Shilton Shirt From 'hand Of God' Match In 1986 To Be Sold

The garment worn by England goalkeeper Peter Shilton successful nan 'Hand of God' World Cup quarter-final against Argentina successful 1986 is to beryllium auctioned pinch an estimated waste value of up to £300,000.

One of nan astir celebrated games successful nan competition's history, it saw Diego Maradona usage his near manus to assistance nan shot complete nan on-rushing Shilton to put his state ahead.

Four minutes later, nan South American side's skipper scored what is wide regarded arsenic 1 of nan top goals of each clip arsenic he dribbled from his ain half past respective England players.

Maradona's No 10 garment from nan crippled fetched a then-record of £7.1m astatine auction successful May 2022.

When asked whether he had cheated to people nan opener, nan midfielder said it was scored "a small pinch nan caput of Maradona and a small pinch nan manus of God".

Shilton's garment is being sold by a backstage collector from nan UK arsenic portion of an auction expected to beryllium held adjacent July up of nan 2026 World Cup final.

David Convery, of Graham Budd Auctions, said nan the jersey being auctioned had been verified done photo-matching, pinch tops from games earlier successful nan tourney having been discounted arsenic portion of nan authentication process.

"As you tin imagine, coming disconnected his backmost successful 100 grade power successful 1986, it has a wee spot of a whiff to it.

"There are a mates of pulls and snags owed to nan worldly but it's successful beautiful awesome condition.

"It's from a infinitesimal successful history and nan 2nd extremity was unbelievable. As a master auctioneer, it's up location having held 9 of nan 11 World Cup winners' medals from 1966 and medals from each last since."

Shilton, who went connected to triumph a grounds 125 caps for his country, declined to beryllium interviewed erstwhile contacted by nan BBC.

However, Peter Reid, who Maradona sprinted distant from connected his measurement to slotting location his 2nd goal, describes nan garment arsenic a reminder of a typical match.

Speaking astatine nan National Football Museum successful Manchester, nan erstwhile midfielder recalled an aggravated build-up pinch nan world's media camped extracurricular nan squad edifice for nan first conflict betwixt nan sides since nan Falklands War earlier successful nan decade.

"When you put it each together - nan handball, nan 2nd goal, who Maradona was - it's an iconic game. It's adjacent to telephone it that.

"[England manager] Bobby Robson wasn't awesome pinch names. He called him Madonna."

"But erstwhile he watched a shot match, he could show you that personification could play nan crippled well," chap 1986 squad personnel Viv Anderson added.

"He went past me, played a one-two," says Reid, picking up nan communicative again.

"I felt comfortable emotion Shilts was going to get it. As he went up, I saw nan handball. Maradona did it well. It was cute, you would opportunity that.

"I retrieve nan crushed exploding [with fans celebrating] and I realised he'd fixed it. Glenn Hoddle, Terry Fenwick, Shilts and maine ran aft nan referee."

Reid describes seeing Maradona's 2nd extremity unfold arsenic he forlornly gave pursuit arsenic for illustration "being successful a dream".

"He was conscionable excessively quick. If you look again, Hoddle gets fouled, it wasn't fixed and past Maradona's gone.

"His touch and gait [was staggering] moreover pinch nan transportation being atrocious and covered pinch potholes. He was conscionable excessively quick."

"From nan guidelines astatine nan acold extremity of nan stadium wherever I was sat arsenic a substitute, I conscionable clapped," Anderson interjects.

"Well, I was connected nan transportation truthful couldn't person sewage distant pinch that," Reid responds pinch a laugh.

Other items owed to beryllium auctioned arsenic portion of nan aforesaid arena see Pele's World Cup winner's badge from 1958, which is weighted astatine up to £500,000.

Gordon Banks' 1966 winner's badge is estimated to fetch astir £300,000 while Alan Ball's garment from nan crippled is expected to waste for successful nan region of £200,000.

Also going nether nan hammer will beryllium goalscorer Martin Peters' spare garment from nan last which auctioneers propose is worthy successful nan region of £50,000.