[CPProt.net] Thieves have stolen the contents of a display cabinet from Liverpool Football Club's museum

[Museum Security and Cultural Property Protection (Ton Cremers)]

TUESDAY 03/01/2006 16:08:10      
Liverpool FC museum pieces stolen

Thieves have stolen the contents of a display cabinet from Liverpool
Football Club's museum, a club spokesman said today.    
  
Eight pennants presented to the Reds` captain Steven Gerrard by opposing
teams before each round of the 2004-2005 Champions League competition have
been taken from the museum.

The haul included the pennant from the final against AC Milan in Istanbul in
May which Liverpool won, making them champions of Europe for the fifth time.


It is thought the thieves forced open a display case and took the pennants
sometime between 10 and 11am on December 27.

A spokesman for LFC described the theft as a "selfish act".

He added: "This selfish act has robbed us all of the pennants handed to
Steven Gerrard before each round of the 2004-05 Champions League, including
the final.

"The eight pennants are clearly identifiable, with the date and game
embroidered on all but two of them, and a unique museum number starting with
"LFC" on the reverse in black, indelible ink. 

"With your help, we will find the person or persons who did this, and
hopefully secure the return of these vital pieces of our history."

The club said a reward would be offered to anyone who could secure the
return of the pennants.

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