I'D PUT MY SHIRT ON A COINCIDENCE

It's too much of a coincidence again but my spirit has been lifted as once again I have something to write about.

It was "Cold Feet" last night that got me going when James Nesbitt and his "family" try to go to Old Trafford to watch a United game. Actually things don't work out because they happen to acquire dodgy tickets. So they all end up in a pub but the point is Nesbitt's son in the drama is wearing a number 7 "Best" shirt. 

On 13th September 2006 George Best's no 7 shirt, the one he wore when he scored 6 in the 2-8 drubbing of Northampton Town in the 5th Round of the FA Cup on February 7th 1970, went up at auction and fetched £24,000.

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(Remember I am talking to a few Ampthill FC supporters tonight, whose team were knocked out of the FA Vase by Northampton Sileby Rangers at the weekend). You can't make it up!

Originally the shirt was put up as a prize in a national newspaper and after ten years the owner stuck it into Christies for auction. Not a bad return for the price of a newspaper. 

Other memorabilia at the same sale included Bobby Moore's last Fulham league shirt, selling at £3,600 and in 1970 an FA Cup winners medal won by Ron Chopper Harris of Chelsea, which went for £13,200.