zooeyperry10 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Vipers strike again! First up, in honour of British hockey legend and 7-year Viper veteran/former captain David Longstaff ending his association with the Guildford Flames this week, a rarity. Never available to the public in mass production (from what I assume), only the ones off the player's backs were obtainable (again, i'm just assuming all of this. I don't know if the seller personally knew David and got it via him, or got it through the team or what). This thing is like a tent despite only being an XXL. Has the yellow parts of the sleeves cut off, so the double elbows are actually at the end of the sleeve. David Lloyd is a sports, health and leisure business that runs gyms and clubs across the UK and western Europe, and only sponsored the Vipers on their warmup/practice jerseys, rather than home/aways. 05-06 (I believe) Newcastle Vipers Practice/Warmup jersey, worn and signed by David Longstaff, size XXL From the same seller, I also got an 05-06 away jersey. The thing I love about this is the name and number have been done with a type of thick cotton, rather than heatpressed vinyl, screenprinted, sublimated or even used twill. I also love how the name also comes on a nameplate, which is the same type of cottony material as the letters/numbers. Sponsor logo is signed by members of the team. 2005-06 Newcastle Vipers away, size XL - customised with Angelstad #24 and signed by team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rhea Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Speaking of retirement jerseys here are Tony Hands MBE. He got given one and here are five for auction. http://www.manchesterphoenix.co.uk/auctions/I'm going to see his hopefully two last games this weekend. Over 4000 points in a 35 year career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant! Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Heh...Longstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Heh...Longstaff. You stole my thoughts...so I'll add: That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsl135 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 My turn to post one of these... God I love this jersey! Jersey and nameplate from JB. Kit by Keener. Stitched on at Action Spot Sports. Great work all around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongDistanceHeart Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Speaking of retirement jerseys here are Tony Hands MBE. He got given one and here are five for auction. http://www.manchesterphoenix.co.uk/auctions/ I'm going to see his hopefully two last games this weekend. Over 4000 points in a 35 year career. He couldn't play forever, but it's totally surreal to see him hang 'em up. End of an era. Edited April 3, 2015 by LongDistanceHeart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks2797 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 My turn to post one of these... God I love this jersey! Jersey and nameplate from JB. Kit by Keener. Stitched on at Action Spot Sports. Great work all around! Love that Ducks throwback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooeyperry10 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Speaking of retirement jerseys here are Tony Hands MBE. He got given one and here are five for auction. http://www.manchesterphoenix.co.uk/auctions/ I'm going to see his hopefully two last games this weekend. Over 4000 points in a 35 year career. 'Delivery - Hand delivered at the Playoffs on the Saturday 4th April 2015 at Coventry Ice Dome' I totally thought they were writing in the past tense and said that Tony delivered them at the playoffs, which led to me spending a solid 5 seconds debating what the date is Also for some reason the 2006-2015 makes it seem like he died at the ripe old age of 9... Edited April 3, 2015 by zooeyperry10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rhea Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Yeah the banner on top of the forum makes it look likes he has died, few people said that. I'd love to of seen what he'd been like in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khabbi Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Very stoked about this one... Lots of game wear and tear on it! And plenty of photo-matching with all the repairs. check out the long sewn repair on the left sleeve. Photo-matching goodness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAK74 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wow, you have at least 4 photomatched markers in a single photo- the repair under the shoulder patch, the small hole between the 1 & 3, the loose thread on the 3, and the hole in the gray band on the sleeve. Slam-dunk match there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khabbi Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wow, you have at least 4 photomatched markers in a single photo- the repair under the shoulder patch, the small hole between the 1 & 3, the loose thread on the 3, and the hole in the gray band on the sleeve. Slam-dunk match there! Thanks! This is definitely the best non-goalie photo-matched jersey I have.... seems like there are at least a dozen pics to photo match this one! Here's another: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby5587 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I acquired 3 game used Tampa Bay Lightning "storm" jerseys. The 2 with the cullen patches are Dykhuis and Huscroft. The one with the all star patch is Kelly. Ill be getting 4 more of these storm jerseys next week. Those will be Puppa, Bradley, Samuleson and Croft. Super excited to have these and to be getting more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsl135 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Holy crap that's awesome! Those are highly sought after... and you're gonna have 7?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby5587 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Yes I will have 7 of them. Well 7 game used ones. I have 1 authentic on ice dino ciccerelli Storm with the Cullen clover. So I guess Ill have 8 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBZ Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 That. Is. Incredible. I know someone on the Wantlist thread was looking for one, willing to pay quite a bit so you may want to look into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Matthews Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby5587 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Right now I'm not willing to part with any of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I acquired 3 game used Tampa Bay Lightning "storm" jerseys. The 2 with the cullen patches are Dykhuis and Huscroft. The one with the all star patch is Kelly. Ill be getting 4 more of these storm jerseys next week. Those will be Puppa, Bradley, Samuleson and Croft. Super excited to have these and to be getting more I am going to channel all of our wives and girlfriends right now... "Why do you need 7 of the same shirt?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby5587 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeM7392 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I am going to channel all of our wives and girlfriends right now... "Why do you need 7 of the same shirt?" "It's just a different name, why do you need more?" Yeah. Just like that shoe collection, no need for any more right? Actually I'll steer clear of that territory, Not worth the fight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khabbi Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Well, take them out of the bag to take pics! That's a good find. I have several authentic and game worn storm jerseys, including a GW Puppa, and they are indeed sweet jerseys. The Storm jersey in a goalie cut is as good as gold and almost impossible to find.. good snag. I don't think I could ever let mine go either. Let see some more pics! (out of the bags, of course)! Edited April 3, 2015 by khabbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby5587 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I will take more pics later tonight and will upload them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richter9377 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 you guys are killing me flaunting "multiple" storm jerseys. i've been trying to land just "one" for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron.holick Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Nothing quite as nice as the Tampa Bay jerseys, but a few more I picked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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