WITH England trailing to West Germany in September 1987, a 24-year-old midfielder from Nottingham Forest was brought on with 25 minutes remaining of the match in Dusseldorf to replace Glenn Hoddle. Neil Webb would go on to win six major medals for club and country but in that moment he created his own moment of football history as he became the 1,000th player to represent the England senior men’s team.

After the match, Webb, who played for the final 25 minutes, could not understand why he had been called into the post-match press conference of a match England lost 3-1. It was then it was revealed to him that, 115 years after the first England international caps, he was the 1,000th. “I went home that weekend and got the shirt and my cap framed because I thought that’s a milestone!”

Now after being displayed in Webb’s hallway for over three decades, a recent house move has prompted him to put the number 14 red England away shirt up for sale through specialist sports auctioneers, Graham Budd. The lot, ending tomorrow, has a high estimate of between £10-15,000 but Webb’s decision is borne more out of curiosity than necessity. “It’s not that I’ve got to sell it. I thought someone might be interested in having that as a piece of memorabilia. I’ve got three sons so I will split it three ways. If not, I’ll quite happily have it back.”