{"id":88514,"date":"2018-01-31T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5ba3526272da02f6ecfad82c61032839"},"modified":"2018-01-31T07:00:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T07:00:11","slug":"press-release-up-for-the-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=88514","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Up for the Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Historically, football memorabilia can go for hundreds of thousands of pounds. The most expensive item sold in the UK was an original FA Cup, dating from 1871, which went under the hammer for \u00a3420,000 at Christie\u2019s in 2005<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The most expensive items of World Cup football memorabilia ever sold include<sup>2<\/sup>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jules Rimet Trophy replica \u00a3254,500<\/li>\n<li>Nobby Stiles\u2019 1966 World Cup medal \u00a3188,200<\/li>\n<li>Alan Ball\u2019s 1966 World Cup medal \u00a3164,800<\/li>\n<li>Pele\u2019s 1970 second-half World Cup final shirt \u00a3157,750<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Banks\u2019 1966 World Cup medal \u00a3124,750<\/li>\n<li>Geoff Hurst\u2019s 1966 World Cup final shirt \u00a391,750<\/li>\n<li>Ray Wilson\u2019s 1966 World Cup medal \u00a380,750<\/li>\n<li>Pele\u2019s 1958 World Cup final shirt \u00a370,505<\/li>\n<li>Pele\u2019s 1970 first-half World Cup final shirt \u00a366,500<\/li>\n<li>Alan Ball\u2019s 1966 World Cup final shirt \u00a351,755<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Football fans looking to secure a memento on a smaller budget could pick up a World Cup 2018 inspired personalised registration from DVLA.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the beautiful game can use <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk\/\">the website\u2019s search facility<\/a> to find the perfect football-themed plate for them with WO18 RLD, WE18 WON and FR18 NCE currently available.<\/p>\n<p>Jody Davies, DVLA Personalised Registrations\u2019 Senior Sales Manager, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Football memorabilia clearly has a market and this top ten highlights how much people are willing to spend on commemorating the game. But with more than 50 million registrations available on our website there are almost endless possibilities for football fans to celebrate their passion for the sport and their team, from just \u00a3250.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Motorists can get into World Cup fever straight away with 18 registrations now available.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors:<\/h3>\n<p>Personalised registrations can be bought 24 hours a day <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk\/\">online<\/a>. A dedicated team can also help customers find the registration they want over the phone by ringing 0300 123 0883. Lines are open Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm.<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Guinness World Records<\/p>\n<p><sup>2<\/sup> <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justcollecting.com\/\">Wikicollecting<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1075\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">DVLA Press Office<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLongview Road<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMorriston<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSwansea <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SA6 7JL <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:press.office@dvla.gsi.gov.uk\">press.office@dvla.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm &#8211; only for use by journalists and the media:<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 123 0791\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of office hours &#8211; only for use by journalists and the media:<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 123 2407\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As today marks the closing date for ticket applications for this year\u2019s World Cup, football fans who missed out on applying can still snap up memorabilia celebrating the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}