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September 2000 News

This is the latest news of all the players who appeared in the 1970-71

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28 September

Sir Geoff's Garage Sale

Mick Ewins' watercolour of Sir Geoff getting his World Cup Final hatrick

Today's the big day for Sir Geoffrey who is selling off a number of his prize footballing possessions at Christie's for charity. For instance a 1970 World Cup cap can be picked up for a mere 3-4,000 pounds. The picture above is available at a snip for 2-3,000 quid. Hopefully, you'll have missed it before you've read this, so think of all the money that's saved you !

See the 129 lots available at Geoff Hurst. Tomorrow it's the turn of Phil Neal (Northampton Town)- see Phil Neal

Football365.com has the following report on the sale ...

HURST PUTS 1966 SHIRT UP FOR SALE

England Hero Expected To Get About £30,000 For Piece Of History

THE England shirt worn by Geoff Hurst when he scored his hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final is to be auctioned on Thursday. The red Number 10 shirt worn by the striker against Germany is expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000.

It is one of 129 lots put up for sale by Sir Geoff himself, who said: ''It was always my intention to leave the collection to my children, but I have three daughters so how do you split it up fairly?

''They have selected some special items they want to keep and we have also kept some pieces for the grandchildren. But I have already lost a significant proportion of the collection in two burglaries, so it is all kept locked away now and no one see it.

''I am as patriotic as the next man and will cherish my footballing days but at this stage in my life I would like to have some control over the distribution of the collection.'' The sale is expected to raise around £180,000 in total.

Other items up for sale include Sir Geoff's blue 1966 World Cup International cap, which is expected to fetch between £15,000 and £20,000.

A nine carat gold FA Cup winner's medal from 1964 and items from Sir Geoff's West Ham days are also included in the sale.

Proceeds from 19 of the lots will be split between two charities, The Bobby Moore Imperial Cancer Research Fund and the Brain and Spine Foundation.

David Convery, football specialist for Christie's, South Kensington, said: ''I've been a football specialist for a number of years and this shirt is one of those dream items you hope to come up at auction.

''We are absolutely delighted that this rare shirt is coming up for sale. The England team had spare shirts for the famous match, which they swapped afterwards with the Germans, so this shirt is the one Hurst wore when he scored his famous hat-trick for England.''

The Sir Geoff Hurst Collection auction will be followed on Friday by a Football Memorabilia Sale. Lots offered by Christie's in this auction include the first European Cup Medal won by Phil Neal in 1977, which is expected to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000.

A pair of David Beckham's boots, which he wore in a match against Italy in October 1997, are also up for grabs and are expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000.

(See October 2000 News for update)

10 September

Manager of the Month

Bobby Robson (Ipswich Town manager)- the longest serving football manager in the Premiership - is the most recent Manager of the Month, winning the August award for taking his Newcastle United team to the top of the league. See http--www.nufc.co.uk

Your Chance to be a Champion ... like Harry Redknapp !

Hot Football's advert is being promoted by Harry Redknapp. With a picture of a tracksuited Harry, he is quoted as saying, 'What an amazing opprtunity, to play at a professional ground, in front of your own fans and become English champions of your division.For adult and youth players in local sides it cannot get any better than this'.

For more details see Hot-Football.com - The National Amateur League Championship or phone 01753 890002

7 September

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow ...

Sky T.V. pundit and Bob 70-71 favourite, Rodney Marsh is as good as his word, if not his predictions. Rodders said that if Bradford City were to stay in the Premiership last season, he would have his head shaved bald. And that is precisely what happened on both acoounts. The Bantams are fighting out their second season in the Premiership, and Marsh agreed to have his head shaved in front of the City crowd to raze (ho,ho) money for charity.

World Cup Newsplayer

www.newsplayer.com are using a picture of England's World Cup win in 1966 to advertise the launch of their site which shows news reels from 1896 onwards. The picture shows Bobby Moore kissing the Jules Rimet trophy whilst George Cohen looks on. A quick visit to the sites reveals that if you're prepared to cough up the 25 quid subscription there's plenty of clips relevant to this site, indeed they even offer an interview between Jack (Leeds United) and Bobby Charlton, prior to the World Cup Final for free. See Play clip on 28K connection

Big Fan of ... Epilepsy

With the sort of computer wizardry unlikely to trouble these pages for the next week or (fifty) two, Harry Redknapp and his son, Jamie have now got their own home pages at Big Fan Of Harry Redknapp and Big Fan Of Jamie Redknapp. There's not too much content yet and the sound and graphics are likely to have you either diving behind the settee or suffering an epileptic fit. Nevertheless Harry's site does offer a video in which he pays tribute to Bobby Moore and shows you the poster of him with Pele that he keeps behind his desk. See Picture

Jim Smith (Boston United) also has a site at Big Fan Of Jim Smith

4 September

Twins

They'll know this already, but I'd forgotten about it. Roger Morgan (Tottenham Hotspur) has a twin brother who was in the QPR team in 70-71 season. Whilst both have been part of the pages for a while now, they've not been linked on the Sons and Daughters : Brothers page until now. The brothers are mentioned on the news from 25th September, 1970.

See more September 2000 news at the following ...

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