Bobby Moore's lost 1966 World Cup shirt worth over £1 million 'tracked down 30 years after vanishing'
25 November 2024, 06:17
The shirt worn by Bobby Moore as he lifted the World Cup in 1966 may have been found, some 30 years after going missing.
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The shirt, said to be worth £1 million, was last seen at Moore's ex-wife Tina's home in Essex more than three decades ago.
It was kept folded in a leather bag in the attic before vanishing. The family have spent years trying to get it back.
Now it has been revealed that the shirt may be held by Britain's biggest collector of football memorabilia, the Sun reported.
There is no suggestion that Neville Evans, owner of the National Football Shirt Collection, acquired Moore's jersey illegally.
Interest was first sparked last year when the FA contacted the Moore family to say the England legend's shirt would be pictured in a book by Evans entitled: 'Three Lions on a Shirt: The Official History of the England Football Jersey.'
That correspondence resulted in legal letters, and Moore's shirt was replaced by Geoff Hurst's.
Evans declined to comment.
Tina, who was married to Moore between 1962 and 1986, said: “Bobby’s shirt may be one of the most iconic in British sporting history, but for Roberta and me it is an intensely personal reminder of the Bobby we loved deeply and everything he stood for.
“He was a loving husband and father, a gentleman as well as a leader.
“He wore the shirt on that unforgettable day having fought his own private battle with testicular cancer.
“Very few people realised the agony he had been through.
“He became a national hero that day, but he was already our hero and our Bobby.
“Bobby gave it to me along with all his memorabilia.
“It was a truly special gift and it clearly meant a lot to him that I should have it."
