Steve Nicol's 1986 FA Cup winner's medal could fetch £20,000 at auction later this month. That's the headline number, but the full collection reads like a tour through one of Liverpool's greatest eras.
The Propstore auction house in London is handling over 50 lots from the Scottish defender's career, with worldwide bidding open until 14 May. Nicol, now 64, spent 13 years at Anfield, won three FA Cups, and scored 46 goals from full-back — a return that most midfielders would take. The collection reflects every major chapter of that run.
What's on the block
- 1986 FA Cup winner's medal — estimate £10,000–£20,000. Won after Liverpool beat Everton 3-1 at Wembley in the Merseyside final.
- 1984 European Cup winner's medal — estimate £8,000–£16,000. From Liverpool's penalty shootout win over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
- 1989 FWA Footballer of the Year award — estimate £2,000–£4,000. Still one of the more underrated individual honours of that Liverpool side.
- 1989 FA Cup final shirt (Liverpool v Everton) — estimate £3,000–£6,000. That final carries its own weight — played just weeks after Hillsborough.
- 1988 Scotland v England Rous Cup shirt — estimate £1,000–£2,000.
- MLS All-Star shirt signed by Beckham and Donovan — estimate £400–£800.
Nicol emigrated to the United States in 1999 and went into coaching in MLS, so the Beckham-era All-Star shirt is a genuine piece of transatlantic football history rather than a throwaway addition.
Why he's selling
Nicol says he wants the items to land with people who'll actually care about them. "It means a great deal to know they'll continue to be appreciated for years to come," he said. Propstore specialist Alastair McCrea is confident the market will respond: "It's not often that material of this quality and provenance becomes available."
He's not wrong. The 1984 European Cup medal alone — from a final that went to penalties in Rome, with the whole city hostile — is the kind of artefact that serious collectors move fast on. The £16,000 ceiling feels conservative.
For Liverpool supporters of a certain age, this isn't just memorabilia. It's the physical record of the last time the club was genuinely dominant in Europe.
