Westlife have splashed out €25,000 to buy a rare collection of the band's memorabilia -- and it will all mean a financial bonanza for Sligo Rovers.Band member, Shane Filan, confirmed to THE SLIGO CHAMPION that the four Westlife members had agreed over the week-end to make an offer for the collection and they were delighted that a deal had been finalised.

"We first saw the collection five years ago and were very impressed by it. When we heard it was going up for auction, we decided to make an offer and the fact that the money is going to Sligo Rovers is an added bonus. It's a win-win situation...

I wish I had never heard your song, then I wouldn’t love you like this; I wish I had never seen your iamge, then I wouldn’t love you like this; I wish I had never searched your news, then I wouldn’t find how perfect you are, how fit you are to my dreaming mate. But I did them all, all the things that I wish I haden’t done. Now, I am madly in love with you, what should I do?
First time I saw you was when you were singing with your partners. Among all those five members I cought you at the first sight. You were no more beautiful than Nicky, no more stronger than Mark and no more attractive...