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Eric Cantona Signed Memorabilia.
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona was born 24 May 1966 in Paris and is a French former footballer of the late 1980s and 1990s. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup Doubles.
Cantona's first football club was Auxerre, where he spent two years in the youth team before making his debut on 5 November 1983. After playing in France for some time Cantona began to get himself in trouble over football and got several match bans, some for as long as a month. For Cantona this all became too much and he announced he was retiring from football in 1991. The French national team coach Michel Platini was a fan of Cantona, and persuaded him to make a comeback because he admired his talent. So Cantona eventually moved to England to start his comeback.
In January 1992 Cantona joined Leeds United but then left Leeds for Manchester United for £1.2 million in November 1992. In 1994 Cantona was awarded PFA Players Player Of The Year. Cantona in 2001 was voted Manchester Uniteds player of the century, and to this day united fans refer to him as "King Eric". When at United Cantona had appeared 185 times and scored 82 premier league goals.
Gianfranco Zola Signed Memorabilia
Gianfranco Zola was born on 5 July 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia and is a retired Italian footballer who played as a forward and, since 11 September 2008 he has been the manager of English Premier League side West Ham United.
He spent the first decade of his career playing in Italy with club Napoli, alongside the legendary Argentinean Diego Maradona before moving to English side Chelsea in 1996 for a fee of £4.5 million, where he was voted Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997 and Chelsea's greatest ever player. When at Chelsea Zola was a key player to the team and has scored some terrific goals which ended up in him being voted as FWA player of the year. In his playing career, Zola played 634 games and scored 202 goals. Zola decided to leave and retire from football just a week before he turned 39.
Ian Wright Signed Memorabilia
Ian Edward Wright was born on 3 November 1963. He is an English former professional footballer, who is now a television and radio personality.
Ian Wright became a professional footballer at the age of 21 when he signed for London club Crystal Palace in 1985. Wright had scored an amazing 117 goals in 253 appearances in all competitions in six seasons for Palace. In 1991 Wright signed for another London club being Arsenal for £2.5 million. He scored on his debut in a league cup tie. He also won the golden boot in his first season. Ian Wright became Arsenals top goal scorer, scoring 185 goals in 288 appearances. On 15 July 2008 Wright finished 4th in 50 Greatest Gunners list. Ian Wright later on went to play for West Ham for a short while and also had short spells at Celtic and Burnley before he retired in 2000.
Maradona Signed Memorabilia
Diego Armando Maradona was born on 30 October 1960 and he is a former Argentine football player, and current coach of the Argentine national side. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players of all time.
On 20 October 1976, Maradona made his professional debut with Argentinos Juniors before making a £ 1 million move to Boca Juniors. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli. At Napoli, Maradona reached the peak of his professional career. He quickly became an adored star among the clubs fans. When at Napoli Maradona had appeared 188 times scoring 115 goals. From the mid-1980s until 2004 Diego Maradona was addicted to cocaine which began to interfere with his ability to play football. Maradona retired from professional football in 2000. Maradona continued to stay in touch with football as he became a sports vice president in 2001. On October 29, 2008, Maradona would be named the head coach of the national side Argentina from December 2008.
Tony Adams Signed Memorabilia
Tony Alexander Adams was born on 10 October 1966 in Romford, Greater London. He is a former defender of premier league team Arsenal and national club England.
Adams spent his entire football career of 22 years at Arsenal and is considered one of the club's greatest players of all time by the fans. He is also included in the football league 100 legends. Tony Adams signed for Arsenal as a schoolboy in 1980 and made his debut on November 5th 1983. He quickly became a regular player for Arsenal in the 1985-86 season and in 1988 he became club captain at the age of 21. In the mid 1980s Adams had a battle with alcohol and got into much trouble because of it. Finally in 1996 Adams admitted to being an alcoholic and was seeking treatment to solve this problem. In 2002 just before the start of the 2002-03 season Tony Adams retired from football appearing for Arsenal 669 times and scoring 48 goals and was the most successful captain in the clubs history.
Alan Shearer Signed Memorabilia
Alan Shearer was born on 13 August 1970 and he is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is widely considered as one of the greatest English strikers of all time.
