February
/ March 2004
News
This is the latest news
of all the players who appeared in the 1970-71
FKS Publishers Ltd
Wonderful World of Soccer Stars Album
Christie's Sale
There's
been another major sale of Football memorabilia at
Christie's. Held at the South Kensington house on 24
March 2004, sale number 9985, the 354 lots raised 285,569
pounds.
Pelé Shirts
Some of
the most exciting items on sale were lot numbers 25 to
53, which were all collected by Pelé, in swaps with players over the
years. The first of these fetched the biggest price in
the auction, and is one we all recognise for its absence
!
(Click to see larger version)
It was
worn by Bobby Moore in the famous Brazil v England
match at the Mexico 1970, World Cup Finals. The match was
played on 7 June 1970 at the Maracam Stadium, and
finished 1-0 to Brazil. The encounter of Bobby and Pelé
has been immortalised in one of football's most famous
pictures. The shirt sold for a staggering 59,750 pounds,
This
was not close to the world record set in April 2002,
when Pelé's shirt for the 1970 World Cup Final
reached 157,150 pounds. The record for a British
player's shirt remains the one worn by Geoff
Hurst when he scored a hatrick in the 1966
World Cup Final, which sold for 91,750 pounds in
September 2000. (Christie's - Exceptional
Prices)
The other
1970 World Cup Finals shirts in Pelé's sale included:
03 June
1970 v Czechoslovakia - belonged to Migas
- sold for 836 pounds
10 June 1970 v Romania - Dinu - 836
pounds
14 June 1970 v Peru - Salvias - didn't
sell
17 June 1970 v Uruguay - Matosas -
didn't sell
21 June 1970 v Italy - Polletti the
unused substitute - didn't sell
There
was one 1970-71 shirt in his collection, from 11
December 1970, Santos v Hong Kong, which Santos won
4-0. The blue shirt of Hong Kong sold for 478 pounds.
Two other
shirts of interest were Peter Cormack (Nottingham Forest)'s shirt from 25 June 1966,
when Scotland drew 1-1 with Brazil at Hampden Park, and Kenny
Dalglish (Celtic)'s shirt from the '74 World Cup
- Brazil drew 0-0 with Scotland on 18 June 1974 in
Frankfurt. Peter's shirt didn't sell, but Kenny's went
for 1,553 pounds the third highest of Pele's lots.
There
were at least 4 lots of shirts worn by Pelé , the
first of which was in Pelé's own collection. It came
from his last match for the New York Cosmos played
against Santos on 1 October 1977 at the Giants
Stadium. Cosmos won 2-1 and the shirt was one of
three available for the match. The item was another
that did not sell.
The
other 3 shirts worn by Pelé did a little better.
1 A Santos shirt went for 4,780 pounds - the 9th
highest price in the auction.
2 A New York Cosmos shirt sold for 2,390 pounds
3 A shirt swapped with England's Johnny
Haynes 13 May 1959, a match that Brazil won
2-0. It sold for 9,560 pounds the auction's equal 3rd
highest price.
One
further Pelé item was a framed photo of the meeting with
Bobby Moore as appears above. Along with this was Pelé's
autograph, and it sold for 717 pounds !
Jeff
Astle
Another
1970 World Cup shirt for sale was also from the England v
Brazil encounter on 7 April 1970. It was Paulo
Caesar's shirt swapped with Jeff
Astle,
which sold for 7,170, the 5th most expensive item in the
sale.
More
Brazil
Further to
all the items mentioned above, there were other Brazilian
shirts from the Mexico '70 winning side available, but
did not have the same glamour as Pelé's.
1 Tostao
had a shirt that did not sell amoung Pelé's collection
2 A Clodoaldo shirt with Santos went for
454 pounds
3 A Carlos Alberto shirt with New York
Cosmos in 1977 did not sell
4 Another Carlos Alberto shirt swaped
with Gordon Hill in the 1976 Brazil v England
international in the US also did not match its reserve.
5 However, a T-shirt signed in 1991 by Jairzinho
fetched 143 pounds.
More
Clothing
Aside from
football shirts, there was some other items of clothing
of interest to Bob's 70-71 pages.
1 Manchester
City went into the 70-71 season as FA Cup
holders, and one player's 1969-70 FA Cup Final suit sold
for a mere 334 pounds ! It's hard to get one that cheap
from Burtons...
2 Black and white Addidas boots signed and worn by Sir
Bobby Charlton made 1553 pounds. They were size seven and a
half, incidentally, should you ever need to know for a
pub quiz !
3 Size 6 Gola boots sold for 203 pounds.
4 But a signed Peter Shilton glove failed to sell.
More
Moore
One of the
most distinctly 1970-71 items was a programme of Bobby
Moore's
testimonial versus Celtic played on 16 Novemeber, 1970.
The programme was signed by Bobby, as well as Jock
Stein, Billy McNeill,
Bobby Lennox, Harry Hood,
and Jimmy Johnstone (all Cetic). It sold for 537 pounds, a
huge amount for a programme as recent as this.
