{"id":701764,"date":"2026-05-29T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701764\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:01:10","slug":"gut-punch-theft-of-2k-vintage-football-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701764\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gut punch&#8217; theft of \u00a32k vintage football shirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The owner of a vintage clothing store says the brazen theft of \u00a32,000 worth of stock felt like a &#8220;gut punch to the business&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The thief entered TopBinz Football Shirts in Montpelier in Bristol at about 15:15 BST on Tuesday and stole eight of their most valuable items from a clothing rail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The England replica home football shirts from 1988 and 1996 bear the names of England legends like Alan Shearer, Paul Gascoigne and Tony Adams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Staff usually let customers in via a buzzer system, but CCTV footage captures the offender lingering in the doorway and sneaking in behind another customer.<\/p>\n<p>More from Bristol<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the first time the shop has had stock stolen since opening in January this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Some customers had come in and left the door open behind them. We think he was hovering, waiting for the right moment,&#8221; the owner said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I was in store helping a customer and he went straight to the most expensive England shirts and ran off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A shop interior with hundreds of football shirts of different colours. The name of the shop &quot;TopBinz Football Shirts&quot; is displayed on the wall next to their red, white and black logo.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2c2dcab352fac9d38aaa096d25977ba0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With the World Cup just two weeks away, vintage football shirts are in high demand [TopBinz]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">British Transport Police attended the scene after the offender fled in the direction of Montpelier Train Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Avon and Somerset Police said he then &#8220;disappeared down the tracks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is described as a white man, about 6ft tall (1.8m), of medium build with a short beard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The force urged anyone with information or anybody who may be offered replica football shirts matching the description to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow BBC Bristol on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BristolBBC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Facebook;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCBristol\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:X;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcbristol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. 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