Festival of Britain 1951

[derby1884]

Question - does the inclusion of the FoB logo necessarily indicate that the match is a FoB match?
Apparently not - the programme below is for St.Austell v Bideford in the FA Cup.
Was it common practice for some clubs to include the logo regardless of the status of the match the issue was for?


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[Eck]

I think maybe not just in sporting events.It is likely that a lot of companies and organisations adopted the logo that year. I have a programme from that year which also sports the logo.

[Pottsy188]

Rocky Boro wrote:

footballprogrammes.com wrote: According to my records the following Football League clubs took NO part in the Festival of Britain: Arsenal, Blackburn, Brentford, Burnley, Coventry, Everton, Exeter, Ipswich, Sheffield United, Torquay & Wolves. In my records I have Torquay listed as playing three Festival of Britain games: 9-5-1951 Torquay United v Penzance 5-1 14-5-1951 Torquay United v Falmouth Town 6-1 19-5-1951 Barnstaple FC v Torquay United 3-4 Can anyone else verify these fixtures?

I have a copy of Penzance v Torquay 9th May 1951 with a few of Torquay players autographs.

[derby1884]

Of no real consequence, but I picked up this FoB guide up on EBay for about 75p recently - it's a terrific read. Worth it just for the pages and pages of rather colourful adverts!


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[Pottsy188]

Autographed by Torquay:
Ellis Studdart - Willie Brown - Bill Towers - Ron Shaw - Dennis Lewis - John Reid

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 8 May, 1951....





Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 9 May, 1951....



Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 10 May, 1951....



Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 11 May, 1951....




Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 12 May, 1951....



Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 15 May, 1951....





Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 17 May, 1951....





Alan

[corneli_blue]

Festival of Britain cuttings from the Western Mail, 19 May, 1951....




Alan

[corneli_blue]

....yet another Festival of Britain fixture...

15 May 1951

Pentre Boys Club v Manchester United Juniors 1-9

at Cae Mawr, Treorchy

I've no idea whether a programme was produced.


Alan

[treble99]

corneli_blue wrote:

....yet another Festival of Britain fixture... 15 May 1951 Pentre Boys Club v Manchester United Juniors 1-9 at Cae Mawr, Treorchy I've no idea whether a programme was produced. Alan

Only just spotted this thread.
There was indeed a programme for this game.
It is very difficult to find.

However i can proudly confirm that one resides in my collection.
You can find a scan of the cover and the team page in the set marked "not too many of these buggers about" at

www.flickr.com/photos/63580000@N04/sets
The worlds largest private Manchester United collection


If you need any scans of any other pages just drop me a pm and i will be happy to oblige.
Also i have a set marked "John Doherty"
JD,as he was affectinally known,was a youth player at this time and included in this set is a photo of the captains before the kick off.
A totally unique one off item

Enjoy

[corneli_blue]

treble99 wrote:

corneli_blue wrote: ....yet another Festival of Britain fixture... 15 May 1951 Pentre Boys Club v Manchester United Juniors 1-9 at Cae Mawr, Treorchy I've no idea whether a programme was produced. Alan Only just spotted this thread. There was indeed a programme for this game. It is very difficult to find. However i can proudly confirm that one resides in my collection. You can find a scan of the cover and the team page in the set marked "not too many of these buggers about" at www.flickr.com/photos/63580000@N04/sets The worlds largest private Manchester United collection If you need any scans of any other pages just drop me a pm and i will be happy to oblige. Also i have a set marked "John Doherty" JD,as he was affectinally known,was a youth player at this time and included in this set is a photo of the captains before the kick off. A totally unique one off item Enjoy

Great stuff. Thanks for that, should have realised it would have been on your Flickr site.

[treble99]

happy to oblige

[manchesterunitedman1]

and a few other images from this period relating to Manchester United FC re the FOB Celebrations of 1951
http://flic.kr/p/dbewzf
http://flic.kr/p/dbetea
http://flic.kr/p/dbetH2
http://flic.kr/p/dbewMY
http://flic.kr/p/68coXM
http://flic.kr/p/68cpd6
Leslie Millman-manchesterunitedman1

[treble99]

The following 2 scans are the cover and inside pages given by Manchester United to the Red Star players for the FOB game at Old Trafford.
As you can see from the inside page it says
"The bearer is a member of the above football club and doesn't speak English"
"Show him the way back to his hotel"




The above images together with other quality items can be see at

www.flickr.com/photos/63580000@N04/sets

The worlds largest private Manchester United collection
Coming to a computer near you

[garyspain]

BUMP as someone started a new topic on this.

Still looking for these min £500 each paid.

Southport v Drumcondra. Oldham v Cork Athletic,
Accrington Stanley v Cork Athletic, Oldham v Bohemians,
Accrington Stanley v Bohemians, Rochdale v Bohemians.
Rochdale v Shamrock Rvs, Carlisle v Waterford , St. Mirren v Distillery,
Dundee v Distillery,Stirling v Distillery.