"There's always another holy grail to find." For Manchester City fan Mark McCarthy, what was once a spare bedroom is now anything but - it's a footballing Aladdin's Cave.
Hung on huge rails - almost spanning the length of the room - is a treasure trove of City shirts spanning eras from 1920s through to the present day.
An array of sizes, patterns, colours and kit makers, each is a symbol of a particular time in the club's history. READ MORE: Sunbathers on Spinningfields and a Hell's Angels wedding - 57 brilliant pics of 1970s Manchester Yet Mark says his collection, of over 400 shirts, believed to be the biggest City collection of its kind in the anywhere in the world, was only ever meant to have one in it.
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