I can take or leave replica kits usually, but these Umbro England 1970 replica jerseys have certainly caught our eye.
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1966 World Cup artwork from Wall Envy
It's pretty hard to escape the rash of football inspired products at the moment. Here's an original piece of artwork that looks back to the 1966 World Cup, made by Wall Envy.
Wall Envy are the people behind the vintage French wall art we featured a while back. It uses the same idea: the words in this case being the names of the players in the 66 England World Cup squad. Like the other piece of artwork, the names are also illustrated onto a page from an old dictionary. However, in this piece – to help you recall that long forgotten taste of victory – the dictionary used is German.
The piece costs £13.
Buy it from Folksy
Classic World Cup football shirts of tournaments past at Toffs
Of course you can buy an England 1966 shirt, a Brazil 1970 (above), a Holland 1974, an Argentina 1986 or an Italia 1982 track top. Indeed, you can pick up every ‘big name’ team from just about every eras. But you can also pick up some of the more niche shirts of past and current World Cup participants too – like the USA 1950 shirt, also pictured above.
Or to be really niche, check out a 1960s Japan football shirt over the page, as well as the shirt worn by Australia in their first World Cup in 1975. Most prices are around the £34.99 mark, but start at £19.99. Check out the full range at the site.
Adidas Beckenbauer Allround trainers reissued
It's fast approaching, the World Cup that is. So the ideal time to release a shoe associated with one of its greatest participants – Adidas Beckenbauer Allround trainers.
Originally produced in 1982 as an all-round training or football shoe, the latest reissue is faithful to that 80s reissue in silhouette, also throwing in the classic leather upper, suede tow and off-white rubber outsole.
The Adidas Online Store has three variations on the detailing, including the one above, all selling for £55.
Slazenger 1966 World Cup special edition match ball
A real talking point, as well as useful thing should you fancy an impromptu kickabout – the Slazenger 1966 World Cup special edition match ball.
You may or may not know that Slazenger produced the ball used in England’s ’66 World Cup triumph and this is a replica of that very same ball. No boffins worked on this particular piece of kit, this is a genuine hand stitched leather ball made up of 25 panels. But it is said to be a little lighter than the original (currently housed in the National Football Museum, wherever that happens to be this week).
Limited edition as you might expect, it sells for £19.66.
1966 World Cup watches at Bonhams
There's a World Cup memorabilia auction at Bonhams in Chester, with lots priced with quite reasonable estimates – as these unique 1966 World Cup watches show.
You actually get two watches and a keyfob in the lot, the latter a circular metallic enamelled keyfob designed with World Cup Willie mascot to one side and the Jules Rimet trophy to the other. But it's the watches that are the most interesting – both produced by La Gruyere, the faces feature the World Cup Willie mascot on one side, the World Cup decal on the other.
