It dawned on us today that despite having the name ‘Football Collective’ we have never spoken about the best football collections that people should start. Being a football-based site, we obviously all love football and most of us dedicate a lot of our free time to collecting football items (that cost a lot of money).
If you went around the office right now, you would see a whole host of football memorabilia and that is where the inspiration came from. Today, we will talk you through some of the best football collections that you can start as well as some advice on how to start them.
Vintage Shirts
Now with the most obvious start, the vintage shirt game in football is one of the best things about it, not just financially but, aesthetically too. Football is one of the best sports in the world when it comes to pure looks of kits and other memorabilia. The reason so many vintage kits go for such high prices is that they are visually great to look at and usually have good stories attached to them too.
Some of the most sought-after vintage kits are Napoli 1990/91, AC Milan 1999/00 and Barcelona Away 1991/92 and these kits can range from £250 to £750 which is a huge chunk of money.
Starting a shirt collection could sound daunting but it’s not, we say start small and go for kits that mean something to you, collect shirts from your favourite team for every year you have been alive and slowly your collection will become better and you will want to put more money into it.
You also need to make sure that you buy vintage shirts from trusted sources so you don’t get scammed. There are many auction websites online, as well as vintage football websites that are very trustworthy and have great ratings. Just to be on the safe side, we recommend you use a safe payment method to make your purchase.
E-wallets tend to be one of the best options as you don’t actually give any of your banking details to the website. When making a purchase you will be redirected to the e-wallet login page.
One of our top recommendations would be either PayPal or Paysafecard. These are used so much on online platforms, for example online casinos where they are also very popular and some customers have the same concerns when it comes to giving banking information. In this instance, players with a Paysafe card can make safe deposits and withdrawals to then spend on various casino games.
Matchday Programmes
Nowadays if you go to a football game, you are going to spend a fiver minimum on a matchday programme and that is for a regular game and not a final or anything similar. Luckily for you though, collecting matchday programmes is a good collection to have as the value is known for only increasing over time.
If you are going to a big football game, getting a matchday programme and keeping it safe and clean is worth it and a good way to start a collection. Unlike vintage kits and shirts, the value may not be as expensive but it is still good memorabilia to have and a nice collection to start as a novice.
Trading Cards
This may actually be a surprising one but trading cards are a massive seller and are some of the most sought-after pieces of football memorabilia in the world. In 2020 the Champions Trading Cards came out and the Topps site crashed due to high demand. That was only four years ago and still, these cards are worth something.
NFTs and sites like Sorare slightly took over the popularity of trading cards but still they have popularity. In 2021, a vintage Mia Hamm football card sold for £25,000 making it the highest sale in women’s football card history and showing how much the cards are worth.
Collecting them may be challenging and as you can tell, they are expensive. However, starting now is the best way for you to go about it. The most expensive cards are “rookie cards” which are cards that are from the first season of players’ seasons.
Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi are two examples of rookie cars that have been worth a lot and you could quite easily find the new expensive rookie card.
