What to do with my programme collection?

[farmersboy]

After a number of health problems for both me and my family, the time has come to think about disposing of my programme collection. My main concern is that they go to a good home rather than end up in a skip, a little bit of money would come in handy, but is not the most important thing.

I don't want to faff about with e-bay, I would prefer to get rid of whole seasons at a time.

my collection consists of;
Portsmouth fc
one home programme for each season from 1943/44 to 1966/67
1948/49, all league + cup home and away 1 friendly
1949/50 all league + cup charity shield, home and away, 4 friendlies
1967/68 all league + cup home and away, 9 friendlies including Malta tour
1968/69 all league + cup + pp game, 7 friendlies
1969/70 all league + cup home and away pp game, 8 friendlies
1970/71 all league + cup home and away pp game, 5 friendlies
1971/72 all league + cup home and away, 6 friendlies
1972/73 all league + cup home and away, pp game (rare v Burnley) 6 friendlies
1973/74 all league + cup home and away, pp game ( rare v Notts forest) 8 friendlies
1974/75 all league + cup home and away, 9 friendlies
1975/76 all league + cup home and away, 11 friendlies
1976/77 all league + cup home and away 3 pp games, 6 friendlies
1977/78 all league + cup home and away, 6 friendlies
1978/79 all league + cup home and away 4 pp games, 12 friendlies
1979/80 all league + cup home and away, 6 friendlies
1980/81 all league + cup home and away, 8 friendlies
1981/82 all league + cup home and away, 3 pp games, 8 friendlies
1982/83 all league + cup home and away, 4 friendlies
1983/84 all league + cup home and away, 7 friendlies
1984/85 all league + cup home and away, 6 friendlies
1985/86 all league + cup home and away, pp game, 9 friendlies
1986/87 all league + cup home and away, 8 friendlies + IOM tournament
1987/88 all league + cup home and away, 13 friendlies inc 6 from Swedish tour
1988/89 3 home 5 away, 1 friendly
1989/90 2 home 4 away, 2 friendlies
1990/91 1 home 3 away
1991/92 5 home 6 away Inc all cup run, 2 friendlies
1992/93 all league + cup home and away, play offs, 12 friendlies
1993/94 1 home 3 away, Amsterdam tournament + Thrace cup, 1 friendly
1994/95 15 home 2 away, 1 friendly
1995/96 16 home 2 away, 2 friendlies
1996/97 2 home 4 away, 1 friendly
1997/98 15 home 3 away, 2 friendlies ( Norway tour)
1998/99 20 home 2 away, 2 friendlies (inc centenary tournament)
1999/00 21 home 1 away, 2 friendlies
2000/1 15 home 3 away, 1 friendly
2001/2 8 home 3 away
2002/3 all league + cup home and away, 12 friendlies
2003/4 all league + cup home and away, 15 friendlies
2004/5 3 home 1 away
2005/6 9 home 5 away Inc 10 'great escape' games, 1 friendly
2006/7 2 home 2 away, 2 friendlies
2007/8 2 home 4 away, 2 Wembley, (all FA cup games)Asia Trophy, 1 friendly
2008/9 Community Shield + all Europa league, home and away
2009/10 all FA Cup games
2010/11 1 home 2 away, 1 friendly
2011/12 1 home 3 away
2012/13 1 home 1 away
2013/14 4 home 1 away, 1 friendly
2014/15 2 home 2 away
2015/16 3 home 4 away 2 playoffs, 2 friendlies
2016/17 4 home 1 away
2017/18 3 home 4 away
2018/19 3 home 3 away, Checkatrade final, 2 play-offs
2019/20 2 home 2 away 2 play-offs
2020/21 1 home, Papa Johns trophy final
2021/22 1 home 1 away
2022/23 2 home (so far)

considerable amount of other clubs programmes which I will list later

[dcfc46]

PM sent

[hotspur1953]

Do you have any Tottenham programmes from the 1946/47 season to the 1951/52 season?

[jonnyp]

Pm sent

[seandel1]

Would you consider donating the lot to a local library or museum (assuming you can find somewhere willing to take them, store them, catalogue them), could be a great legacy to leave to the community.

[Pablo2019]

PM sent @farmersboy

[infoman]

I would have thought Portsmouth football Museum be worth contacting.

[pafcprogs]

I am going through a similar exercise with my Argyle collection...heart attack ( mild) and wife with an itchy skip finger.

Looking at your list there may well be some gemns in there ..especuially if you have United at Pompey in the late 40's and also some of the friendlies.


I would try and contact Chris Gibbs...he runs a programme fair at Pompey and i think is connected to the memorabilia society.


One thing I will say is that I have had more enjoyment and activity selling my collection that in the twenty years or so of assembling it....where I mainly looked at lists of what I needed....

eBay is still the best way of maximising the rare stuff.....but time consuming.

Best of luck with it. Now can we have the three points on Saturday please?




Peter
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Currently disposing of my collection so please email any wants lists to [email protected].
Most Plymouth post 1959 but plenty of others including reserves, friendlies, Cup Finals Internationals and Club issues, handbooks and other sports.