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You might think there are twelve months in the year, but have you heard of Keeptember? A holy period for KitGeeks, when sellers of polyester raid their cupboards, wardrobes and collections for goalkeeper jerseys to list on auction sites! If Keeptember is busy enough, it can spill into the next month, becoming Keeptober. So what was on sale during Keeptember? You’ll never guess, but then you don’t have to because @MikeyCarter90 has donned goalie gloves and a cap, and will tell us what some people bought for keeps…

Fittingly for Keeptember, we’re going to start with a match-worn goalkeeper jersey. This red 1990-92 ‘keeper jersey by Matchwinner will likely have been worn by Iain Hesford or Alan Fettis of the permanent netmen City had in those years, though Lee Butler, Kevin Dearden and Tommy Wright all had loan spells at Boothferry Park when Iain ‘Sumo’ Hesford fell out of favour. This was a listing that started with a high auction price, which will have put off a lot of potential bidders. Buyers can get seduced into into ‘bidding wars’ when auctions start at a reasonable price, but with a high start price there’s often little initial interest, as evidenced by this jersey which attracted just one bid at the start price of £235. A piece of Hull City’s goalkeeping history, very nice.

Oh, Tommy Tommy! This 2013/14 match-worn away shirt was worn by Tom Huddlestone in a remembrance fixture against Southampton. Shirts from this fixture have been located in the United States for many years. Some have been picked up by UK-based collectors for varying amounts, but initially, they were all listed above $800, with most over $1,000. This one was listed at an auction recently and sold for a bid of $101 (approximately £92) before import tax and shipping from the USA.

That’s it for player worn shirts in Sept…sorry, Keeptember, but moving on to replicas there was fine items to be had. This 1990-92 home shirt in size medium sold for £85.80. A good gauge of price is having something to compare it with…

And just like that, we have another 1990-92 home shirt. This time in size small. Fairly similar in size as well as price, as this one finished at £84. Two shirts in a similar size, selling for similar values tells me these sold for around the correct price for current market value, which would suggest an overall drop in what people are prepared to pay for 30+ year old replicas.

This 1995-97 away shirt by Super League in size XL was picked up for £124.99. The shirt looks to be in fine condition too, which is ace for a shirt of this age.

We’re back with a second shirt for Keeptember and it’s a 1995-97 goalkeeper shirt in size medium. I think it’s safe to say that these are rare, as mind-bending print 90s ‘keeper jerseys often are. An offer, I would assume of around £180 was what this shirt sold for.

It was a busy month for 1999/00 home shirts. This one in size large sold for an offer of up to £139.99. The buy-it-now price was at the high end of the scale for this shirt, so I would be shocked if the offer was close to this. Further evidence is incoming.

Slightly larger, this 1999/00 home shirt in XL sold for £64.99 after being listed at a much more reasonable price. It sold fairly sharply too!

We love long-sleeved shirts at HCK and this one was available for £84.99. As you can see the prices for the last two is significantly less than the start price of the first we discussed. Did you know that 1999/00 was the first season that long-sleeved City shirts were commercially available.

A 2000/01 away shirt in size large was available and it sold for £99.99 or a best offer. The shirt was listed with a buy-it-now price, with the best offer option active.

Our third instalment of Keeptember is for this 2001/02 goalkeeper shirt in size XXL. This one could easily be confused with the away shirt from 2001/02 as they were very similar. Starting with a fairly high asking price again (in comparable terms) of £35, it attracted just one bidder.

A 2015/16 third shirt in size small sold for an offer up to £35.99. The seller is located in Poland, which along with Ukraine is a hub of recycled clothes from the UK and presumably beyond.

This 2019/20 third shirt in size small sold for £20 after a solo bid. I think the size went against this on here as we saw a larger one sell for double in August.

The bargain of the month is arguably this sponsor-less 2019/20 third in size XXL. It was available for a buy-it-now price of £6.99. Shirts without a sponsor look great and this one for the price is incredible. I’m gutted I didn’t see it until it had already sold!

If you prefer to wear your club shirt backwards like Chuba after the final whistle at Wembley in 2016, then £9 for this 2015/16 home shirt in XXL with his name on could have been right up your street.

2014/15 was more miss than hit for Robert Snodgrass, but that didn’t stop someone from paying £18 for this home shirt with his name and number on the back.

A bid of £12.16 was all it took to win this 2014/15 home shirt printed with Premier League patches and Mo Diame‘s name and number!

2016/17 was a much more successful season personally for Robert Snodgrass, so seeing someone part with £26 for this shirt with his name on makes sense. It’s just a shame it’s missing part of an ‘S’.

Norwegian midfielder Marcus Henriksen had a fan who had his name and number applied to this 2016/17 away shirt, but they let it go and it ended up in Poland. From there it sold for 72.

That’s it for September, when three ‘keeper jerseys sold and three more were listed, but those will have to wait till Keeptober before they make Auction Action.

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