Sports direct (soccer sports/sports soccer?)used to sell shirts from abroad at very reasonable prices, from what I can recall I had:
Brazil Italy Sweden x 2 South Africa Feyernoord Juventus Real Madrid Barcelona Inter Milan Man utd - glory hunting child that I was Wimbledon England Ireland
Pretty sure I will have had a QPR top foisted upon me at some point too.
Then from travelling I had AEK Athens - still love that shirt Greece
Arsenal home - A hand me down from a relative Scotland 1978 world cup top England Spurs Leeds
There was a shop in Blackfen called San Fernando who used to sell a lot of different cheap kits that weren't quite current.
I don't remember that shop When did it close
That was my Dad's shop! 228 Blackfen Road, a few doors up from Ayres the Bakers. But I think the A2 E Rochester Way bypass knackered him, most of his customers being from the Falconwood side. I reckon the shop must have gone west early to mid 70s, as he was store managing at the RACS by then (Lewisham, Tooting, Eltham and Bexleyheath)
I've got, Spain 2002 England 2002 and 1998 AC Milan with shevshenko on the back Real Madrid away Brazil replica of 1970 Gravesend and north fleet Juventus Barcelona with koman on the back. Italy 1970s my personal favourite. Oh and some black and white kit 2016
Arsenal home - A hand me down from a relative Scotland 1978 world cup top England Spurs Leeds
There was a shop in Blackfen called San Fernando who used to sell a lot of different cheap kits that weren't quite current.
I don't remember that shop When did it close
That was my Dad's shop! 228 Blackfen Road, a few doors up from Ayres the Bakers. But I think the A2 E Rochester Way bypass knackered him, most of his customers being from the Falconwood side. I reckon the shop must have gone west early to mid 70s, as he was store managing at the RACS by then (Lewisham, Tooting, Eltham and Bexleyheath)
Was it called San Fernandos or is my memory playing up?
Arsenal home - A hand me down from a relative Scotland 1978 world cup top England Spurs Leeds
There was a shop in Blackfen called San Fernando who used to sell a lot of different cheap kits that weren't quite current.
I don't remember that shop When did it close
That was my Dad's shop! 228 Blackfen Road, a few doors up from Ayres the Bakers. But I think the A2 E Rochester Way bypass knackered him, most of his customers being from the Falconwood side. I reckon the shop must have gone west early to mid 70s, as he was store managing at the RACS by then (Lewisham, Tooting, Eltham and Bexleyheath)
Was it called San Fernandos or is my memory playing up?
Yes it was. Just emailed him for the skinny. He opened it in Blackfen in early 1966, and him and Mum lived over the shop. They sold baby and children's wear up to age eleven, probably handy as me and my brother arrived in '67 and '69. Customer catchment grew to Welling, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Sidcup, Swanley, Keston and beyond. All went well until work on the new Rochester Way Relief Road started in late '69 and access to their catchment area was cut in half, virtually overnight.
The business was sold as a going concern some time in 1970 and he thinks it was the new proprietors who turned to selling cheap football kits to boost their dwindling turnover.
Last time I passed through Blackfen the shop was a bridal boutique.
My only ever non-Charlton kit was the white adidas Man U away with three black vertical stripes down the left half. Albiston, Nichol, both Greenhoffs, Coppell Hill, Pearson etc. Still slightly ashamed, but there was a few of them around Eglinton Junior Mixed back then.
England England goalkeeper Charlton Man Utd Sheffield Wednesday (WTF don't know why must of liked the blue n white stripes) Spurs And this bastard one, Ajax
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Liverpool
and the Peruvian club that had Wanka emblazoned across the chest, used to wear that at league cup game.
First two long binned, the Wanka shirt still fits.
Brazil
AC Milan
Inter
Barca
Brazil
Italy
Sweden x 2
South Africa
Feyernoord
Juventus
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Man utd - glory hunting child that I was
Wimbledon
England
Ireland
Pretty sure I will have had a QPR top foisted upon me at some point too.
Then from travelling I had
AEK Athens - still love that shirt
Greece
I am sure there are more..
Retro USSR
Retro USSR goalie
1966 England
Retro Rangers
Man Utd
Arsenal
Luton
Maltas national shirt
Barcelona
Chelsea
From late 80s, early 90s
Had a couple of Real Madrid shirts from the late 90s too, as well as England shirts.
Spain 2002
England 2002 and 1998
AC Milan with shevshenko on the back
Real Madrid away
Brazil replica of 1970
Gravesend and north fleet
Juventus
Barcelona with koman on the back.
Italy 1970s my personal favourite.
Oh and some black and white kit 2016
The business was sold as a going concern some time in 1970 and he thinks it was the new proprietors who turned to selling cheap football kits to boost their dwindling turnover.
Last time I passed through Blackfen the shop was a bridal boutique.
My only ever non-Charlton kit was the white adidas Man U away with three black vertical stripes down the left half. Albiston, Nichol, both Greenhoffs, Coppell Hill, Pearson etc. Still slightly ashamed, but there was a few of them around Eglinton Junior Mixed back then.
Including a zip up track top-awsome
Some retro Everton shirts also awsome
England
England goalkeeper
Charlton
Man Utd
Sheffield Wednesday (WTF don't know why must of liked the blue n white stripes)
Spurs
And this bastard one, Ajax
lanzarote fc
columbia