order to cash in later on official shirt sales! Continental clubs are some way behind the merchandising boom pioneered in England though Italian fans do not see football replica shirts as quite the fashion items favoured in England. Nostalgia selling...

By the early 1980s in England competition sponsorship had opened the way to club shirt sponsorship. Abroad, the wearing of product names on club shirts was already common. In 1978 Liverpool became the first British club to have a shirt sponsor.Sponsors...

World Cup 2002 shirt and a 2005 League Cup final shirt, had been stolen last week. Dudek's home in Caldy, north-west England, was burgled while he was on holiday in Poland. His £65 000 black Porsche Carrera car was also taken. On Friday, police searched...

is proceeding at full steam in Germany, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the National Football Museum in England have joined forces to present the "Football" exhibition, organised by the Hong Kong Museum of History in collaboration with...

spellbound on July 30th 1966 as, in the final moments of extra time, Geoff Hurst powered home his third goal to give England a 4-2 victory against Germany in the World Cup final. As Beckham and the boys set out to replicate this awe-inspiring moment 40...

of Fair Trading. The OFT's damning report has concluded that shirt makers and suppliers broke competition law by selling England and Manchester United tops for upwards of £39.99 when they cost just £7 to make. The verdict strikes a blow for parents who...

A piece of England's World Cup folklore which has been in German hands for the last 40 years went on public display in London today before going under the hammer next week. The red No 2 shirt worn by England full back George Cohen during the 1966 World...

includes commemorative items and memorabilia from national and international competitions including Sir Stanley Matthews’ England cap from the 1950 World Cup in Spain. Further highlights include a Dutch shirt from a pre-World Cup friendly with England...

has secured, on long term loan, the most infamous football shirt in the game's history. Ex-Nottingham Forest, Spurs and England midfielder Steve Hodge has presented The Museum with footballing legend Diego Maradona's 1986 “Hand of God” shirt. Maradona...

"If you're going to start collecting now and you've got money to spend I would suggest players memorabilia - the old England international caps, the shirts, the boots etc," Mr Convery says. And while the debate has raged recently over whether the FA Cup...