Shearer made his professional debut with English club Southampton in 1988. Shearer done well at Southampton as he became the youngest player to score a hat-trick at the age of 17. During his time with Southampton shearer got a place in the England under 21s squad where he rose to national fame. Shearer played for Southampton for four years appearing 158 times and scoring 43 goals. It was in 1992 that shearer made a move to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £ 3.3 million. When at Blackburn shearer helped the club snatch the premier league title from Manchester united in the 1994/95 season. His efforts for the club earned him the award of player of the year in 1995. In 1996 shearer eventually signed for his home club Newcastle for a record fee of £15 million. Shearer made his debut for the club in August 1996 and was in tremendous form finishing as the premier league top scorer for the third season. When playing for Newcastle shearer suffered numerous injuries which restricted his game time. In 2000 shearer retired from international football and then eventually retired in the summer of 2005 from league football. Through his footballing career shearer has scored a grand total of 379 goals for clubs and country. Shearer was inducted into the English hall of fame in 2004.
Phil Thompson Signed Memorabilia
Philip Bernard Thompson played for Liverpool and was a defender in the team of the 1970s and 1980s. He also played for his national team England.
Thompson signed a professional contract with Liverpool in 1971 and made his debut a year later. In 1976 Thompson was called up to play for England and appeared for his national team 44 times. In 1979 Thompson was appointed captain for Liverpool. Since playing for Liverpool Thompson scored 13 goals and played 477 games, and was a key role in there rock defence. In 1985 Thompson retired from football at the early age of 31 due to a move to Sheffield United where he couldnt settle. But after retiring from football physically he was then recruited by Liverpool in 1986-1992 as there reserve team coach, and again in 1998-2004 as there assistant manager
George Best Signed Memorabilia.
George Best was born 22 May 1946 and was a Northern Irish professional football player, best known for his years with Manchester United. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goal scoring and the ability to beat defenders. In 1968 George won European Footballer of the year when Manchester United lifted the European Cup. In 1999, he was voted 11th at the IFFHS European Player of the Century election, and 16th in the World Player of the Century election. Pelé named him as one of the 125 best living footballers in his 2004 FIFA 100 list and Best was named 19th. George Best had an outstanding medal career which included Football League First Division winners medal, 1965 & 1967 and UEFA European Cup winners medal 1968 for Manchester United and for his personal recognition he won European Footballer of the Year 1968, Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1968, Professional Footballers Association: ALL STAR Award Winner Division 2 Fulham 1977, Freeman of Castlereagh 2002, Inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame, 2002, Honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast 2001 and PFA Special Merit Award for his services to football 2006. George passed away on the 25th November 2005. George will always be remembered by a quote from the Irish locals "Maradona good, Pele better but George Best."
Paul Gascoigne Signed Memorabilia
Paul John Gascoigne was born on 27 May 1967 and commonly referred to as Gazza. He is a retired English professional football player who also tried as a manager and coach. Playing in the position of midfield, Gascoigne's career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesborough and Everton.
Paul Gascoigne began his football career at Newcastle United in 1980 playing through their youth team until 1985 when he made it to the first team. Gascoignes career was rising when he made it into the Newcastle first team but Gascoigne was constantly getting into trouble which didnt help him with his football. At the end of the 1997/98 season Gascoigne was named player of the year and also received transfer offers from Manchester United and Tottenham. Gascoigne eventually made a move to Tottenham Hotspurs in 1988. Gascoigne also played at many other teams being Lazio, Rangers and Everton. He did exceptionally well at Rangers scoring 30 goals in 74 appearances. Gascoigne also played for his national team England from 1988 to 1998. In 2005 Gascoigne was appointed manager of Kettering Town but he only lasted 39 days due to alcohol problems.
Pele Signed Memorabilia
Edison Arantes do Nascimento was born on 23 October 1940 and is best known by his nickname Pele. He is a retired Brazilian football player. He was given the title "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee and in 1999 Time Magazine named Pele one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century.
Pele began playing professional football for Santos in 1956 at age 15 and his national team at age 16, and won his first World Cup at age 17. Pele stayed with Santos for almost two decades until 1974 when he moved to play for New York Cosmos for three seasons. Pele played in the role of playmaker putting his excellent dribbling passing and heading skills to good use. Pele retired from professional football in 1977 and is now a worldwide ambassador for football.
Lee Sharpe Signed Memorabilia
Lee Sharpe was born on the 27th of May 1971 and is a retired English football player. Predominantly a left winger, Sharpe once played for Manchester United between the years of 1988 1996, Playing 193 games and scoring 21 goals, but his career went into rapid decline while he was still in his twenties. Sharpe made his debut for Manchester United on 24 September 1988 in a 2-0 win over West Ham United. In June 2003 he announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 32.
Kenny Daeglish Signed Memorabilia
Kenny Dalglish was born on the 4th March 1951, and was best known for playing and managing Liverpool F.C. Dalglish made his debut in the season opener at Wembley, on the 13 August 1977 against Manchester United. He scored his first goal in his league debut on the 20th August v's Middlesbrough. Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool and guided them to the club's first ever "double" by the end of his first season in charge, 1985–86. He resigned as manager of Liverpool on 22 February 1991. Dalglish's Liverpool record ended with, 515 appearances, 172 goals, 307 as manager, 8 League Championships, 2 FA Cup wins, 3 European Cup wins, 4 League Cup wins, 1 European Super Cup win, and 5 Charity Shield wins.
