So many fakers on eBay wear a player issued shirt round the back garden for ten minutes and try and flog it on eBay with a lonely looking skid mark on the sleeve. But check out this Newcastle shirt on eBay right now!

Used and dirty!

Real collectors know that match shirts leave the field filthy dirty. They’re often trodden on in the dressing room (I’ve seen shirts with boot marks on the inside!) and they smell of Vicks and sweat.
So don’t trust those suspicious ‘unwashed’ shirts you see, and only bid on shirts that look like they’ve seen a battle!