Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur genuine autograph.

Description: Gareth Bale signed Tottenham Hotspur 11.75" x 8.25" (A4 size) glossy coloured photograph on top quality photo paper. Absolutely genuine signature dedicated to my son Andy. Gareth was always happy to sign photos for Andy, so for anyone out there with the same name grab an absolute bargain due to the dedication. Our eldest daughter used to live very close to the old Spurs Training Ground. With me knowing people affiliated with the club, whenever I was down there I used to drop by and get autographs for my kids. At school aged 16, I played football for Yorkshire Boys Senior Schools under 18’s, two years younger than most of the other players. This was with the likes of Jeff Clarke who went on to play for Manchester City. My coach was Eddie Beaglehole, who was very well known in the Doncaster area, and whose son Steve many years later went on to manage Doncaster Rovers. My working life started, when wrongly or rightly, I signed for my home town team Doncaster Rovers. Maurice Setters (ex Manchester United 1963 FA Cup winner, and assistant to Jack Charlton at the Republic of Ireland) signed me. My ex-boss and good friend Maurice is sadly no longer with us. I made my debut at the age of 17 years 3 months, at the old Belle Vue Ground against Torquay United on 3rd February 1973. Unfortunately I suffered a bad knee injury very early in my career, and it was only really diagnosed correctly after leaving the club. I have been privileged to play with some very good footballers, including Ernie Hunt (ex Coventry City) who was on loan at Doncaster, Mike Elwiss (who Bobby Charlton signed whilst he was manager of Preston North End), Graham Moore (ex Manchester United), Terry Curran, Peter Kitchen, Brendan O’Callaghan etc. I was also lucky enough to be at the club when local legend Alick Jeffrey was trying to regain his fitness, with a view of a comeback. Unfortunately it did not materialise. I was lucky enough to meet Malcolm Allison the Manchester City manager, together with his team of superstars in the away dressing room at Alick Jeffrey’s testimonial game in 1972 at the Belle Vue ground, plus Bobby and Jack Charlton etc from the International XI. As a hobby, at a young age, my children became avid autograph collectors. They, and I, sent fan mail letters all over the world, mainly to film stars, I took them to numerous football venues, and they went to the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament for several years. I still remember to this day, how excited the children were when they’d met Cristiano Ronaldo on many occasions. Even being such a superstar, Cristiano always found time to sign autographs for children. As a result, our home has boxes full of autographed material, which now my children have flown the nest needs to go to a good home. All our autographs have been obtained personally, or have been bought as presents from the most distinguished of autograph dealers. The family have also spent many weeks in California, and we’ve been lucky enough to meet many film stars at the Lone Pine Film Festival, such as Olivia de Havilland, Ernest Borgnine, Angie Dickinson, and Jack Palance, caught up with Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds at Miss Reynold’s Dance Studio in North Hollywood, together with many other film stars at various conventions in the USA. I have also been lucky enough to meet many Bond Girls, and many ladies from Hammer House of Horror. I am only listing a handful of varied autographs at any given time from an enormous collection, so if anyone has a specific request, I can maybe help you out. We also have some unique one off items, which are probably more suited for a large Auction House. So by buying any autograph from the McLuckie family, you can be absolutely sure it is genuine, and it has either been obtained personally by myself, son or daughters. I make the bold, but confident challenge to anyone out there, “I dare you to prove differently”. Many people will not give out autographs without adding a name, so if I have a namesake out there, whereby I have a large inscribed selection to “Bob”, please enquire as they would make a wonderful gift for someone.

Price: 25 GBP

Location: Retford

End Time: 2024-12-28T14:45:46.000Z

Shipping Cost: 23.23 GBP