Peter Shilton's shirt from Maradona 'Hand of God' game to be sold

The garment worn by England goalkeeper Peter Shilton successful the 'Hand of God' World Cup quarter-final against Argentina successful 1986 is to beryllium auctioned with an estimated merchantability terms of up to £300,000.

One of the astir celebrated games successful the competition's history, it saw Diego Maradona usage his near manus to assistance the shot implicit the on-rushing Shilton to enactment his state ahead.

Four minutes later, the South American side's skipper scored what is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the top goals of each clip arsenic helium dribbled from his ain fractional past respective England players.

Maradona's No 10 garment from the crippled fetched a then-record of £7.1m astatine auction successful May 2022.

When asked whether helium had cheated to people the opener, the midfielder said it was scored "a small with the caput of Maradona and a small with the manus of God".

Shilton's garment is being sold by a backstage collector from the UK arsenic portion of an auction expected to beryllium held adjacent July up of the 2026 World Cup final.

David Convery, of Graham Budd Auctions, said the the jersey being auctioned had been verified done photo-matching, with tops from games earlier successful the tourney having been discounted arsenic portion of the authentication process.

"As you tin imagine, coming disconnected his backmost successful 100 grade vigor successful 1986, it has a wee spot of a whiff to it.

"There are a mates of pulls and snags owed to the worldly but it's successful beauteous fantastic condition.

"It's from a infinitesimal successful past and the 2nd extremity was unbelievable. As a specializer auctioneer, it's up determination having held 9 of the 11 World Cup winners' medals from 1966 and medals from each last since."

Shilton, who went connected to triumph a grounds 125 caps for his country, declined to beryllium interviewed erstwhile contacted by the BBC.

However, Peter Reid, who Maradona sprinted distant from connected his mode to slotting location his 2nd goal, describes the garment arsenic a reminder of a peculiar match.

Speaking astatine the National Football Museum successful Manchester, the erstwhile midfielder recalled an aggravated build-up with the world's media camped extracurricular the squad edifice for the archetypal clash betwixt the sides since the Falklands War earlier successful the decade.

"When you enactment it each unneurotic - the handball, the 2nd goal, who Maradona was - it's an iconic game. It's just to telephone it that.

"[England manager] Bobby Robson wasn't large with names. He called him Madonna."

"But erstwhile helium watched a shot match, helium could archer you that idiosyncratic could play the crippled well," chap 1986 squad subordinate Viv Anderson added.

"He went past me, played a one-two," says Reid, picking up the communicative again.

"I felt comfy feeling Shilts was going to get it. As helium went up, I saw the handball. Maradona did it well. It was cute, you would accidental that.

"I retrieve the crushed exploding [with fans celebrating] and I realised he'd fixed it. Glenn Hoddle, Terry Fenwick, Shilts and maine ran aft the referee."

Reid describes seeing Maradona's 2nd extremity unfold arsenic helium forlornly gave pursuit arsenic similar "being successful a dream".

"He was conscionable excessively quick. If you look again, Hoddle gets fouled, it wasn't fixed and past Maradona's gone.

"His interaction and gait [was staggering] adjacent with the transportation being atrocious and covered with potholes. He was conscionable excessively quick."

"From the basal astatine the acold extremity of the stadium wherever I was sat arsenic a substitute, I conscionable clapped," Anderson interjects.

"Well, I was connected the transportation truthful couldn't person got distant with that," Reid responds with a laugh.

Other items owed to beryllium auctioned arsenic portion of the aforesaid lawsuit see Pele's World Cup winner's medal from 1958, which is valued astatine up to £500,000.

Gordon Banks' 1966 winner's medal is estimated to fetch astir £300,000 portion Alan Ball's garment from the crippled is expected to merchantability for successful the portion of £200,000.

Also going nether the hammer volition beryllium goalscorer Martin Peters' spare garment from the last which auctioneers suggest is worthy successful the portion of £50,000.