So I was fortunate enough to see the personal collection of a former member of Spurs staff this week. Some highlights here. Sorry for the upside down ones, I was excited. There will be news about who this person is, and some exciting plans very soon.
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So They Let Me Inside Umbro HQ And I Didn’t Steal Nothing
In Blog, Football on March 5, 2010 at 10:22 am
Umbro's David Blanch talks to the Britain's shirt collectors
Hidden on the 2003 England home shirt, Umbro Senior Designer David Blanch designed a secret strip of raised dots that contained a hidden message in Braille that only blind kids could read. If you’re excited by this revelation, read on, as this blog is for you. “I like doing naughty things like that,” Blanch told me exclusively, at Umbro HQ, this week. “In a world of mass manufacture, I like to put my own stamp on things.”
(Click the above images to see close ups of the Umbro collection)
Do I Really *Need* All These 2008/09 Match Worn Spurs Shirts?
In Football on February 15, 2010 at 11:07 pmAnswer: Yes. I just finished the 2008/09 collection, the full set of home shirts, long-sleeved and short-sleeved, UEFA and Premiership variants, all match-worn player shirts, fresh from the dressing room. If you want to see the other shirts I have in my collection, click here
Back To My Grass Roots
In Blog, Football on February 14, 2010 at 7:05 pmI’ve missed playing Sunday football. The chaotic convey of cars, the water-logged pitches, the tears. Anyway, it was valentines day, so the team I trialled for, London Romans, was missing a few casanovas and I found myself on at left back, versus Falcons.
New England Shirt Revealed!
In Blog, Football on February 9, 2010 at 6:50 pm
The new England shirt has been announced in spectacular style, by Kasabian, live on stage in Paris. I was invited last week for a sneak preview of the shirt by Umbro, and have been commissioned by them to write a blog about my opinions, which was very flattering. I’ve just finished it, and it should be online shortly, along with the opinions of various other shirt afficionados.. Watch this space. Meanwhile, here are some photos of the shirt itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Links To My Proper Fancy Umbro.com Blogs
In Football on January 24, 2010 at 4:58 pmWhen Umbro.com asked me join their blogging team I was over the moon. I’m obviously dead interested in football shirts and parts of my match-worn collection are currently exhibited in the National Football Museum. Below, you can follow the links to my official Umbro blogs, which are in the main really geeky affairs, looking at the history of Umbro and football memorabilia.
Enjoy!
1. Getting Shirty: Umbro examines the world of rare football shirts
“Hi guys, I have a limited edition Umbro England World Cup 1966 shirt in a gold case, only 1966 were made, and I was wondering how much would that be worth nowadays?” The above enquiry was posted on the Umbro blog recently, so we set intrepid writer and football shirt nut Jeff Maysh [...]
2. Getting Shirty: the story behind Beckham’s kit
As we mentioned earlier, Loaded’s Jeff Maysh is joining the blog team here at Umbro to give the inside track on all the world of football shirts. Jeff’s a big collector of shirts, and knows his football – despite being a Spurs fan. Here’s his blog for us, where he looks at the detail that [...]<
3. England Shirt…Tailored By The Mighty Boosh
Here’s an England shirt as you’ll never have seen it before…designed by Julian Barrett and Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh. It was passed on to us by Jeff Maysh over at Loaded magazine, who’s going to be writing some blogs for us, starting later today. The Boosh designed the shirt for a Loaded charity [...]
Going, Going, and now GONE: My Football Shirt Collection
In Football on October 2, 2009 at 2:10 pmI used to pick up shirts worn by players you see, and I got carried away. At one point I had about 200- mainly from my beloved Spurs. As you can probably guess I’m now considering selling the lot. Apart from Klinsmann’s debut shirt, I think, which is currently on display at the National Football Museum, Preston. Do read on…
Here are some Spurs match worn numbers: (click one to see a nice gallery)
