By Simon Garfield And Pele should know - his World Cup shirt has been sold for £140,000. Sports memorabilia has become a million-pound industry, but it is increasingly plagued by exploitation and forgery. So how do you know if you're getting the real...
23 November 2006
"I believe that Leeds took their colours from the great Real Madrid team of the 50s," writes Neil Connolly. " I also heard that Juventus took their colours from Notts County. Are there any other clubs who took their kit from different teams?" We might...
07 November 2006
The company was founded in 1920, in Wilmslow,Manchester, as Humphrey Brothers Clothing; in 1924, the company changed its name to Umbro, a contraction of its previous name, Humphrey Brothers. As one of the earliest kit suppliers to professional clubs,...
05 November 2006
By Neil Andrews In the early history of the game, teams were identified by the colours of their caps and socks or simply by armbands. But by the time the first ever FA Cup Final was played in 1872, teams had adopted their own distinctive strips and...
02 November 2006
An area to bear in mind is "MATCH WORN shirts for sale". Be careful as some shirts being sold over the internet are far east copies made up to relevant match specifications so as to pass off as match worn. Match worn is when a shirt has been worn by...
01 October 2006
Christie’s Football Memorabilia on 13 September will include the jersey worn by George Best during the Manchester United versus Northampton Town F.A. Cup match in 1970, when he scored six goals and played arguably his finest ever football performance,...
04 September 2006
England footballers who have been suffering in the Portuguese heat could benefit from a new hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players' heart rate and hydration levels. The shirt, designed by Northumbria University student David Evans, uses...
27 August 2006
Replica shirt sales Shirt sales are important to both sponsors and clubs. In the 1980s, when hooliganism was a factor, club replica shirt sales were quite low and clubs did relatively little to limit the use of official club logos. In 1990, following...
25 August 2006
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...
24 August 2006
Football shirt suppliers have been found guilty of ripping off millions of customers by fixing the prices of replica kits, the Evening Standard can reveal. The Football Association, shirt manufacturers Umbro and a string of high street sports shop...
22 August 2006
