BBC Antiques Roadshow expert apologises as he offers to buy 'piece of football history'

Antiques Roadshow adept Wayne Colquhoun was near stunned by a portion of past connected the deed BBC One show, arsenic helium was offered a shot signed by Bill Shankly and different Liverpool players

Antiques Roadshow's Wayne Colquhoun couldn't fell his daze erstwhile helium came crossed a genuine portion of 'history' during the beloved BBC One programme.

The roadshow headed to Alexandra Gardens successful Cardiff successful the episode, wherever the experts were presented with galore absorbing items including unseen photographs of The Rolling Stones, a repurposed portion of metallic jewellery from India and a postulation of medals dating backmost to the Napoleonic War.

Amongst the artefacts, Wayne met a woman who had an awesome acceptable of shot memorabilia, sparking sizeable excitement for the Liverpool-native antiques expert. Her treasure trove included everything from badges and kits to photos.

The pistillate revealed her dad, Iorweth Jones, had a vocation successful shot arsenic a referee, notable for officiating a legendary 1973 clash betwixt Liverpool FC and Leicester City.

In her astonishing collection, she handed Wayne a programme from that precise game, etched successful the annals of shot past arsenic contentious owing to a disallowed extremity against Leicester City, which led to a standstill scoreline of 0-0, reports the Express.

Peering implicit the programme, Wayne couldn't defy reminiscing: "This is rather a celebrated lucifer successful my memory: Liverpool versus Leicester City 1973. It was a spot of a arguable lucifer arsenic well, wasn't it? ".

Moreover, the pistillate had different ace up her sleeve - a shot adorned with the autographs of legends, including nary different than Bill Shankly himself, which intelligibly near Wayne itching to instrumentality this collectable gem disconnected her hands.

He reminisced: "I was determination truthful I astir apt shouted a fewer names astatine your father. That's etched successful my representation due to the fact that Liverpool won the league but what I truly retrieve it for was my hero, Bill Shankly, who signed this ball- erstwhile they won it, took his overgarment disconnected and helium had his reddish garment on. The full assemblage went mad. So your begetter is simply a portion of my past arsenic well. Can I person this ball? Can I support this ball? ".

The adept cheekily attempted to sneak it nether his blazer, triggering laughter from some the impermanent and himself.

Wayne past delivered his appraisal for the assortment of shot memorabilia, astonishing the impermanent with his estimate. He expressed however "pleased" helium was that she brought the items to Antiques Roadshow, acknowledging their value to "cultural history".

"I'm truthful pleased you brought it on today. The postulation is acold excessively immense to enactment retired today, but arsenic a unsmooth valuation, there's £1,000 worthy of merchandise there," Wayne explained. "But, to me, it's a spot of taste past and our viewers mightiness adjacent retrieve your father."