Northampton Saints' marketing manager, Brian Facer, commented: "I have known and been using SpecialistAuctions since their launch as an avid collector myself. I now use the site extensively and trust the buyers and sellers there. The moderation gives me protection that other online auction sites don’t and basically it has engendered trust.

"With online sales now accounting for 25% of spend by consumers, the deal with SpecialistAuctions opens a new and exciting opportunity for us to reach a huge global audience."

Moderation is a unique part of SpecialistAuctions.com. Many of the categories on the site are moderated, or 'policed' by industry experts, collectors' clubs or museums to ensure that goods offered for sale are the genuine article.

Ian Haynes, a Founding Director of the SpecialistAuctions.com holding company Vujoo, said: "We are delighted to have formed this important partnership with The Saints. It greatly enhances the deal we have recently signed with 78 Premiership and League football clubs. The announcement comes on the first anniversary of our launch and compliments our ethos perfectly."

He continued, "SpecialistAuctions.com is one of the fastest growing websites in the world and is currently experiencing in excess of 6 million page views a month. The site moved into the top 100,000 most visited websites in the World within its first six months of life, our goal is to make it one of the top 1000 by the end of 2007."

As well as the aforementioned boots, a wide variety of other memorabilia is up for auction including signed match-day shorts and shirts, framed signed shirts and signed balls. Saints fans can also auction off their own memorabilia on the website.

50 percent of all proceeds will go to the players' benevolent fund.

Visit www.SaintsAuctions.co.uk for more details.