Dennis Bergkamp Signed Memorabilia
Dennis Bergkamp was born on the 10th of May 1969 is a retired Dutch and Arsenal professional footballer. Bergkamp made his debut against Middlesbrough on the 19th August 1995. Bergkamp officially retired from competitive football on the 17th of May 2006 after the 2006 Champions League final game against FC Barcelona. The last game he played for Arsenal was also the last game at Highbury, against Wigan Athletic on 7 May 2006 the final Premier League game of that season. Bergkamp scored 120 goals for Arsenal in 424 appearances. Bergkamp also set up a 166 goals in his Arsenal career.
Sir Bobby Robson Signed Memorabilia
Sir Robert William Robson CBE was born, 18th of February 1933, and passed away on the 31th of July 2009. He was an English footballer and, after retirement, manager of seven European clubs and the England national team. He played as a forward and spanned nearly 20 years, during which he played for three clubs, Fulham, West Brom, and for a short spell Vancouver. He also made 20 appearances for England. After retiring from profesional football he found success as both a club and international manager, winning league championships in, Netherlands and Portugal, earning trophies in England and Spain, and taking England to the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup.
Robson was created a Knight Bachelor in 2002,and was inducted as a member of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003. On the 7th of July 1982, two days after England were knocked out of the 1982 World Cup, he succeeded Ron Greenwood as coach of the English national team, selecting former West Bromwich team-mate Don Howe as his chief coach. Robson moved to Newcastle United in September 1999 following the resignation of Ruud Gullit.
He held the Newcastle post until 30 August 2004, when he was dismissed by Freddy Shepherd, after a poor start to the Premier League season.
John Barnes Signed Memorabilia.
John Charles Byran Barnes MBE born 7 November 1963 in Kingston, Jamaica. aged 46, is a Jamaican-born English football manager and former player. His most recent managerial post was at English League One club, Tranmere Rovers. During his playing career, he had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980's and 1990's, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times, then a record for a black player. He ended his playing career at Charlton Athletic in 1999. After retiring as a player, he became Head-coach of Celtic for a short time, working alongside Kenny Dalglish. Barnes took over as manager of the Jamaica national team on 1 November 2008 but resigned six months later to take over at Tranmere. He was sacked by Tranmere on 9 October 2009 after a series of poor results. Over 19 years in top flight football John made a total of 588 appearances with 5 clubs and scored a total of 155 goals. Johns honors over his career with Liverpool were amazing and are listed here with wins starting 1987/88 League Championship Division 1, 1988/89 Charity Shield, 1988/89 FA Cup, 1989/90 Charity Shield, 1989/90 League Championship Division 1, 1990/91 Charity Shield Shared, 1991/92 FA Cup and 1994/95 League Cup.
Kevin Keegan Signed Memorabilia
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE born 14 February 1951 is a former international footballer, and former manager of several English clubs, including Newcastle United where he acquired his nicknames 'King Kev' and 'The Geordie Messiah.' Keegan has also managed the England national football team. He began his playing career at Scunthorpe United in 1968, before moving to Liverpool of Division One in 1971. At Liverpool, Keegan won three First Division titles, two UEFA Cups, one FA Cup and the European Cup. He also gained his first England cap in 1972, and moved to German top-flight club Hamburger SV in the summer of 1977. At Hamburg he was crowned European Footballer of the Year in both 1978 and 1979, won the Bundesliga title in 1978–79, and reached the European Cup final the following year. Keegan moved to Southampton that summer, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to second-tier Newcastle United in 1982. He helped Newcastle to promotion in his second season, and retired from football in 1984, having been capped 63 times for England, scoring 21 goals. He moved into management at Newcastle in 1992, again returning the club to the top-flight, as Second Division champions. After promotion, Keegan's Newcastle finished second in the Premier League in 1995–96, after leading the table most of the season. After a spell at Fulham, he took charge of the England team in 1999 but resigned in the autumn of 2000, following a loss against Germany in World Cup qualification this was also the last game at the old Wembley Stadium. He then became manager of Manchester City in 2001 and spent four years at the club before resigning in 2005. He had been out of football for almost three years when he returned to Newcastle United for a second spell as manager in January 2008. This spell lasted only eight months, however, as Keegan resigned on 4 September 2008 following days of speculation regarding a dispute with the club directors.
