which features Gordon Banks testimonial with a picture of him with the shirt. (2) Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 Lot No: 292 Manchester United 1958 Busby Babes' blazer Official Manchester United players black blazer produced by 'Society Wear', embroidered...
01 March 2008
By Chris Simpson One of the very best excuses that you will ever hear in the game of football came back in April '96 when Alex Ferguson blamed this Umbro kit for his sides dismal first half performance and duly sent them back for the second 45mins in a...
18 February 2008
kit worn by the Busby Babes in the 1950s - in recognition of this week's 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. Manchester United held discussions with Nike about producing a one-off kit for the Manchester derby which takes place on 10th February...
08 February 2008
Umbro will be the official supplier of all Saints playing and training kit for the next five seasons from 2008/09 through to 2012/13. The deal marks the end of the club's own brand manufacturing policy which has been in place since 1999 as Saints join...
29 January 2008
a Moulded E.V.A. sock-liner will cushion impact at high speed. The new Nike Mercurial Vapor IV ad campaign shows the Manchester United winger going faster than ever before — and beating the world's most powerful road car in a head-to-head race. The...
11 January 2008
part of a cartel of seven companies fined a total of more than £16 million in 2003 for fixing the price of England and Manchester United football shirts in 2000 and 2001. Fans who paid up to £39.99 for certain England and Manchester United football...
09 January 2008
the total value of Premiership shirt sponsorship to the incredible £70 million a year figure. With five top clubs (Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham) accounting for the majority of the overall sum, it is the Red Devils who...
02 January 2008
distance of winning the league in this kit, Les Ferdinand, Phillipe Albert, Rob Lee, David Ginola et al. Hammering Manchester United 5-0 in the pouring rain is one game which really stands out in the memory whenever I see this shirt. Even the lettering...
12 December 2007
Manchester United will mark the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed eight members of its famed team of "Busby Babes" by playing February's Premier League match against Manchester City in a 1950s style kit. United has been given special...
09 December 2007
by Nike would give the American firm a huge presence in the Premiership, where it already supplies kit to Arsenal and Manchester United, among others. Umbro supplies six Premiership teams, including Birmingham and West Ham. Nike also sponsors leading...
22 October 2007