Man Utd's former sign being auctioned for £60k

Man Utd's former sign being auctioned for £60k12 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleStewart WhittinghamNorth WestBBCThe private seller was given permission by former manager Matt Busby to take the sign after it was removed from the Stretford EndAn original Manchester United stadium sign is being put up for auction with a guide price of £60,000.Graham Budd auctioneers said the club's former manager Sir Matt Busby had given the private vendor permission to take it when it was removed from Old Trafford's famous Stretford End in 1992.The auctioneers said the vendor had known the legendary manager, who died in 1994, "very well".A pair of Cristiano Ronaldo's golden boots, which he threw in a bin after training while at United, is also being sold for a guide price of £15,000. PA MediaCristiano Ronaldo won the Champions League with United in 2008Budd said Ronaldo's gold Nike Vapor boots, which he wore in 2004, were "retrieved" by cleaner Tony Heywood "from the bin after a training session".Heywood was a cleaner with the club for 46 years.The stadium sign features the 16 letters spelling out "Manchester United", which are each 3ft (91cm) high, as well as 12 smaller white letters, which spell out "football club".Budd said the letters did not have neon tubes, which had previously lit up the sign, and they were in "various states of condition".Both items are due to be sold under the hammer at an auction in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on 28 April.Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.More like this storyBusby film tells 'one of the great football stories'Manchester United programme to be auctionedThe friends selling football boots to the starsManchesterWellingborough