driddles
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[Albion] Player-issued shirts up for auction...
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The club sent me an email.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,578
Not even match worn! These are issued to the player but not used shirts in matches.
shop.brightonandhovealbion.com
It’s a very expensive, slightly above average quality replica shirt that was hung up in the dressing room as a spare or for unused subs.
Additionally, I’ve read every word on the listings, the terms and conditions and everything and can’t find a word about the cause this is for. I know people mentioned the RBL, but I am not seeing this on the mobile version of the website anywhere.
Auction T&Cs
shop.brightonandhovealbion.com
- Player Issued – This item was issued to the indicated player for the indicated game however it was not worn during the indicated game
It’s a very expensive, slightly above average quality replica shirt that was hung up in the dressing room as a spare or for unused subs.
Additionally, I’ve read every word on the listings, the terms and conditions and everything and can’t find a word about the cause this is for. I know people mentioned the RBL, but I am not seeing this on the mobile version of the website anywhere.
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GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
- 8,205
That's absolutely crazy and seems entirely dishonest.Not even match worn! These are issued to the player but not used shirts in matches.
Auction T&Cs
Kits are produced to different “grades”, with player issued kit being the highest quality.
- Player Issued – This item was issued to the indicated player for the indicated game however it was not worn during the indicated game
It’s a very expensive, slightly above average quality replica shirt that was hung up in the dressing room as a spare or for unused subs.
Additionally, I’ve read every word on the listings, the terms and conditions and everything and can’t find a word about the cause this is for. I know people mentioned the RBL, but I am not seeing this on the mobile version of the website anywhere.
BN41Albion
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2017
- 6,829
Will someone think about the environmentNot even match worn! These are issued to the player but not used shirts in matches.
Auction T&Cs
Kits are produced to different “grades”, with player issued kit being the highest quality.
- Player Issued – This item was issued to the indicated player for the indicated game however it was not worn during the indicated game
It’s a very expensive, slightly above average quality replica shirt that was hung up in the dressing room as a spare or for unused subs.
Additionally, I’ve read every word on the listings, the terms and conditions and everything and can’t find a word about the cause this is for. I know people mentioned the RBL, but I am not seeing this on the mobile version of the website anywhere.
what an absolute waste. Football's carbon footprint must be absolutely horrendous 
Anyway, back on topic...
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,366
Thread title needs updating shirley? The auction items themselves are labelled 'Player-Issued', rather than 'Match-Worn'. Tho doubtless many of the bidders will have been caught out by the distinction between the two terms
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Description- poppy on the front of the shirt, in support of the Royal British Legion.Not even match worn! These are issued to the player but not used shirts in matches.
Auction T&Cs
Kits are produced to different “grades”, with player issued kit being the highest quality.
- Player Issued – This item was issued to the indicated player for the indicated game however it was not worn during the indicated game
It’s a very expensive, slightly above average quality replica shirt that was hung up in the dressing room as a spare or for unused subs.
Additionally, I’ve read every word on the listings, the terms and conditions and everything and can’t find a word about the cause this is for. I know people mentioned the RBL, but I am not seeing this on the mobile version of the website anywhere.
If the money isn’t going to the RBL, then it is very misleading.
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
Think the people bidding 800+ quid for a shirt Ali Mac hasn't ever worn, touched or seen know what "player issued" means?
DavidRyder
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,931
'Player issued' - could this mean that they might not even be the ones worn during the game, they could be unused back-ups in case match shirts are ripped or bloodied?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Most likely to be the subs bench shirts. Before a sub enters the pitch, you see them take off their training tops and put a shirt on.
whether they do or whether they don`t ....they have more money than sense..that is fact!!
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,366
I guess if you're, say, an Argentinian restaurant in B&H, it might make a little bit of sense. You could maybe get it nicely framed and pass it through the books as office decor or something. I know I would
Superphil
Dismember
Player Issued means it's a shirt that was prepared for the player to wear (i.e. not in the club shop for a fan purchase) but was not actually worn.
In the past when players shirts had different size numbers and sleeve patches to the fans replicas this meant something, as it was something you couldn't buy in the club shop, so had a perceived increased value over a replica shirt.
For elite teams, players shirts are made differently to the fans replicas, and again, historically they weren't something you could buy in the club shop so were considered by some as something special to add to a collection.
Currently, the EPL numbers and patches are the same size for players and fans shirts, so you can buy a shirt (when in stock) with the exact same nameset, number, and sleeve badges as the players shirts. This makes 'Player Issue' somewhat less enticing.
Also, regarding the elite teams that have 'player specification' shirts, now you can buy those in the clubs' shops too, and have them named and numbered the same as a players shirt. Perhaps some of the less scrupulous types might then wear the shirt, roll around in the mud a bit in their garden, then try and palm it off as matchworn.
At Brighton, our players shirts are exactly the same as the shirts we can buy (when in stock) in the club shop.
Superphil
Dismember
I don't believe that to be the case, our players shirts are exactly the same as the shirts bough tin the club shop (when in stock)
Super Steve Earle
Well-known member
Well clearly nobody on NSC has a definitive answer why we should buy these shirts over similar versions in the club shop or if the proceeds are going to British Legion, AITC or Caicedo's needy siblings.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
Unsigned and not even this season.
I remember when you could get a match worn signed shirt for about £150, like Solly's poppy shirt he was wearing when he scored the wonder goal against MK Dons
Biscuit Barrel
Well-known member
An unworn Ali Mac shirt is selling for around the same amount of money that we signed Gary Hart for. Different times.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,578
Thanks. Maybe it applies to elite teams only, I’m just going off an article I read a while back about “player specification” shirts and they how they are manufactured.
Either way, these shirts aren’t match worn, so in this case then you could go to the match shop, buy a Mac Allister shirt, get his name and number on it, get him to sign it after a game, frame it and still pay a fraction of the auction price at the time of writing.