More
70-71
A further
Man City lot that included the Official pennant from the
European Cup Winners' Cup final win v Gornik of Poland on
29 April 1970, a 1970-71 programme of City v Newcastle
United , as well as other items sold for 454 pounds.
A signed
photograph of John Charles, (Hereford player-manager), playing for Leeds United v
Everton in 1953 sold for 239 pounds.
Indeed,
there were a number of lots including runs of Rothmans
books, Cup Semi-Final and Final programmes, World Cup
tickets etc etc, that are too tedious to detail, so visit
Christie's website for the full details.
Whilst the link is still available go to LotFinder® at the site for a full list of
the auction's lots.
Previous
news of auctions can be found at September
2000, October
2000, March
2001, September
2001, October 2001, December 2002, March
2003
Livi
Lions League Cup Win
7 March
2004, Livingston beat Hibernian 2-0 to win the CIS Cup
(Scottish League Cup), in spite of being in
administration at the time. Anyone who watched the live
televison coverage, would have seen the delight on the
face of the club's General Manager, David Hay
(Celtic),
who was involved in the after match celebrations on the
pitch.
Livingston
were formed as Meadowbank Thistle as recently as 1974,
and changed to their current name in 1995, and have been
in the Scottish Premier League since 2001. Putting aside
First, Second and Third Division Championships, this is
the club's first major tile. In 2002-2003 Livingston made
their debut in the UEFA Cup. The club are also in this
season's Scottish Cup Quarter-Final.
At BBC SPORT Hay praises Livi
spirit David
comments on the club's administration:
"It
was difficult for us to cope with the semi-final when
the news first broke, but since then we have been
very much together," said Hay.
"I
have only been involved on the field and that has
been mostly positive."
Livingston
last month became the third top-flight club to call
in the administrators.
"The
very fact that we are in a final means we can put at
the back of our minds what is happening off the
field," said Hay.
"The
only time I thought it affected us was the Partick
Thistle game, when the day prior to that everyone was
given the good, bad or indifferent news.
"Since
then, performances have been more than decent and
commitment has been first-class.
"And,
apart from this final, we are still in the
quarter-final of the Scottish Cup and the possibility
of a massive semi-final tie against Celtic."
"The
players have made history already by getting into
Europe and it will never be forgotten," he said.
"Sunday
will be another positive step in the history of
Livingston. Nothing surprises you in football, but we
have come a long, long way in a short space of
time."
While Hibs
asked for extra tickets and fans queued overnight to
buy them, Hay has had to send his players out to
local schools to plead for more support.
"But
we would rather have 37,000 Hibs fans ensuring that
the stadium is full rather than have 8,000 fans each
and have the place half empty," he said.
"A
small band of supporters compared to the Hibs fans
are coming, but they will help make it an
occasion."
Also see BBC SPORT Football Other
Scottish Livingston lift CIS Cup
Lorimer
- Leeds Director
Peter Lorimer (Special Bob winner in 2002)
has become a member of the board of directors at Leeds
United, the club for whom he holds the record number of
goals scored. Peter has taken the post to become the
public face of the new consortium of local business men
who have bought out the club.
Leeds
United, bottom of the Premiership at the time of the
takeover, faced an uncertain future with debts reported
as exceeding 100 million pounds. Fans feared the club may
even face extinction, as the spiral of doom seemed to
keep on gathering momentum.
News of
saviours from Uganda, China and Bahrain all proved false
Messiahs, but administration continued to be put off,
week by week, offering some hope to fans that someone
somewhere was interested in rescuing the club, and was
actually able to do so.
Gradually,
it was narrowed down to just two consortia of local
Yorkshire businessmen one of whom included former Leeds
United player, Trevor Cherry (Huddersfield
Town) - see BBC SPORT - Leeds United
Consortium set for Leeds bid. When this consortium dropped
out, Leeds fans were led to believe that there were yet
more skeletons in the cupboard that had still not been
revealed.
So it was
down to one consortium, who were still keen to keep the
spotlight away from them. The seriousness of their
efforts only came to light, when they announced that if
they succeeded in their bid, Peter Lorimer would join the
board of directors.
On Friday,
19 March, 2004, Leeds United PLC was finally put to rest
by Adulant Force Limited, a company comprising of
Yorkshire businessmen who claim to be Leeds United fans,
led by Gerald Krasner. Krasner has become the club's new
Chairman.
Though the
club's future is secure, about 20 million pounds of debt
remains. Some fans fear that the new company really plan
to sell off what assets remain - the ground, the players
and the new facilities, and worry about the strong link
to Geoffrey Richmond, who led Bradford City into
administration after over spending in their Premiership
days.
Hence
Peter Lorimer's promotion from pub landlord and local
football pundit, to club director. Peter is obviously one
of the greatest names from Leeds United's Glory Years,
but he also has his own 'Football Hour' radio show on BBC
Radio Leeds, that is broadcast every Friday and repeated
on Saturday before the 3 o'clock kick offs.
He is not
only a legend from his playing days, but a trusted local
celebrity, and his role in the new board is to convince
fans they are not being shafted all over again, by new
money men.
Good luck
Peter.
