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Unmissable In Sport
Hosted by BUDDS · EN
Welcome to Unmissable in Sport — the podcast where sporting history goes under the hammer.
A curated series from BUDDS, each episode brings together the specialists, collectors, former players and figures from across the sporting world — digging into the stories, the careers and the moments that made sport what it is.
From match-worn shirts to championship medals, boardrooms to dressing rooms, this is where the moments that defined sport get a second life.
Whether you're a serious collector or just someone who loves sport, every episode has a story you won't want to miss.
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Blue and White Through and Through: The Dave Matthews Story
2w ago00:37:32Tap to summarizeFor over 51 years, Dave Matthews was the heartbeat of West Bromwich Albion — a kit man who turned up at 15 and never really left.He knew every manager, every dressing room tale, and had the quiet instinct to keep hold of things others would have thrown away.The result is a remarkable collection of shirts, memorabilia, and one-of-a-kind pieces that tell the story of a football club through the eyes of the man who looked after it from the inside.In this special edition of the unmissable in Sport, Adam Gascoigne is joined by Dave's daughters Alison and Claire to share their memories, the stories behind the lots, and why now felt like the right time to let a life's worth of history find new homes — ahead of our sale on the 9th and 10th of June.
Transcribe →Tim Murphy: The World Stands Still — Building the Greatest World Cup Collection Ever
3w ago00:12:18Tap to summarizeEvery great auction starts with an obsession. For Tim Murphy, CEO of BUDDS, it started in 1978 — an eight-year-old glued to the ticker tape, the Adidas shirts and Archie Gemmill. Now, two years in the making, he's building what he believes will be the greatest collection of World Cup memorabilia ever offered at auction — from 1930 Uruguay to the shirts, medals and moments that stopped the world. We sat down with Tim and our Head of Sports Memorabilia to hear the story behind the sale.
Transcribe →Viv Anderson: The Hand of God, History & the Goal of the Century
3w ago00:06:02Tap to summarizeIn 1986, Viv Anderson was in Mexico with England — but watching from behind the stand when Maradona punched the ball into the net. As the first Black player to earn a full England cap, and a man who saw the Goal of the Century with his own eyes, Viv sat down with us ahead of our 2026 World Cup auction to share his memories of that extraordinary tournament — and the shirts, moments and players that defined it.
Transcribe →Norman Whiteside: The Record That Still Stands
4w ago00:13:09Tap to summarizeIn 1982, a 17-year-old from Belfast walked onto a World Cup stage and took a record from Pelé. He's never given it back. Norman Whiteside — the youngest player ever to appear at a World Cup — sat down with us at the National Football Museum in Manchester ahead of our landmark 2026 World Cup auction, with the very shirt from that WC, where he made his debut hanging, behind him.He talks about the moment Billy Bingham changed his mind, playing Brazil like a headless chicken, scoring Wembley finals goals with his right foot, left foot, and head — and why, for any footballer, the World Cup is simply the best you can do.
Transcribe →What the Match Reports Never Told You — Peter Reid on England's 1986 World Cup
4w ago00:12:08Tap to summarizeForty years on from one of the most dramatic tournaments in football history, England midfielder Peter Reid sits down with BUDDS to mark the launch of our 2026 World Cup sale. From shaking hands with Maradona on the pitch before the infamous quarter-final, to the moment Gary Lineker turned the tournament around with a hat-trick against Poland, Peter takes us inside the Mexico '86 camp with the kind of raw, unfiltered storytelling only someone who was actually there can deliver. Featuring iconic lots including Peter Shilton memorabilia, Alan Ball's number 7 shirt from the '66 Final, and pieces from the most celebrated World Cup moments in history — this is a sale for every football fan who has ever dreamed of owning a piece of the game they love.
Transcribe →Charlotte Edwards | Cricket Royalty
May 1800:20:20Tap to summarizeCharlotte Edwards is, quite simply, cricket royalty — and yes, that's even what it says on Wikipedia.Twenty-three years. 309 ODIs. A captain who didn't just lead England Women — she helped drag the entire sport into the light.But before all of that, she was a girl on a potato farm in Huntingdon, the only female face in a boys' team, walking out to the crease every weekend knowing half the crowd didn't want her there.In this episode, Charlotte talks about growing up in a sport that wasn't built for her, the revolution that's transformed women's cricket — and the foundation she's set up to make sure the next generation never has to fight the same battles she did.
Transcribe →Schmeichel's Giant Gloves, Leicester's Miracle and the Crisp Packet Shirt — Cult Kits x BUDDS Part 2
May 1200:07:53Tap to summarizeIn Part 1, David Convery and Will Franklin sat down with Cult Kits to walk through the Tony Heywood collection — nearly 50 lots built across a lifetime inside Manchester United. In Part 2, the conversation shifts. The Heywood lots are packed away and now it's Cult Kits' turn. David Furzer-Jones and Robert Kocur pull out the pieces that get them excited — a pair of oversized Schmeichel goalkeeper gloves that nobody can quite believe exist, a match-worn Leicester City shirt still carrying mud from the season that rewrote the Premier League, a long-sleeved 1988 Netherlands shirt in condition that shouldn't be possible, and the Cantona-era United shirt everyone calls the crisp packet. This is where collectors talk shop.
Transcribe →The Man Who Spent 47 Years in Manchester United's Dressing Room — The Cult Kits Series: The Tony Heywood Collection
Apr 1700:22:12Tap to summarizeDavid and Will from BUDDS sit down with David Jones and Robert Kocur — the founders of Cult Kits, the UK's leading vintage football shirt specialists — to walk through one of the most remarkable private collections to come to auction in years.The collection belongs to Tony Heywood, who spent 47 years at Manchester United, starting as a dressing room cleaner straight from school and eventually becoming trusted enough to be considered part of the inner circle.Over nearly five decades of loyalty, players — from Cantona to Ronaldo — gifted him shirts, boots, and kit that he carefully kept. Now retired, Tony is bringing the collection to market for the first time.From a Kanchelskis Coca-Cola Cup final shirt to Eric Cantona's last-ever match shirt at Old Trafford; from a pair of gold Cristiano Ronaldo boots worn two full sizes too small (and customised with metal studs) to a second pair with "CR7" scratched into the sole long before it was a global brand — this is the story of how one man's lifelong dedication to a football club became an extraordinary archive of the game's greatest era. The collection goes under the hammer at BUDDS on 28th April 2026.This collection is part of the Made In Manchester Live Auction — 28th April 2026.
Transcribe →Sir Geoff Hurst, a Hidden Collection and the Summer That Changed Football Forever
Mar 2700:39:33Tap to summarizeIn the inaugural episode of Unmissable in Sport, BUDDS’ new podcast, Tim and David sit down with England’s last man standing and legend, Sir Geoff Hurst, to talk through his career, the summer of 1966, and what sixty years of distance does — and doesn't — do to a memory like that.
Transcribe →Inside the Grand Slam of Tennis Auction - With John Lloyd and Peter Mullin
Jun 2700:40:31Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Odd Lot, we serve up a special preview of the Grand Slam of Tennis Timed Auction Memorabilia, with expert insight from Peter Mullin, CEO of Golden Age of Tennis, and former British No.1 and two-time Wimbledon mixed doubles champion John Lloyd. They take a closer look at some of the standout lots going under the hammer - including Andy Murray’s 2013 Wimbledon Final shirt and the balls from Rafael Nadal’s last ever match.
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