Football Programmes Centre

infoman · Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 415

heard that dave stacey is not well at the moment

any one how dave is?

hope is okay

tommy · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 180 Location: Planet Earth

Unfortunately very very poorly, suffice to say there will not be anymore FPD and probably not the IPF.

If this posting makes it way to David, Best wishes mate.

Barrett · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:43 am Post subject:

What is FPD and IPF?

tommy · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 180 Location: Planet Earth

Sorry, my apologies, symptomatic of working for an American owned company.
FPD Football Programme Directory, monthly programme related magazine since early seventies
IPF International Programme Fair, held first Saturday in June every year since early seventies. Sad to say that I attended the first one, 1974 from memory, but I stand to be corrected. I hasten to add that I haven’t attended every one.

Auchinleckian · Forum Moderator Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 4352

David is one of the true gents of the football programme world, and was one of the first, if not the first, to import major games from Europe. I know when I joined the FPD in about 1983 I got a huge amount of help, and programmes, from like minded individuals. Picked up an FPD the other week, but it's not a patch on what it was, with only four or five programme related adverts, where it used to be laden with them. Lost out major style to Programme Monthly in the late 80's onwards, but retained a loyal subcriber's list.

tommy · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 180 Location: Planet Earth

Sorry to say that David has passed away, he really was in bad health and in the end was for the best. As a result the International Fair has been cancelled.

anfieldpurch · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 170 Location: Grantham (for now)

awful news RIP

infoman · Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 415

A very very sad loss.

R-I-P

pastpirate · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject:

A great shame.
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Barrett · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject:

Rip Dave.

To be honest I have never heard of him before but I don't really attend many fairs.

It must be a great loss to the programme fair society to lose such a high profile figure.

Geddon · Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 1044 Location: Bristol

I had never met him personally either, but only heard good things about him from others, especially the work he put in organizing fairs etc.

RIP Dave.