Tevez gets shirty with Hammers

Carlos Tevez has joked he would rather forfeit his Premiership salary than wear the Brazil shirt that his West Ham team-mates have lined up as a punishment for his recent indiscretions. The Argentinian international was forced into a humbling apology...
08 December 2006

FIFA 2006 World Cup autograph book raises € 61,500

everyone involved on behalf of the children who will benefit from the money raised." New villages will be constructed in Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and the Ukraine. The first families have already moved into the new SOS Children's Village in...
04 December 2006

The history of Joma

The history of Joma
in over 28 countries. 2006 Three new subsidiaries companies were created (Joma UK, Joma Latinoamerica in Panama and Joma Brazil) finishing the map of Joma’s subsidiaries around the world. The athlete Juan Carlos de la Ossa wins the first Word Cross...
27 November 2006

Collectors? They'll have the shirt off your back...

worn in one of the greatest finals ever held, by the greatest player the world had ever seen. He scored the first goal in Brazil's 4-1 victory over Italy, a triumph that displayed such unfettered artistry that the memory of it makes mature people...
23 November 2006

The Scottish Football Museum

European attendance records, set in 1937, and that these were world records until the building of the mighty Maracana in Brazil The museum follows Scottish football through the industrial revolution then into the 20th century and the growth of...
14 November 2006

The history of Umbro

in 1934 and from the 1950's, Umbro were official kit suppliers to a growing number of national and club sides including the Brazil World Cup winning teams or 1958, 62 and 1970. In 1966, all but one of the 16 teams wore Umbro, with England lifting the...
05 November 2006

How Pickles the dog dug up the accursed World Cup

And the uncanny chain of events even stretched to the cup itself, which was again stolen in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, never to be recovered. It is believed to have been melted down. For David it's a story that has lead to a life punctuated by...
22 October 2006

Fake match-worn shirts guide

would be the most valuable football shirt ever estimate value at over £350,000 - £500,000 beating Pele's 1970 World Cup Brazil shirt sold for £150,000 and also Geoff Hurst 1966 World Cup final hatrick shirt sold for £90,000. So if you see this shirt on...
01 October 2006

ferenc puskas memorabilia sold

model of the Bernabeu Stadium, 2002, given to Puskas on his 75th birthday by Real Madrid, (estimate £1,500 – 2,000), and a Brazil shirt sent by Pele and signed to the front: “To Puskas Happy Birthday do Amigo Edson Pele”. Estimate £1,000 – 1,500 The...
28 September 2006

Wembley memories buried

to walk out onto the pitch - albeit in it's early stages of being laid! I played here as an England schoolboy against Brazil and it was an amazing experience. I hope to play here both for Spurs and England in the future." The items in the capsule were...
27 September 2006