Never actively sought to collect any match worn gear (mainly because I don't like footie shirts or owt) but have amassed a handful of bits in the past few years. Most recently has been the training coat and drill sweater, complete with squad numbers, free from a Glaswegian bloke I've gotten to know through work, who turns out is one of the weights coaches at Pools. Never had the jacket off seeing as it's become my new 'going to work' jacket.
Another favourite, as featured in my 'true colours' blog, is the acid house meets children's finger painting class away shirt circa 1995-97. Truly horrendous but a fleabay pick up for only £4.20. No Nationwide league patches on sleeve so suggests it's from reserves and/or friendlies. Deffo match worn for two reasons though - one squad numbers were unavailable on replicas in those days (at least at HUFC) and there's quite a few turf stains from Priestfield, Saltergate or Deepdale, or wherever it was worn.
Finally is the signed and frame away shirt from the 2003-04 season. Stephen Carson's number 12 shirt complete with Nationwide patches, signed by first team squad and manager from that play-off season. The added bonus of having a shirt from a player who made little or no significant impact at Pools (only played a handful of matches), is that I can pinpoint when this was used. He only made the bench in two away games where we'd need a change of colours and they were Wycombe Wanderers and QPR. So it's from then. Strategically placed on the landing outside the bairns and and the bog door, so can see it always when I'm checking on the baba kipping or dropping my load.
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