Check out this pair of customised Predators on eBay, for 3000 Euros. The boots belonged to David Beckham, and according to the vendor “are a mix between the 1998 accelerator model and the new 2000 precision model.”

Apparently, with the year being 1999, these prototypes were disguised, so that the public wouldn’t catch a glimpse of the new boot to be released. The Rubber Fins and Soles are different from the 1998 Accelerator Model. They are of course in Beckham’s poncey size, 7 and three quarters.

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Former Gooner and should-be handball player Thierry Henry has signed for the New York Red Bulls ‘sakkar’ team amid a blaze of marketing and kit sponsorship. His replica shirt is for sale on the official Red Bulls site for $95 (£61.70- Sacre bleu!).

Thierry replica kit

It’s a shirt that was clearly designed under the presumption that Crystal Palace wouldn’t have a sponsor at at all this season. But this new Nike kit, recently unveiled for financially struggling South London outfit Palace, includes a rather splendid logo under the crest, a somewhat innovative move in shirt design.

New Palace kit

But you can’t ignore the comparisons to the kit worn by the brave POWs in cult football film, ‘Escape to Victory‘!
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Chris Toy, the man behind the excellent Studs Up site, has collaborated with kit monsters Umbro to produce this limited edition England tee-shirt. It came in my post sack this morning and really brightened my day. Okay, it’s a bit late, for we’ve already crashed out of the World Cup, but I’ll still be rocking this little beauty this afternoon.

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So I bought a FIFA World Cup patch for my England shirt on eBay. It came from Thailand, so naturally, it’s fake, but nevertheless I wanted it. And it came with a blue captain’s armband, the same as Gerrard’s. I’m a bit scared of ironing it on as the last thing I ironed onto a shirt from Thailand came off in five minutes.

All patched up

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