football town. Rent a hotel room and decorate with team memorabilia and keepsakes. Make sure and do your research and find out where the best pub for football watching or sports shopping is in town.

7) Spruce up your partner's computer and electronics with a new football mouse pad, screen saver, iPod jacket, and USB drive for the special day. Let him/her wake up and discover your surprise while logging in for the morning's sport stats.

8) Get a beer brewing kit online and cook up a special suds for the next game. Most kits come with bottles and labels, so come up with a clever name for your beer that would impress your mate. Don't forget you'll need lots of prep time, so order early and start brewing.

9) If your loved one has a collection of football photos, ticket stubs, and stats laying around in a box, get it organized in a scrapbook or photo album and add special flourishes like team photos and logos.

10) The ultimate Valentine's Day gift for a football fan? Tickets to the big game. Although pricey, it might be the gift of a lifetime and a special moment to share.

Whatever you get your football fan this Valentine's Day, make sure it shows that you put your mind and heart into finding that perfect gift.