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September 2009 Item of The Month

SEPTEMBER 2009

 

 

 

To start us off we thought we'd share this beauty of a shirt with you, a very special shirt to launch the new section of our website!

 

  •  This short sleeved Nike shirt was worn in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final v Barcelona on the 27th May 2009 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome

  • This style of shirt with European lettering and numbers and the special 'Winners 07/08' blue arm patch was only ever used in this game, as in all the other rounds of the 2008-09 Champions League competition, United either wore their traditional red homeshirt or the all blue commemorative away shirt that marked 40 years since United's first European Cup win

  • This fact, along with the shirt being from a major final, and that a very small number of theses shirts were prepared for the Final makes it an extremely rare specimen
 
  •  Manchester United have played in 5 European Finals (4 European Cup/Champions League and 1 Cup Winners' Cup) winning 4 of them 
 
  •  Only 3 members of the United line up for this game wore long sleeve shirts (Berbatov, Ronaldo & O'Shea) as it was a very balmy evening, with the remainder of the team opting for short sleeves
 
  •  United decided to opt against wearing the '2008 FIFA World Champions' chest badge for this game as it would have clashed with where the embroidery was to be placed.  It would have meant either moving the FIFA badge or relocating the embroidery, both of which options were deemed to be too untidy 
 
  • The embroidery on the front of the shirts is done on one machine and the shirts that were prepared were all exactly the same.  Anyone that tries to replicate the embroidery on a different machine from a different swatch will NEVER be able to make it look exactly the same as the originals - a little hint for you there so you can keep an eye out for the fakers who try and 'make up' their own shirts to pass on as authentic 'originals'!  There is also one other VERY significant detail which we know of that differentiates the original shirts to the fakes AND also the player shirts that were used in the 2008-09 Premier League season.  This detail has been kept highly secretive and is unknown in general circles !
 
  •  This shirt was the 14th (yes 14th!!) different variant of outfield shirts worn by Manchester United in the 2008-09 Season. They are as follows in as close to chronological order as we can remember! (click here to view page):
 
  1. Red Home shirt for Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer's Testimonial v RCD Espanyol in August 2008 with special embroidery and one off numers and letters to the back of the shirt
  2. Red Home shirt for the Community Shield v Portsmouth at Wembley in August 2008 with special one off sleeve patches
  3. Red Home shirt worn in the Premier League 2008-09 season with gold 'Champions' PL sleeve patches and PL names and numbers
  4. White Away shirt worn in the Premier League 2008-09 season with gold 'Champions' PL sleeve patches and PL names and numbers
  5. Red Home shirt worn in the UEFA Super Cup v Zenit St. Petersburg in Monaco in September 2008 with special UEFA Super Cup sleeve patches and European names and numbers
  6. Blue Away shirt worn in the Premier League 2008-09 season with gold 'Champions' PL sleeve patches and PL names and numbers
  7. Red Home shirt worn in the Champions League Group Stages 2008-09 with special blue 'Winners 07-08' sleeve patches and European names and numbers
  8. Blue Away shirt worn in the Champions League Group Stages 2008-09 with special blue 'Winners 07-08' sleeve patches and European names and numbers
  9. Red Home shirt worn in the FIFA Club World Cup Tournament in Japan December 2008 with special Chest embroidery and sleeve patches and European names and numbers
  10. Red Home shirt worn in the Carling Cup Final at Wembley in March 2009 v Spurs with special Chest embroidery and sleeve patches and PL names and numbers
  11. Red Home shirt worn in the Champions League knockout stages 2008-09 with special blue 'Winners 07-08' sleeve patches and European names and numbers and FIFA Chest badge
  12. Red Home shirt worn in the 2009 FA Cup Semi-Final v Everton at Wembley in April 2009 with special sleeve patches and PL names and numbers
  13. Blue Away shirt worn in the Champions League Semi-Final 2nd leg v Arsenal in May 2009 with special blue 'Winners 07-08' sleeve patches,CL names numbers and FIFA Chest badge
  14. White away shirt worn v Barcelona in the 2009 Champions League Final in Rome in May 2009 with special Chest embroidery, blue 'Winners 07-08' sleeve patch and CL names and numbers