Sir Bobby Charlton Manchester United jersey sells for £18k at auction
It was among a football fan's lifetime collection of memorabilia dedicated to the game.
A football fan's lifetime collection of memorabilia dedicated to the beautiful game has sold for more than double the estimated price at auction.
Bryan Horsnell, 82, had been collecting medals, caps, official match pennants and vintage jerseys for 60 years.
The collection of more than 200 lots was tipped to fetch up to £170,000 but sold for over £392,000.
Mr Horsnell, a retired postal worker, put his collection up for sale as he is selling his home in Reading, Berkshire, and moving to a smaller property with his wife.
Among the items sold were the FA Cup winner's medals awarded to the first father and son to win the competition, and football jerseys worn by Sir Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore.
Sir Bobby Charlton's signed red Manchester United No 9 home jersey dating from around 1965 sold for £18,075 to a private collector.
Two other Manchester United shirts from the 1980s also did extremely well.
Bryan Robson's signed white Manchester United No 7 away jersey from the 1984/85 Uefa Cup campaign sold for £10,243 to an overseas private collector, while Mike Duxbury's red Manchester United No 12 substitute's jersey from the 1985 FA Cup final was bought by a UK collector for £10,845.