West Brom vs Manchester United
First off sorry about not updating the blog!
Live video streaming for this game is here
http://www.justin.tv/vanano2
After Sale Inspection when you bought your football shirt
Once you have purchased and recieved your item it is essential that you check certain details for authenticity.
To identify a match worn shirt, the shirt may have bobbles (from general wear and tear), small tears (from fouls and other physical interaction with other players), dirt, grass stains or even colour run (due to washing).
It is important to remember that a professional player issue shirt may have been worn in several football matches and not just one. Depending on the club and manufacturer, some clubs are only issued so many shirts a season.
Know The Club when buying your football shirts!
Knowing the club is also useful especially when asking questions about the origin of a shirt.
Shirts and boots are sponsored throughout the season by sponsors at the club, so sometimes sponsors get the shirts and boots at the end of the season. This is not so true for match worn items as it is for match issued items.
Some clubs sell off items through the club shop such as Aston Villa. Others like Chelsea and Bolton sell items through their official website and official club auctions (not eBay).
Know The Player when buying your football shirt!
Knowing the player who’s match worn shirt / item you are purchasing is critical.
Certain players are known for redesigning their own shirts and other parts of their kit such as their boots. David Beckham for example wears two different sized boots and likes to remove the inner lining on his shirts.
Some players like to change either their shirts, socks or shorts during half-time so that they are wearing a clean set during the second half.
Some players like to cut the tongues off their football boots. Others will not wear a new set of boots until the season finishes, this is partly due to superstition but also some say a boot doesn’t ‘break in’ until 10 games into a season.
How To Spot Any Indescrepencies In The Match Details Provided By Sellers
It is important that you check the match details provided by the seller yourself, don’t just take their word for it. It is usually very easy to spot fakes just by the match details fraudulent sellers provide. Below, we have noted some things that you should look out for when inspecting match details for a match worn shirt:
Player Names on the back of shirts were only introduced after season 1992-1993. This was for better identification of players after big sponsorship from TV / BSBSky. So if you see a shirt with a players name on the back, Cantona for example, and the shirt is from an earlier year, then it is likely to be a counterfeit.
If it was a cup game that the shirt was worn in, did they have embroidary on the shirt with match details like internationals. If you look at the shirts worn by England players in 2006 / 07 international games you will notice match details have actually been stitched into the shirt.
Some shirts also differ depending on the game they were used in. For example, Aston Villa had special Inter Toto shirts made up where no player names were issued to the back.
Beware Of Far East Copies
Alot of high profile original match worn shirts are being copied in far east countries and being sold within the UK as the genuine article.
These fake shirts have either been doctored from a replica shirt or the complete shirt has been made up from scratch. In the far east, production and labour costs are very low indeed and this makes this sort of practice very worth while.
It is a myth that these con-men cannot get hold of the larger numbers, patches and letters that meet shirt match specifications. These fraudsters will go as far as either importing them from Chris Kay or even making them up themselves.
Professional Player Issue Shirts Meet Certain Match Specifications
Do not confuse professional player shirts with replica shirts - replica shirts are sold in sports shops to the general public. Professional shirts are the actual shirts worn by the players on the pitch during a match. Match Worn shirts are the shirts ‘right off the player’s back’.
There are actually set regulations regarding the sizing of lettering, numbering, badges and sponsor logos on these shirts. These are rather complicated because there are various specifications regarding sizing of numbers, player lettering and badges and they differ from each country and each event i.e domestic games to international games.
Does Scholes still have the legs for Manchester United?
The former England star Paul Scholes has been out suffering an injury in the form of knee ligament damage. While no one doubts Paul Scholes determination to play for Manchester United, The question is, does Scholes still have the legs to be effective enough to warrant a regular starting place in the Manchester United squad? I’m personally not so sure, against Liverpool at Anfield earlier in the season it was apparent that he wasn’t covering the ground as a central midfield must where defensive duties are concerned.
Sir Alex Ferguson is currently adopting Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher as his central midfield pair in a flexible formation which switches between 4:3:3 and 4:4:2 as the need and pattern of the game dictates.
Match Worn Or Match Issue?
There are two main types of football professional player issue items. Match Worn and Match Issue / Match Prepared.
Match Worn items are shirts, shorts, socks, boots, gloves, balls that were actually used / worn in a game. These items conform to relevant match specifications to professional or international level and usually fetch more at auction.
There is only one way to be certain that a shirt has been match worn and that is if the player when walking off the pitch hands it over to you there and then in person. The reason for this is that most players are given more than one shirt for each match, some players are even given up to 4. This is because shirts may be ripped or otherwise damaged during a game. Some players just like to change their shirts at half time, however, most don’t, so there is usually a lot of un-worn shirts at the end of a game that don’t even get out of the kitbag.
Manchester United vs Manchester City the Derby! and other stuff
Manchester United played Manchester city at the weekend on what has to be described one of the best sporting days in the calender year for me! We had Swansea vs Cardiff kicked off at 11:15 and i support Cardiff city so this game was of importance to me 
This game defiantly lived up to my expectation, the last time these two teams met was back in the Carling cup where Swansea got the better of Cardiff and it was a brilliant game i thought, and so was this one at the weekend! 2 red cards 4 goals and abit of crowd banter, you couldn’t ask much more to kick start your day (apart from the win!)
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