Steve Nicol has put over 50 pieces of his playing career up for auction, and the estimates on some of these lots will make your eyes widen. His 1983-84 European Cup winners' medal — earned the night Liverpool beat Roma on penalties at the Stadio Olimpico — is valued at £8,000 to £16,000. His FA Cup winners' medal from the 1985-86 Merseyside final is expected to fetch between £10,000 and £20,000.
That's the going rate for a career like his.
468 appearances, four league titles, and a FWA award
Nicol joined Liverpool from Ayr United in 1981 for £300,000 — a fee that looks laughable in hindsight. Over the next decade-plus, he made 468 appearances, scored 46 goals from defence and midfield, won four First Division titles, three FA Cups, a League Cup, and that European Cup. In 1989, the Football Writers' Association named him their Footballer of the Year, which remains one of the more underrated individual honours of that Liverpool era.
His FWA award is also in the collection, estimated at £2,000 to £4,000. So is a match-worn shirt from the 1989 FA Cup Final — the 3-2 win over Everton — estimated between £3,000 and £6,000.
The full catalogue runs to more than 50 items, including Scotland international shirts from a player who earned 27 caps and appeared at the 1986 World Cup. If you're a collector with a specific interest in that Scotland squad, this is a rare window.
The auction and what it's worth to bidders
Propstore, the entertainment memorabilia house handling the sale, described the provenance as unusually strong. "It's not often that material of this quality becomes available," said specialist Alastair McCrea, and he's not wrong — direct-from-player collections with this level of documentation don't appear often.
Nicol himself is measured about it: "These items hold many personal memories, but I'm pleased to be offering them through Propstore, where they'll go to fans and collectors who share that passion for the game."
Bidding is live now, with a final live auction on May 14, 2026. Online, absentee, and telephone options are all available. The full catalogue is at propstoreauction.com.
