A few years back I bought a few records on ebay, from a bloke in Leamington. I went over to collect them and he invited me in. He was in the process of moving abroad with his young family and was having a massive clear out. I noticed a few City items - think they may have been programmes but I was pretty sure I already had what he had. From memory I think it was all that his Dad had passed on to him as he wasn't that much of a football fan.
Then.... He produced a black bin liner full of of the Admiral 'egg timer' home strip - embroidered badge and material sewn on numbers. I was gob smacked to say the least.
It transpired, Bert Edwards was a family friend and had just one day offered the whole strip to his Dad. Bert was involved mainly with the youth teams - Hence the shirts looking a bit small.
But what a collection to have! I said I would be interested in purchasing the lot but he struggled to come up with a price there and then.
Not wanting to put him on the spot further I left my number with him and asked him to call me when he had come up with a price. Years later I am the proud owner of......... Just the records.
He never did get back to me.
