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craig
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:14 pm 
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A new section has been added to the website so you can learn a bit more about your fellow members.

http://www.footballprogrammecentre.co.uk/your-collection.php

We hope to build up a profile of a number of our members over the coming weeks.

We would be greatful if you could all fill in the following questions and email back to me ([email protected]) along with a picture of yourself and a couple of pictures of the programmes detail in your Q&As.

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Name
Forum Nickname
Age
Started Collecting

About Me
What do you do for a living?
Which club do you support and why?
What do you collect?
How did you get into programme collecting?

Your Collection
What was your first football programme?
What was the last programme you bought?
How big is your collection?
How do you store your collection?
Whats the oldest programme you own?
What is the rarest item in your collection?
Which programme from your club is the rarest and most expensive to obtain?

What is...?
What is your worst buy?
What is your best buy?
What is the most you have paid for a programme and which one?
What is the most you have received for a programme and which one?
What is your most prized programme?
Whats your biggest regret in collecting?

The Hobby
In you opinion, is the programme collectors communtiy shrinking or growing?
What do you enjoy most about the hobby?
Where do you buy most of your programmes from?

The Future
If money was no object, which programme would you most like to add to your collection?
Would you ever sell your collection?
How do you wish to develop your collection over the coming years?
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craig
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:32 pm 
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Thank you to the following members who have supplied answers over the last 24 hours... Keep them coming everyone!

* Mark Barrett (Barrett), Everton vs Liverpool and Everton Home & Aways
* Matt Charles (mattblue), Cardiff City, Wales, FA Cup Semis and Final, League Cup Semi and Finals, Internationals, Spurs, Welsh League Clubs in Europe.
* Matthew Collins (Geddon), Swansea City, Wales, Bridgend Town, Welsh Cup Finals
* Steve Kitson (smk06), Derby County Homes & Aways
* Steven Martin (Dellboye), Chelsea Home
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:09 pm 
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Will get mine to you asap together with that first/last ground list
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craig
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:53 pm 
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Thank you to everyone who has submitted their profiles. Sorry for the delay in the last 2 weeks but Barrett has done a tremendous job today of doing all the outstanding profiles i hadnt had a chance to do!

Here is the revised list of users profiles;
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craig
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:19 pm 
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Its just come to my attention that the links above have never worked Smile They worked if you cicked "Your Collection" in the right hand menu,but ive just fixed teh above links too
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:48 pm 
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Craig are you really only 14 like your profile suggests ??
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Barrett
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:55 pm 
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grantham wrote:
Craig are you really only 14 like your profile suggests ??


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craig
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:57 pm 
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Barrett wrote:
grantham wrote:
Craig are you really only 14 like your profile suggests ??


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hahahaha - No, It appears someone has been messing around.... Barrett!! Im 24
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:58 pm 
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Wasn't me! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:05 pm 
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Is this still on the go? if so I may complete the questionaire.........

Maybe it needs moved into a more popular forum to attract interest?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:37 pm 
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Yes mate, send it in. It is mentioned somewhere else on the site but its also time consuming for me to add them in so although i like to read them, i dont want to be overloaded with them anyway Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:55 pm 
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Kenneth Bridges 1956 - 74 Bradford Park Avenue and nearly completed the set of Preston North End 1960 - 61 Division 1.
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vinnie



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:59 pm 
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Started in 1958 - the year of "Munich" and the World Cup in Sweden - having managed to get a Red Star v United programme for the price of a postage stamp, and the full set of World Cup programmes for less than a tenner!
Used to collect anything that came to hand, but now specialize in :-
World Cup Finals - earliest 1930
European Championship finals - all of them except 1964
British Internationals (England, N Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales and Scotland) - all homes since 1945 (some earlier) and most aways.
European Cup/UEFA Champions League Finals - all
European Cup-Winners Cup Finals - all
Inter-Cities/UEFA Cup/ Europa Cup Finals - most
FIFA Club World Cups/ Toyota Cups, etc - most
European Super Cups - most
FA Cup Finals - since 1921
League Cup Finals - all. Plus others, but run out of space!!!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:48 pm 
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vinnie wrote:
Started in 1958 - the year of "Munich" and the World Cup in Sweden - having managed to get a Red Star v United programme for the price of a postage stamp, and the full set of World Cup programmes for less than a tenner!
Used to collect anything that came to hand, but now specialize in :-
World Cup Finals - earliest 1930
European Championship finals - all of them except 1964
British Internationals (England, N Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales and Scotland) - all homes since 1945 (some earlier) and most aways.
European Cup/UEFA Champions League Finals - all
European Cup-Winners Cup Finals - all
Inter-Cities/UEFA Cup/ Europa Cup Finals - most
FIFA Club World Cups/ Toyota Cups, etc - most
European Super Cups - most
FA Cup Finals - since 1921
League Cup Finals - all. Plus others, but run out of space!!!!!

