[Liverpool players please]

It's a tough situation for these guys, while I'm sure most of them don't want to say no to genuine fans, why should they help people make money for free, especially if they are using their name to sell fakes.

 

Just out of interest will you guys be having a stall at Sportsmania? There's nothing quite like a stall thats 90% reds related!

 

Oops... sorry, forgot to come back to this !

 

Yes, we did have a stall there... well, I was there, wifey had to stay at home and tend the bairns... did you call by ? Found a lot of people eager to come and look / talk / browse but very few wanted to buy and we dropped prices especially for this to try and cover our costs. Ah well... maybe Sir Roger got all the visits !

 

There's nothing quite like a stall thats 90% reds related!

 

We're 100% reds related by the way. If they didn't play for us, they don't get a look in.

 

New signings this week and dedications available if required. Google is your friend ;-)

[Liverpool players please]

Yeah they have attended the unnamed rival event as have Ian Callaghan and some others I believe.

 

I know at one point a lot of the ex Liverpool people were only signing for charities on permssion from LFC but I maybe wrong. Liverpool FC really fear the e bay thing.

 

Hi Jonathan, you're wrong, there is no contract between the former players at Liverpool FC and the club. Any player can do what they like and Liverpool FC don't give a hoot about eBay.

 

What you may have heard / found, however, is a similar scenario - and that is many of the former players are regularly approached at matchdays for autographs by young lads who are collecting autographs for dealers and items are then finding their way on to dealers websites and/or eBay.

 

Some players have now decided to only sign with dedications, others are simply fed up of it and won't sign if they suspect it is being sold on.

 

Tommy Smith, who is a good friend of ours, was recently subjected to a torrent of abuse after he told a few lads that he was only dedicating and he asked for no photos to be taken as a well known Liverpool dealer had used one photo of him standing with the dealers mate as 'photo proof' to peddle a stream of fakes on his website.

 

I don't want to start an argument about players who are happy to sign anything and those who don't want to sign anything, but this has more to do with people taking the pith and peddling fakes than any implied ego trip.

 

Can't speak for other clubs or players, but that's the situation with our old boys.