Commentator
/ TV / Adverts Update (including non-'World of Soccer
Star' players)
Here's an
update of Bob 70-71 stars seen in the media.
John
Hollins (Chelsea) has been heard recently
commentating on Radio 5 Live.
Bob
Wilson (Arsenal) was seen on a recent episode
of Channel 4's Banzai, the mock-Japanese betting
comedy programme. Bob had to select a winning baby, and
viewers were asked to guess which baby he would choose.
The former
England managers, Sir Bobby Robson and Terry Venables
(QPR) are playing angel and devil
respectively in a new campaign for Walker's crisps, that
has long been associated with former England striker,
Gary Linekar. Sir Bobby dressed in all white, and Terry
in all red, are the two sides of Gary's conscience in
various scenarios based on crisps and doing or not doing
the right thing.
Kenny
Dalglish (Celtic) was seen as a pundit on
Channel 5's coverage of the the UEFA Cup Appropriately
the British clubs involved were Celtic, Liverpool, and
Newcastle United, all teams with whom Kenny is connected.
Indeed the show's host, John Barnes, is
also connected to the three clubs.
Next
Generation star, Michael Owen has also started his media
career as a captain on the long running BBC sports quiz, A
Question of Sport. The series is an institution
amoung sports fans in the UK, and Michael is following in
the footsteps of another Liverpool football legend, and
ex-QoS captain, Emlyn Hughes!
In his
maiden match as captain, (witnesses at Bob 70-71 Towers
on its repeat broadcast on 7/3/04) Michael showed his
amazing sporting knowledge. Sadly this was not matched by
one of his team-mates, former Dundee United, Wolves and
Aston Villa star, Andy Gray ! Andy failed to spot himself
as the answer to one question, and Michael lost to the
rival captain, former Rangers and Scotland hero, Ally
McCoist.
Gould
Returns
9 February
2004, Bobby Gould (Wolverhampton
Wanderers) has
returned to football to join the staff of Barry
Fry (Bedford Town) at Division Two side,
Peterborough, at least until the end of the season.
Bobby was
left Cheltenham Town earlier this season, and joins
Barry's side, which are hovering at the above the
relegation zone at present..
Drink-Driving
Ban
George Best has been front page news once
again, and as usual for all the wrong reasons. The full
version of the following item appears at BBC NEWS Best banned for drink
driving
The
former Northern Ireland international footballer,
George Best, has pleaded guilty to a drink-driving
charge at Wimbledon Magistrates Court.
On
Monday, 57-year-old Best was fined £1,500, banned
from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay costs
of £55.
The
ex-Manchester United and Bournemouth star was stopped
by police on the A3 in Merton in the early hours of
Friday.
He spent
about five hours in police custody before being
charged.
Magistrate
Sally Marley told Best: "We have taken into
account your guilty plea but you were nearly two and
a half times the legal limit and you were very close
to being given a community penalty.
"It
was irresponsible and unacceptable behaviour."
Best
agreed in court to attend drink-driving
rehabilitation lessons. If he completes the course,
which costs about £150, he could have his ban
reduced by up to five months.
The
court heard he had driven after drinking following a
row in a restaurant with his son Calum.
Monday's
court hearing was told Best had been trying to drive
himself to a health farm when he was stopped, having
realised he needed to resolve his problems.
One very unkind article
by Mick Hume in the Sports section of the Times for 31
January 2004 read, 'Rest in peace, George, we've finally
had enough of your Best behaviour'. Quoting John Lennon
who said, 'Elvis died when he went in the army', Hume
writes,
"George 'Georgie' Best died 30 years ago,
when he walked out of Old Trafford in 1974, and brought a
premature end his reign as the swivel-ankled star of
British football".
Meanwhile, George's
separated wife, Alex, has been on telly every night (and
all day if you have satelitte), as part of the hit show,
'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here'. An ironic title
for a show, where celebrities do all they can to NOT be
evicted and thus gain more air-time, (well unless your a
real anachist like Johnny Rotten, of course).
Alex was a silent hit
on the show, gaining a reputation for not speaking very
much, but nevertheless survived until day 12, and 4
evictions until going on the Friday, 6 February show. It
seems that Alex is hoping to start a career as a
presenter.
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of
Here! reports:
Best Booted
She kept her head down and sometimes it seemed as if
she wasn't there at all but somehow she managed to
hang in there and make it to day 12.
Alex certainly had her work cut out in camp, doing
more than her fair share of the cooking. She also had
Lord Brocket's wandering hands to contend with on
more than one occasion.
Asked by Ant & Dec how she'd coped in camp she
said, 'it was tough, passing the day was hard, it got
a bit boring during the day'.
She admitted that she'd taken a back seat because of
the large personalities in camp and said that she'd
tried to keep out of the way of the recent bitching.
She said she hadn't been bothered by the attention
from 'big flirt' Lord B and said that he was like
that with 'whichever girl happened to be around'.
Alex nominated Jordan to do the very nasty sounding
Snake Lake bushtucker trial which will appear in
Saturday night's show.
See Alex's profile at I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
The homepage is at I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
Further February / March
2004 news can be found at ...
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