A magnificent collection built up over many years... I wonder how much that lot would cost starting from scratch today..
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matt blue



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:12 pm 
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Hi Vinnie,

Great collection there, dont suppose you have any spare wales programmes from the 58 wc or in general ? Also any spare lc finals ?

PM me if you have please

Thanks

Matt
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Joined: 27 Apr 2010
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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:04 pm 
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Name Chris
Forum Nickname chris_afc
Age 23
Started Collecting When Dad brought programmes back for me from 92/93

About Me
What do you do for a living? Care worker
Which club do you support and why? Arsenal (families team) and Aldershot Town (local team who have found a place in my heart!)
What do you collect? Arsenal home programmes
How did you get into programme collecting? I started holding onto programmes from matches other people went to and then started to buy FA Cup Finals and other various programmes.

Your Collection
What was your first football programme? An Arsenal league game from 92/93.
What was the last programme you bought? A few Arsenal prgrammes to try and collect the entire homes from 70 to the present date.
How big is your collection? Around 1200
How do you store your collection? In heavy duty boxes on shelves and my bedroom floor!
Whats the oldest programme you own? 1955 Arsenal vs Aston Villa
What is the rarest item in your collection? Arsenal vs Manchester United 1958
Which programme from your club is the rarest and most expensive to obtain? Not sure, possibly Anderlecht away 1970

What is...?
What is your worst buy? Random clubs general programmes, should of specialised on Arsenal
What is your best buy? A signed programme by Bob Wilson in the 93 League Cup Final, totally unaware it was signed until I opened the programme in a multipack of programmes on eBay!
What is the most you have paid for a programme and which one? Arsenal vs Manchester United 1958

Whats your biggest regret in collecting? Not specialising in just Arsenal and obtaining 400-500 random programmes, that I dont want

The Hobby

What do you enjoy most about the hobby? Reading the programmes and what was going on at the clubs at the time and what people thought of recent matches ain the letters section of some of the programmes. They are a great historical source.
Where do you buy most of your programmes from? Ebay or stall sellers outside the Emirates!

The Future
If money was no object, which programme would you most like to add to your collection? The remaining 150 Arsenal programmes needed from 1970-2006 when they left Highbury.
Would you ever sell your collection? YES! Currently looking to shift on a few of them now (see other threads!)
How do you wish to develop your collection over the coming years?Selling my other programmes and specialising in just Arsenal homes!
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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:05 pm 
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phew! Confused
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westyorksnffc



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:33 pm 
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Any just noticed this!

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Name - Craig Biddlestone
Forum Nickname - westyorksnffc
Age - 33
Started Collecting - 12

About Me
What do you do for a living? Benefits Officer for Leeds City Council
Which club do you support and why? Nottingham Forest, where I'm from
What do you collect? At the moment, all Forest homes, and not long since started on aways, present day working backwards.
How did you get into programme collecting? Not sure really

Your Collection
What was your first football programme? England v Scotland schoolboys, Wembley, May 1987
What was the last programme you bought? Forest v Blackpool, Play-off Semi-Final 2nd leg
How big is your collection? over 2500 Forest home and aways, 1952 to present day
How do you store your collection? In display book folders, adding pieces of A4 paper inbetween each programme.
Whats the oldest programme you own? 1945-46 Chelsea v Forest
What is the rarest item in your collection? Not overly sure to be honest
Which programme from your club is the rarest and most expensive to obtain? Too flippin' many!!!

What is...?
What is your worst buy? Anything with Derby on it!
What is your best buy? Any programme needed to fill the gap!
What is the most you have paid for a programme and which one? £10, I think, for a rare Forest v Notts County, County Cup game
What is the most you have received for a programme and which one? erm, about 50p!
What is your most prized programme? The oldest Forest home I have
Whats your biggest regret in collecting? Not enough money to buy what I want!

