PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS ASSOCIATION PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1974-2007A collection comprising of 34 shirts that were presented to each winner of the prestigious PFA Footballer of the Year Award from its inception in 1974 and until 2007. The shirts were commissioned by the PFA to commemorate their centenary. Only four sets of the Centenary Collection shirts have been made, or will ever be made. The Professional Footballers' Association own the first set, the second set was sold at an auction held at the PFA Centenary banquet in Manchester, with the proceeds contributing towards the PFA's charitable causes. Shirts from the third set were presented by the PFA to the respective Footballer of the Year, the fourth set was retained by the creators 4 club and country Ltd.Each shirt is made in halved colours of the respective player's club and country, wire woven gold and silver official Club badges matched with the official badge of their Country. Each shirt has the Player signature digitised and embroidered on the shirt between the badges; the shirts are mounted on gold board within an archival quality sealed frame above a printed player profile, personally signed by the Footballer of the Year. Two photographs, one portraying the player in match action, the other a portrait of the footballer receiving the PFA trophy. All uniformly framed, each frame meauring 104 by 84cm.Norman Hunter, formerly of Leeds United and England, was the first PFA Footballer of the Year in 1974/75 season. He auctioned his shirt for The Myasthenia Gravis Association charity; it raised £12,500. The entire recipients from 1974 to 2007 of this coveted award, voted by their fellow professionals, are as follows:1974 Norman Hunter1975 Colin Todd1976 Pat Jennings1977 Andy Gray1978 Peter Shilton1979 Liam Brady1980 Terry McDermott1981 John Wark1982 Kevin Keegan1983 Kenny Dalglish1984 Ian Rush1985 Peter Reid1986 Gary Lineker1987 Clive Allen1988 John Barnes1989 Mark Hughes1990 David Platt1991 Mark Hughes1992 Gary Pallister1993 Paul McGrath1994 Eric Cantona1995 Alan Shearer1996 Les Ferdinand1997 Alan Shearer1998 Dennis Bergkamp1999 David Ginola2000 Roy Keane2001 Teddy Sheringham2002 Ruud van Nistelrooy2003 Thierry Henry2004 Thierry Henry2005 John Terry2006 Steven Gerrard2007 Cristiano RonaldoThis complete set of shirts was previously auctioned at the glamorous 2008 PFA annual awards dinner in Manchester to raise money for the Manchester Children's Hospital. The property tycoons Patrick and James Cassidy outbid the ex-England boss Sven Goran Eriksson to win which could only be described as the most desirable collection of footballing memorabilia - 34 shirts signed by many of the greatest names ever to grace English football. The set attracted numerous bids from wealthy collectors at the Manchester auction but the brothers bagged the shirts for a whopping £50,000, but only after beating off fierce competition from Sven. Included in the purchase price is free door-to-door road delivery to any UK mainland address.
£25,000 - £35,000
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS ASSOCIATION PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1974-2007A collection comprising of 34 shirts that were presented to each winner of the prestigious PFA Footballer of the Year Award from its inception in 1974 and until 2007. The shirts were commissioned by the PFA to commemorate their centenary. Only four sets of the Centenary Collection shirts have been made, or will ever be made. The Professional Footballers' Association own the first set, the second set was sold at an auction held at the PFA Centenary banquet in Manchester, with the proceeds contributing towards the PFA's charitable causes. Shirts from the third set were presented by the PFA to the respective Footballer of the Year, the fourth set was retained by the creators 4 club and country Ltd.Each shirt is made in halved colours of the respective player's club and country, wire woven gold and silver official Club badges matched with the official badge of their Country. Each shirt has the Player signature digitised and embroidered on the shirt between the badges; the shirts are mounted on gold board within an archival quality sealed frame above a printed player profile, personally signed by the Footballer of the Year. Two photographs, one portraying the player in match action, the other a portrait of the footballer receiving the PFA trophy. All uniformly framed, each frame meauring 104 by 84cm.Norman Hunter, formerly of Leeds United and England, was the first PFA Footballer of the Year in 1974/75 season. He auctioned his shirt for The Myasthenia Gravis Association charity; it raised £12,500. The entire recipients from 1974 to 2007 of this coveted award, voted by their fellow professionals, are as follows:1974 Norman Hunter1975 Colin Todd1976 Pat Jennings1977 Andy Gray1978 Peter Shilton1979 Liam Brady1980 Terry McDermott1981 John Wark1982 Kevin Keegan1983 Kenny Dalglish1984 Ian Rush1985 Peter Reid1986 Gary Lineker1987 Clive Allen1988 John Barnes1989 Mark Hughes1990 David Platt1991 Mark Hughes1992 Gary Pallister1993 Paul McGrath1994 Eric Cantona1995 Alan Shearer1996 Les Ferdinand1997 Alan Shearer1998 Dennis Bergkamp1999 David Ginola2000 Roy Keane2001 Teddy Sheringham2002 Ruud van Nistelrooy2003 Thierry Henry2004 Thierry Henry2005 John Terry2006 Steven Gerrard2007 Cristiano RonaldoThis complete set of shirts was previously auctioned at the glamorous 2008 PFA annual awards dinner in Manchester to raise money for the Manchester Children's Hospital. The property tycoons Patrick and James Cassidy outbid the ex-England boss Sven Goran Eriksson to win which could only be described as the most desirable collection of footballing memorabilia - 34 shirts signed by many of the greatest names ever to grace English football. The set attracted numerous bids from wealthy collectors at the Manchester auction but the brothers bagged the shirts for a whopping £50,000, but only after beating off fierce competition from Sven. Included in the purchase price is free door-to-door road delivery to any UK mainland address.