Today April 3rd 2007 around 100 rare football shirts go under the hammer at Christie's auction house. One of them is a shirt worn by Arsenal Captain Joe Mercer in the 1950 F.A.Cup Final.

In this match played on 29th April 1950 at Wembley Arsenal defeated Liverpool 2-0 and is estimated at GBP 5,000 - 8,000

Another great shirt was worn by Alan Ball in the 1972 Centenary F.A.Cup Final. In the match played on 6th May 1972 at Wembley Leeds United defeated Arsenal 1-0 and is estimated at GBP 1,200 - 1,800.

My personal favourite is the one worn by Kenny Dalglish in the the Glasgow F.A. Select v. The Football League, Glasgow Jubilee Appeal match.

All our friends from Italy will probably watching Ebay tomorrow to get their hands on an one-off special edition match worn AS Roma shirt.

The sponsor on the special shirt is Pepsi. AS roma will be wearing the rare Pepsi sponsored shirts against AC Milan on saturday 31th of march. The shirt, made by diadora will be auctioned on Ebay after the game and all proceeds go to charity.

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After the Colwyn Bay match there is to be a charity auction in the Moat Ground social club with some fantastic football memorabilia, gifts, and local attraction lots; all kindly donated. The auction is in aid of Alzheimer's charities following the diagnosis of the wife of the Gresley Rovers former manager Frank Northwood.

Lots include a 1991 Gresley Rover FA Vase Final Shirt signed by some of the players from the day, signed footballs from the current Tottenham and Sunderland squads and a 2003 squad signed Manchester City football.

Notts County have provided a signed first team shirt and they also have a Jeff Hughes signed Northern Ireland shirt.

They have 4 match day tickets plus car park space for Derby's last home game of the season against Leeds - a match that I am sure will be a sell out - this was kindly donated by Derby County, with match days tickets also available from MK Dons and Walsall.

The Wednesday before last I went to an auction of football memorabilia at Ludlow racecourse. I went mainly because I had heard on the radio that one of the lots was to be a menu signed by the Busby Babes. Not just any menu, either, but one from a dinner at the Majestic Hotel in Belgrade following the 3-3 draw with Red Star Belgrade on 5 January 1958, on the very eve of the Munich air crash.

This menu was almost certainly the last thing signed by Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor, Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Liam Whelan, Mark Jones and Geoff Bent during a convivial evening in which it must have seemed as if the world was theirs for the taking. Despite having led 3-0 at half-time and been forced to settle for a draw, they had just reached the semi-final of the European Cup.

Establishing a West Ham United Museum had been the dream of Chairman Terence Brown and his fellow Director, Charles Warner, since the Club's Centenary Year of 1995. It was during this time the Club made an appeal for donations to help make that dream a reality.

The scamonebay website made a guide about buying signed shirts on Ebay which can help you buy the real deal.