The Hobby
In you opinion, is the programme collectors communtiy shrinking or growing? I would say growing
What do you enjoy most about the hobby? filling those gaps!!!
Where do you buy most of your programmes from? eBay

The Future
If money was no object, which programme would you most like to add to your collection? The earliest possible Forest programme still in existence
Would you ever sell your collection? No, my son can have it when he grows up
How do you wish to develop your collection over the coming years? Keep filling them gaps!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:55 pm 
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Just added in

Andrew Senior (Senior82), Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield Eagles

Will also add in Westyorks and Chris_afc in a minute too.

Thanks all.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:34 pm 
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Better late than never...........

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Name: Graeme
Forum Nickname: Tynie Topics
Age: 39
Started Collecting: Oh, around 1982

About Me
What do you do for a living?
Credit controller

Which club do you support and why?
Hearts, because my dad and granddad did

What do you collect?
Mainly Hearts homes (all seasons) and Scotland aways (post 1970). Also dabble in Scottish Junior issues, Scotland away tickets and Wimbledon (inc AFC).

How did you get into programme collecting?
Can’t quite remember, although the programme stall that used to be at Tynecastle in the early 1980’s was a big influence, at that time a neighbour took me along to games with him and dabbled a bit in collecting himself. Alan Cunningham ran the stall and when it ceased I used to visit his old shop in Edinburgh occasionally.

Your Collection
What was your first football programme?
It was probably England v Scotland 1967 programme (and ticket). My dad was at the game and somehow they survived being thrown out and ended up with me.

What was the last programme you bought?
Hearts v Hibs 1947 I think.

How big is your collection?
I’m not sure to be honest, maybe 3000 / 4000?

How do you store your collection?
Mostly plastic pockets inside ring binders

Whats the oldest programme you own?
Wimbledon 1921-22 issue for a representative match, Isthmian League v Southern League

What is the rarest item in your collection?
Probably Australia v Hearts 1976 in Sydney, it’s a newspaper issue and I have never seen another for sale.

Which programme from your club is the rarest and most expensive to obtain?
Anything pre-war, plus programmes from some of the 1950’s tours eg South Africa in 1954 and Australia in 1959, also some early European aways eg. Standard Liege and Valarengen. As for Scotland aways post 1970, it has to be the four Spain issues of the 1970/1980’s, rocking horse poo so to speak and lottery win material!

What is...?
What is your worst buy?
Not really had any really terrible buys, right from the outset my pocket money and in turn my salary has never afforded me the luxury of being slap dash with my purchases!

What is your best buy?
I would have to say a complete collection of 5 programmes from the Hearts tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1976. I purchased them from a Hearts collector who was disposing of his away collection about 20 years ago for £50/60, they’re worth a wee bit more than that now.

What is the most you have paid for a programme and which one?
A Hearts pre-war issue against Aberdeen. Pre-war Hearts programmes are hard to come by and when they do appear they reach well into three figures.

What is the most you have received for a programme and which one?
Never really dabbled too much in the selling side. Although I did sell a few Australian internationals on eBay which made £30 each and originally cost me nothing.

What is your most prized programme?
Probably the above mentioned Australia v Hearts 1976, and my pre-war issue.

Whats your biggest regret in collecting?
The periods of time when my collection lay dormant for various reasons, when Hearts programmes from the 40’s and 50’s could be had for a lot less than they are now!

The Hobby
In you opinion, is the programme collectors community shrinking or growing?
With the advent of eBay I think the hobby is gradually recovering although I’m not so sure it is as popular as it was in the 1970/80’s, the price of current season issues will still put kids off in my opinion.

What do you enjoy most about the hobby?
The thrill of plugging a gap in your collection that you never thought you would

Where do you buy most of your programmes from?
Almost exclusively from eBay and Almondvale Programmes in Edinburgh, plus attending matches.

The Future
If money was no object, which programme would you most like to add to your collection?
A pre-war Hearts v Hibs issue

Would you ever sell your collection?
Yes. I never say never and if financial circumstances dictate it in future it will go.

How do you wish to develop your collection over the coming years?
Just keep plugging away and filling gaps in my post war Hearts collection (there’s loads!) and my Scotland aways back to 1970 (about 20-odd to go)
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