Football Kits:The man who has one of the largest shirt collections in Europe, all from a room in his house.
Arjan Wijngaard has collected nearly 3,000 shirts, and it all started with an Everton Kit in 1997 The year is 2018, and around 80 or 90 fans battled the chilly weather, you would normally expect on a November evening, to watch Enfield FC beat Tower Hamlets FC in the Essex Senior League. For the majority of people in attendance to this lower league fixture, this was probably a regular pastime, but for one it was part of a much larger hobby. Arjan Wijngaard is a football shirt collector from the Netherlands, and his collection often sees him travelling to different matches across the continent. The Dutchman often tries to visit London annually, and in 2018 he found himself buried deep in London, just north of the River Thames, at the Mile End Stadium. Although I am sure it was an entertaining fixture, Wijngaard didn’t just go to watch the match, he was there to collect kits and spread his story, which he did successfully over a cup of coffee after the match had finished. It was p