Bosses at Swansea’s DVLA are reminding sports fans that football-themed licence plates are still available to buy, ahead of the World Cup in Russia.
The move comes on the closing day for ticket applications for this year’s global football showcase event.
Fans of the game are invited to use the Clase-based agency’s website’s search facility to find the perfect football-themed plate for them.
Amongst those still currently available are WO18 RLD, WE18 WON and FR18 NCE.
The licence plates are being offered as an alternative to footballing memorabilia, which can reach sky-high prices.
Jody Davies, DVLA personalised registrations’ senior sales manager, said: “Football memorabilia clearly has a market and this top ten highlights how much people are willing to spend on commemorating the game.
“But with more than 50 million registrations available on our website there are almost endless possibilities for football fans to celebrate their passion for the sport and their team, from just £250.
“Motorists can get into world cup fever straight away with 18 registrations now available.”
Historically, football memorabilia can go for hundreds of thousands of pounds. The most expensive item sold in the UK being an original FA Cup, dating from 1871, which went under the hammer for £420,000 at Christie’s in 2005.
The most expensive items of World Cup football memorabilia ever sold include Nobby Stiles’ 1966 World Cup medal, which sold for £188,200; Pele’s 1970 second-half World Cup final shirt, which sold for £157,750; and Geoff Hurst’s 1966 World Cup final shirt, which reached £91,750.
A spokesman for the DVLA which employs around 5,000 in the city added: “Football fans looking to secure a memento on a smaller budget could pick up a World Cup 2018 inspired personalised registration from DVLA.”
