Reluctantly parting with Cambridge United memorabilia

[Russ Greaves]

This will come across as a very thinly veiled attempt to flog some stuff, but I've just gone through some old Cambridge United shirts I had stored away and it's amazing how much emotion you can invest in such things.

Seeing the shirts, making the associations with former players and particular periods in the club's history - it's all loaded with emotion.

But then again, they're just shirts, right? I'm telling myself that's the case because I'm going to sell a few items, but I would dearly like them to go to a good home. There are match-worn, signed and limited-edition shirts among them.

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/cambrid86/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

[JoshHuntCUFC]

Hi Russ - I'll certainly be submitting some bids.

Will you also be parting with old shirts that aren't match worn / signed?

[Russ Greaves]

I may do. Many of them exist in permanent darkness in the almost unreachable parts of my wardrobe, which doesn’t seem right.

I’ll have a look through and see what else I can bear to part with...

[JoshHuntCUFC]

I'm on a bit of a shirt buying spree at the moment and often find myself bidding on random second hand shirts from years before I even visited the Abbey, just because I like the retro look of them. Not signed, not match worn, just random old shirts.

Probably not good for the wallet, but enjoyable!

I'll keep an eye on your page. Kitson shirt looks to have attracted some attention already...

[Russ Greaves]

Having just had a look, I’ll chuck some on later today probably. Got about 4-5 I hadn’t even looked at in years.

It’s not the worst stuff to spend money on because, as far as clothing goes, it can hold its value quite well, or even gain value in some cases.

[Denton]

Oct 8, 2020 10:27:37 GMT JoshHuntCUFC said:

I'm on a bit of a shirt buying spree at the moment and often find myself bidding on random second hand shirts from years before I even visited the Abbey, just because I like the retro look of them. Not signed, not match worn, just random old shirts.

Probably not good for the wallet, but enjoyable!

I'll keep an eye on your page. Kitson shirt looks to have attracted some attention already...

Let the bidding commence

[Russ Greaves]

Put a few more up, ranging from 2007-2014.

[addyell]

Will definitely be putting some bids in!

Just jumping on the back of this, if anyone has the programme for the Cambridge vs Peterborough game from 15/12/2000 and is willing to sell it, I'd be happy to take it off your hands!

[nutsaboutamber]

We have it in the Coconuts Library, £2.50 including postage. Shall I arrange to send it and let you have bank details?

[addyell]

Oct 10, 2020 8:43:56 GMT nutsaboutamber said:

We have it in the Coconuts Library, £2.50 including postage. Shall I arrange to send it and let you have bank details?

Ah perfect! Yes please

[nutsaboutamber]

To cut out a few layers of admin, pop an email to Gina at [e-mail] and she will sort with you.

Cheers,

Nuts

[vanni]

I can only identify 5 signatures on the 2001 shirt - Tom Youngs, John Taylor, Shaun Marshall, Alex Revell and Luke Guttridge. Anyone recognise the others?

[Russ Greaves]

Even with the shirt and squad list to hand it's no easy task!

[Russ Greaves]

Bidding ends in the morning. There’s some stuff up for grabs at a price tantamount to theft!

In fact, if the Courtney Pitt shirt goes at the current price I will be calling the police.

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/cambrid86/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

[Bendigeidfran]

Hope it's OK to piggyback on this thread as I think your auctions have ended? I'm auctioning off a signed shirt from last season to raise money for Diabetes UK. I've mentioned it a couple of times on here, but my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last December, so it's a charity that's obviously become close to our hearts in the past 10 months. So I'm hoping it'll go for as much as possible 🤞

rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=133557505815&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111