Mrs. Michele Finch

Michelle FinchCo Secretary

Toffs director Michele Finch said last night: "The CBD badge had been languishing in the dust for 30 years and had never been used in the UK.

Formed in 1990 by husband and wife team Alan and Michele Finch, TOFFS are the original and only official licence holders for the English Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the German Football Association (DFB), and many other Premier and Football league clubs for the manufacture and sale of retrospective football shirts and paraphernalia.Beware flimsy copies of our cotton football shirts.

What attracted us to goalnetwork.com was their passion for soccer and their ideas that soccer enthusiasts can not only learn about the history of soccer, but are also able to buy a piece of it, too, said Michele Finch, Director of TOFFS.Co.

About goalnetwork.com

Formed 10 years ago by husband and wife team Alan and Michele Finch, TOFFS are the original and only official licence holders for FIFA, the English Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, and many other Premier and Football league clubs for the manufacture and sale of retrospective football shirts and paraphernalia.For more information visit http://www.toffs.co.uk/

About SuperbreakBased in York, England, Superbreak specialises in booking 2-5 star hotel accommodation throughout Britain for the leisure traveller.Superbreak Mini Holidays has specialised in UK short breaks for 18 years, during which time it has received many awards for excellent service by the travel industry.Superbreak Mini Holidays is the preferred UK short break supplier for the UK's 5 largest retail travel agency chains and more than 500,000 customers travel with the company every year.

Should you have any queries or questions regarding TOFFS and/or our products please do not hesitate to email Michele Finch, Director - michele@toffs.com - we may be the biggest retro football shirt company in the World - but we love the rapport we have with our customers.

Michele Finch, Toffs, on Tel: +44 7967 341299 e-mail: enquiries@toffs.com

Michele Finch -Toffs Limited

Michele Finch says the wind took the penalty noticeA high-flying businesswoman slapped with a littering fine after a parking ticket dropped off her car today branded the decision "petty".

Michele Finch, 44, a director of old-style soccer shirts firm TOFFS, was handed with the charge after being issued with a £30 ticket for parking in a loading bay in March 2004.

Enforcement officers say she leaned out of the window of her £30,000 Mercedes and threw the notice away.But she claimed the ticket blew off in the wind.

Today Mrs Finch, once shortlisted as the North East's female entrepreneur of the year, said she plans to appeal after being hit with a double fine and court bill of £450.
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Mrs Finch was on a shopping trip in her Mercedes ML cdi with son Joshua, 12, when she was spotted parking in Bay 334, on Scotswood Road, Newcastle, where a daily charge of £30 applies.
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Mrs Finch, who set up the internationally renowned firm TOFFS with husband Alan in their front room more than 10 years ago, had intended to fight the charge.

She had compiled weather reports from the day and planned to call son Joshua as a witness.But after a mix-up with court times, she failed to turn up to the trial and the case was proved in her absence.

In her original letter written to Newcastle City Council contesting the decision, Mrs Finch said: "I attempted to wind down my window to retrieve the ticket - which was not properly affixed to the car, therefore it was flapping in the wind.
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At the hearing yesterday, Mrs Finch was ordered to pay a fine of £50 for littering, as well of court costs of £400.

She has confirmed she will be appealing against the conviction.
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No place for litter In a double whammy, businesswoman Michele Finch didn't just receive a parking fine, but was also convicted of littering after it was alleged that she threw the notice away

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Secretary Michelle Finch, 44, from Sunniside, Gateshead, said: "Footballers prices are inflated anyway and he's got to perform better than this if he is going to be worth £16 million.