The Swiss Sports Museum's Football Memories project is taking a new look at the nation's footballing heritage in the run up to co-hosting UEFA EURO 2008. Switzerland won the silver medal in the 1924 Olympic football tournament, losing 3-0 to Uruguay in the final in Paris.
Given that there was no equivalent European tournament at the time, just reaching the final gave them the right to call themselves European champions. The new Sports Museum project has revived memories of that past achievement and is encouraging Swiss citizens to contribute memories and memorabilia to a new celebration of Swiss football.
This is the proces of changing the ABN Amro sponsored Ajax shirts into Dance4life sponsored Ajax shirts for the last match of the season.
Ajax are going to wear them during their match against Heracles on 20th April, as it is the last match that ABN AMRO is the main and shirt sponsor of Ajax. The bank supports Dance4Life enormously, and has donated their whole sponsorship package to them
Österreichische Post AG, one of four national supporters of UEFA EURO 2008™, has produced various ranges of stamps to mark this summer's event. "For the last 150 years, stamps have been little ambassadors for their country, its culture and characteristics.
These stamps are intended as ambassadors representing the European Championship in Austria,"said Herbert Götz, Österreichische Post AG's executive responsible for marketing and clients. The first such ambassadors were in the form of The Trix and Flix Stamp Sheet – with four Renate Gruber designs featuring UEFA EURO 2008™ mascots Trix and Flix.
Another stamp set - also designed by Renate Gruber - features the symbols of the eight host cities for UEFA EURO 2008™. Another series features the event logo. One series - the children's drawings series - is the result of an Austria-wide drawing competition held by Österreichische Post in co-operation with the provincial schools inspectorates.
TWO businessmen found guilty of selling items with forged autographs of sporting stars will be sentenced today. G. Walker, owner of Sporting Icons Ltd on Watergate Row, Chester and his business partner, F. Madani, both denied 74 charges between them under the Trade Marks Act and Trade Descriptions Act.
After a six-week trial at Chester Crown Court the jury of nine women and three men took just under five days to come to their verdict.
During the trial prosecutor Andrew Thomas QC said customers paid hundreds or thousands of pounds for what they believed to be genuine stock autographed by their heroes.
The items were sold through the shop on Watergate Row, the shop's website and via eBay and included photographs and football shirts signed by Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Jonny Wilkinson and Wayne Rooney.
These rare football boots where up for auction at Bonhams Sporting Memorabilia auction - CHESTER, 27 Feb 2008
Lot No: 286
Footnote:
World Cup winner Alan Ball was the first player to wear white boots, he heard a rumour that the boot manufacturer Hummel, were looking for a professional to wear their white boots and were prepared to pay £2,000. He agreed a deal with them and first showcased his distinctive white football boots in the Charity Shield at the beginning of the 1970/71 football season.Please note these boots are replicas and not match worn and the signatures inside the boots are printed not hand signed.
Estimate: £200 - 300
These are the sales results of the football shirts auctioned at Bonhams Sporting Memorabilia auction - CHESTER, 27 Feb 2008
Lot No: 282
Read more: Bonhams Sporting Memorabilia results, 27 Feb 2008
Especially for our Brazilian friends from Minhas Camisas , an interview about a football shirt collection of Atlético Mineiro on Radio Bandeirantes of São Paulo.
Clube Atlético Mineiro was founded on March 25, 1908 by 22 middle-class boys from Belo Horizonte. The boys decided that the club's name would be Athletico Mineiro Foot Ball Club, and the kit would be a white shirt with a green horizontal strip on the chest. Soon after, they decided to change the kit to the black/white stripped shirt which is used nowadays.
Especially for our Brazilian friends from Minhas Camisas , an interview about a football shirt collection of Atlético Mineiro on Radio Bandeirantes of São Paulo.
Clube Atlético Mineiro was founded on March 25, 1908 by 22 middle-class boys from Belo Horizonte. The boys decided that the club's name would be Athletico Mineiro Foot Ball Club, and the kit would be a white shirt with a green horizontal strip on the chest. Soon after, they decided to change the kit to the black/white stripped shirt which is used nowadays.
Read more: Atlético Mineiro shirt collection Radio Interview
