Today April 3rd 2007 around 100 rare football shirts go under the hammer at Christie's auction house. One of them is a shirt worn by Arsenal Captain Joe Mercer in the 1950 F.A.Cup Final. In this match played on 29th April 1950 at Wembley Arsenal...
03 April 2007
AEG, operators of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, and Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF), a global nutrition direct-selling company, announced a five-year, between $3.5 million and $5 million a year expansion of Herbalife's agreement with AEG making...
26 March 2007
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
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
The story of adidas is essentially the story of Adolf Dassler, the creator and founder of the sports goods company. His idea was to provide athletes with the optimal equipment for their sport. What started out in 1920 in a small workshop as a three-man...
27 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
Arsenal's new strip for their last season at Highbury may not be to everyone's taste but expert John Devlin is a redcurrant fan When Second Division Woolwich Arsenal moved into their state-of-the-art Arsenal Stadium in 1913 it cost around £10m (in...
26 August 2006
