'I bought nearly £,2000 worth of United shirts for 50p each at the car boot'

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A Manchester United fan was in for a shock after finding out the true value of the shirts he picked up at a car boot sale. Bob, 58 from Manchester is used to arriving in the early hours of the morning and flicking through the old tat no-one wants: stained Tupperware, scratched buck fizz records and a load of Lady Di tea sets.

But hidden among the piles of flotsam and jetson, sometimes you can find a real bargain. READ MORE: Full Met Office forecast for Greater Manchester as gorgeous 24C weather expected “I used to turn up with nothing but a handful of change and a little hope that I might strike it lucky," Bob explained. "Some days you did, some days you didn’t. “On one of my many trips to the now gone car boot at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Trafford Park, I saw a new vendor arrive.

When a new seller sets up it turns into a frenzy, everyone rushes the premature stall like a pack hyena towards prey." Among the chaos of it all, Bob spied a stack of refuse bags: “I opened one up and scattered amongst the old clothes I caught a glimpse of a Manchester United crest.” As a lifelong united fan, Bob’s heart rate began to rise at the prospect of the find. “I knew it was a retro shirt because it was the old crest with the phrase ‘football club’ still on the badge. "‘How much?’ I asked, and a rather generous 50p an item was called back.

It seems I was lucky.” Inside the bag was what could only be described as an archive of United shirts. “There were all sorts – home shirts, away shirts – different hues and vintages, some were even numbered," he explained.