Modern Manchester United Autographs

[Flaming Pie]

Can anyone identify any of these signatures? Not certain if the Ole article is actually signed by him. Thanks for any help.

[bluejames]

My two year is more legible than that lot.

[Flaming Pie]

Bluejames, agreed, it’s a bloody nightmare. When and why did this happen?

[seand]

Wow, thats quite something. Most of the ones in the top picture have followed the modern trend for including squad number, which is useful. But this move towards a scrawl or just initials has really gone a bit too far. In some ways I have sympathy for the players, a quick scrawl means you can sign a dozen programmes in a minute, but unless you video the signing you're gonna do well to work out who's who.

[Flaming Pie]

Seand, l can understand that the modern players don’t want to disappoint their fans and attempt to sign as many as posssible, but it must have been the same for players who were practically living legends such as Pele, Bobby Charlton, George Best and Bobby Moore. Everyone wanted their signatures when they arrived at the ground , but they usually managed to knock out a lovely clear signature. Something odd happened with players signatures but can’t pinpoint when. Need Poirot on the case😀

[manutd1977]

The Portsmouth one looks like Joe Jordan.
Not sure if he was at a Pompey at the time but could have been guesting on Mutv.
Sorry about the others,I gave up on autographs after the 80S!