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Wanted List

My computer broke again last week, so I'm either using my brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab or my old desktop. That means I don't have much access to pictures of my shirts (without some kind of work or another), so I decided to update my Wanted List.

Cuba 10/11

This is Cuba Home 10/11. I'm not really interested in the "Che 59" thing, even though it adds a bit of spice to a otherwise quite boring shirt. Football in Cuba is not a big deal at all, and I always had a soft spot on the country - that's why I'm looking forward to catch this one for a reasonable price. Subside Sports is selling it for around 35£, they've been sending Promo Codes quite often, but still a bit too much. I'm confident it'll go lower.

Not much to say about it, it's basicly plain white and a Cuba Flag.

Falkland Islands 2010

I found this Falkland Islands Shirt a few weeks ago on eBay, but failed to get it. It ended up being sold for more than £70, I'm not really sure I'd go that far. It's quite an interesting one, to be honest I didn't even know the Falklands were playing at a national level. But they did play a few internationals, being trashed on a regular basis. As far as I read, there are only 4 teams in the Islands, so it's not a big surprise they are much weaker than other non-FIFA squads (like Greenland or Isle of Man).

The team used this shirt during the Wight Island Games, but I have no idea how they did. I believe the seller didn't have much of these around, so it's expectable I won't be putting my hands in a Falkland shirt any soon.


Phnom Penh Crown

Phnom Penh Crown shirts appear on a regular basis on eBay, I'm just not sure if it's always the same seller (with different names), or different sellers, or even sellers and re-sellers. Not important anyway: the shirt is a beauty, and it'd fit perfectly in my collection. The last one I've seen was being sold for no more around 30€ (free shipping, yey), an attracting price tag for such an obscure shirt. They usually come up with name and number too, so that's an interesting bonus.

A few weeks ago, PPC's Press Officer did spend a few minutes to share some kind words in my blog, and that was cool. It seems Phnom Penh giants are now quite organized and are doing well in local football. I wish them luck. I already own a Cambodia football shirt, so a national team shirt + club shirt would kind of make me an expert in Cambodian football. If they ever win an Asian Cup, I might comment on that.

San Marino Home

San Marino shirts are highly regarded as one of the rarest in European football. I must say I do prefer Liechtenstein and the Faroe Islands over San Marino, but minnows are minnows and they'll always have my support. Classic Football Shirts did an amazing job and are selling a number of shirts used in their WC2010 Qualifying Campaign, and I guess they're doing well among shirt collectors worldwide.

Only con: £50. I'm saving some money to get one, either with number 8 on the front, or maybe number 3. Will have to make my mind on that, as they have a nice ammount of different numbers to pick from (and most of them in many sizes). Maybe I'll get what legendary Andy Selva uses to wear. I bet it's 9 or 10. Anyway, San Marino is definitly a must, so it'd be a shame if I let this one go. I won't though.

Sky-blue teams are doing specially well in the past few days: Napoli dominated Chelsea (3-1), and Man City were too strong for Porto (6-1 agg). Maybe it's a good time for San Marino to schedule a friendly match against Andorra.

Tuvalu
I've seen this lovely Tuvalu shirt in some blogs, and it's actually a two-in-one thing: it's a great shirt of a really rare national side, and if you buy it, you'll be helping the lads with their project of entering FIFA. It'd cost a lot of money to get it over here, though: final price 70€. But I really like it - always loved the yellow-blue combination.

Looking a bit back, Tuvalu seems a bit stronger than local opposition, as they beat American Samoa and Samoa, and even Kiribati and Tonga. Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia proved a bit too much for the former dutch colony, though. Heerenveen legend Foppe de Haan is now in charge of the national team, an interesting move that brings some hope to the tuvuluan. As a coach, he did an amazing job at Heerenveen, bringing them back to Eredevisie and actually managing to finish 2nd, and he also won the European Cup with Netherlands U21 in 2006. Sounds like Tuvalu got really ambitious!
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#25 Cambodia (Away, 2011/2012?)


Now, this is the ideal Christmas present. Too bad I had to buy the shirt myself, but it was a great moment anyway. This Cambodia Away Shirt is surely one of the rarest items in my collection, and arrived from Thailand. Probably from the same guy who was selling the East Timor ones. I'm keeping an eye on his items, he might be an important source of great buys.

I must confess I don't know much about football in Cambodia. To be completely honest, I know almost nothing. They usually don't do very well, and are quite weaker than neighbours Vietnam. A quick look on their recent record shows wins are as rare as their shirt. They recently beat Laos 4-2, but were smashed 6-2 on the return game. That victory was actually their first in World Cup Qualifiers, so I believe people were celebrating around Phnom Penh like crazy.

Things are a little bit better if you look at local tournaments. They did participate in AFC Challenge Cup in 2006, but were knocked in the Group Stage. They occasionally take part in ASEAN Football Championship, but again failed to get through the Group Stage.


According to the seller, this shirt was used by the U23 squad in the Sea Games 2011, that took place in Indonesia. I have no clue if that's true, but I did find a picture of some players wearing it against Indonesia, in what's described as a "qualification match" for the South East Asian Games.

Love the hair.
I'm glad their football talent isn't directy proportional to their shirt design: apart from poor results, the shirt is pretty much impressive. Nice work from FBT lads. They were a bit creative, and even though the shirt is not as fancy as a Puma one, it still looks ok.

Now, take a closer look to that last picture. As you can (hardly) see, one of the players is wearing the number 3, the same as in my shirt. I don't know anything about him, except his name is Sok Rithy, who played 8 times for Cambodia and represents Preah Khan Reach, a team somehow connected to the police forces.

I also used to wear #3 when I played amateur football.
So, Rithy is something like my new hero. Hope to hear from him soon. I know he's a defender, and probably a left-defender.

I'm not really into Cambodia's local league, but Phnom Pehn Crown seems to be the dominant force. They actually have some nigerian and japanese players, and their coach is David Booth, an english lad that once managed Darlington. Then he started a successfull (??) carreer in smaller clubs in exotic countries. Nice choice, Booth. I've seen a Phnom Pehn Crown shirt for sale on eBay, but it was too expensive. Maybe later.


I actually like their flag: it's great when your national symbol has a temple in it. I guess it wasn't too easy to put that up on the shirt.

But is there any hope for the national team? Not really, I'd say. Most players are still playing in the local league, that doesn't seem that strong at all. There's some nigerians playing there right now, but I believe their quality isn't exactly top-class. The national coach is Lee Tae-Hoon, an unkown south-korean manager. Let's see how it goes.

I'm still delighted with the shirt.


More to come soon. I've been quite busy, but in the next few days I'll post some new (and old) shirts.
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