£2,300
A Nottingham Forest long sleeve shirt bears European Cup Final 1979 Munich logo, by Adidas, bears Trevor Francis’s No. 7 to the back. Size 4/5 M. Nottingham Forest defeated Malmo 1-0 to become European Champions for the first time in club history. Trevor Francis scoring the only goal.
*SOLD WITH A LETTER OF CONFIRMATION STATING THE ABOVE LOT HAS COME FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE TREVOR FRANCIS* The estate has stated "I would say that Trevor wasn’t into collecting shirts / memorabilia as such himself. He preferred to keep only items which meant something significant to him personally. Specifically, he did speak about the shirt swap with Maradona and I remember on one occasion he thought he had mislaid it and was very concerned at the time, but he did locate it. Trevor bought and sold many homes and his shirts etc were never displayed and basically stored in suitcases or plastic crates. The Maradona shirt was a game swapped shirt, and from memory, I think there is a mud stain on the shirt. With regard to Zidane and Rivaldo, and on the basis of them meaning something to Trevor, I believe they were game worn shirts.
I can’t give you any complete guarantee on the shirts but I do think he would not have retained them all those years ( and stored and transported them through many house moves !) if they didn’t mean a lot to him personally and were of significance."
Adidas label 4/5 M made in England
The Adidas emblem seems to be printed on the material but then embodied over the top, possibly at the same time as the European cup final embodied detail was done for the cup final.
Shirt is in good condition with some minor pulls to the material and wear to the number seven on the reserve ( please see images for condition).
We believe that Trevor was issued with two versions of this shirt for the cup final (short sleeve & long sleeve) but he choose to wear the short sleeve for the game.
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30% inc VAT*
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33.6% inc VAT*
