So im guessing you own a 80's essendon lace up?
No, my dad had one, he gave it to my mate's mum. who was a massive Vander Haar fan.
When my mate had his own little boy, his mum brought "Vanda's lace-up" into the hospital and gave it to them.
Year later he found out his brother in law was dating Vanda's cousin, and he asked if she could get Vanda to sign it.
Everyone agreed this was an awesome idea, so she took the jumper to a family function and brought it out of the plastic bag.
Vanda starts crying "my premiership jumper, where did you get it?"
Err, no, it's not yours, it belongs to Mero's mate.
"No. He's not getting it back, it's my 84-85 premiership jumper. They wouldn't give me another lace-up so I used it again in 86. Then when I went looking for it they said it had been thrown out. And I've been searching for it ever since. This is mine."
Cut a long story short, he arranged to get a Matty Lloyd jumper and he and Lloydy both signed it. So my mate has a #18 jumper, signed by Vanda and Lloydy, but not the lace-up.
I have Garry Foulds' jumper though.