Here are all the dealers at Sunday's Giant New Year Fair

[Sprogs]

Here is the final line-up of dealers for this Sunday's Giant New Year Programme Fair.

The Royal National Hotel is officially in Woburn Place, but is opposite Russell Square Station. Plenty of free parking and just a few minutes walk from Tottenham Court Road and London's west end shops.

*ALAN BENEDICK *BC BOOK & MAGAZINE STALL*COLIN BOULTER *JOHN DEE * RICHARD COHEN * DGS PROGRAMMES* BARRY DIXEY* ELMO BOOKS* FOOTBALLPROGRAMMES.COM *IAN HANDS *MICHAEL HEWITT PROGRAMMES *DAVID JOHNSON * TOM ROE *PROGRAMME MONTHLY *BILL PRIDDY *MARTIN SILVERMAN *SOUTHERNPROGS *SOUTH STAFFS PROGRAMMES *SPORTINGOLD *SPURS COLLECTIBLES *TERRY'S BADGES *WESTWARD PROGRAMMES

If you have any special requests, then all of the dealers will be happy to bring programmes along if they are listed on respective websites. Do let me know if you need anyone's contact details. The Fair is also very good if you collect tickets, badges, books, or magazines.

Also, please feel free to bring your spares. If you want to sell any particularly rare items then it will be a good opportunity to see Chris Williams to discuss entering them in an upcoming Sportingold Auction.

We all look forward to seeing you there on Sunday.

regards and a Happy New Year

Martin

[Westwardprogs]

I list below some of the vintage programmes I will have on the Westward Programmes stall at the Fair. Advance reservations for any of these items may be made up to midnight on Friday (Jan 3) via email: [email protected]. I look forward to meeting you at the Fair.
PRE-WAR:
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: 32/33 v BRADFORD PARK AVE (4pp, excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds, a very small tear along the horizontal fold and some minor creases in one corner) £40, v BRADFORD CITY (4pp, excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and some small nicks on edges, text not affected) £40,
33/34 v NEWCASTLE UNITED (4pp, excellent condition apart from a feint vertical fold and a neatly written team changes) £40,

PRE-1950’s:
ARSENAL: 48/49 v NEWCASTLE UNITED (Good condition apart from team changes written neatly on centre pages) £14, v MANCHESTER CITY (Good condition apart from team changes, score and scorers written neatly on centre pages) £14, v DERBY COUNTY (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £15, v SHEFFIELD UNITED (Good condition apart from vertical centre fold; team changes, score and scorers neatly written on centre pages) £12, v SUNDERLAND (Good condition apart from feint vertical fold; team changes, score and scorers neatly written on centre pages) £12, v MIDDLESBROUGH (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £15, v BLACKPOOL (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £15, v PORTSMOUTH (Good condition apart from name on front, score and scorers neatly written on centre pages) £12, 49/50 v BURNLEY (Excellent condition apart from cover being detached and half-time scores written in pencil and two small marks on rear cover) £12, v WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and small nicks on edges) £12, v DERBY COUNTY
(Excellent condition, apart from minor speck marks on front cover and slight creasing, no other obvious defects) £12
ASTON VILLA: 45/46 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition, no obvious faults) £24, 46/47 v DERBY COUNTY (Excellent condition, apart from spine showing signs of being bound, no other defects) £20, 49/50 v WEST BROM RES / DERBY COUNTY (2 in 1, Good condition apart from minor tears, feint horizontal and vertical folds and neatly written team changes) £12,
BARNSLEY: 47/48 v DONCASTER ROVERS (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £18
BIRMINGHAM CITY: 47/48 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition, apart from one minor restoration repair) £18, 49/50 v PORTSMOUTH (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and staple missing) £12
BOURNEMOUTH: 47/48 v EXETER CITY (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal fold) £18, v BRISTOL ROVERS (Excellent condition apart from several very small stains) £18
BRENTFORD: 45/46 v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (Worn condition with neatly-written score on front, feint horizontal and vertical fold, several small holes along folds, small nicks and tears along edges) £12 v SOUTHAMPTON (Christmas Day, worn condition with three feint horizontal folds and one vertical fold, small tears and minute holes along two of the horizontal folds, some slight creases and a few small nicks) £14, v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (FA Cup, good condition apart from neatly written team changes) £22, v ASTON VILLA (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds, neatly-written team changes, some minute holes on page 3 along fold lines and minor nicks and creases on front edge) £16, v ARSENAL (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and neatly-written score on front) £22, v CHARLTON ATHLETIC (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and neatly-written score on front) £22, v LUTON TOWN (Good condition apart from a small nick and crease at top of the spine) £22, 47/48 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £18, v BURY (Excellent condition apart from a small tear at the top of the spine) £18, 48/49 v LINCOLN CITY (Good condition apart from a feint vertical fold and slight fading of the paper) £14, 49/50 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical fold0 £12,
CHARLTON ATHLETIC: 47/48 v BLACKBURN ROVERS (Excellent condition apart from one small tear) £18, v CHELSEA (Excellent condition apart from several small nicks, a neat pencil team changeand small tears near the staple) £18, 49/50 v BIRMINGHAM CITY (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal fold) £10,
CHELSEA: 45/46 v BIRMINGHAM CITY (Good condition apart from a tiny torn hole at the foot, a feint horizontal fold and neatly written team changes) £20, 46/47 v WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds, score written on team page and small split on spine) £20, 47/48 v BOLTON WANDERERS (Excellent condition apart from small spine split) £18, 48/49 v DERBY COUNTY (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £16, 49/50 v STOKE CITY (Good condition apart from two punched holes and neatly written team changes) £10, v DERBY COUNTY (Excellent condition, apart from minor rust marks, no other obvious defects) £12,
CHESTERFIELD: 46/47 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds; no other obvious faults) £20
CRYSTAL PALACE: 48/49 v SWINDON TOWN (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £16
DERBY COUNTY: 47/48 v MANCHESTER CITY (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £18, v ASTON VILLA (Excellent condition apart from neatly-written score on front, changes on team panel and half-time scores) £18
DONCASTER ROVERS: 47/48 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from neatly-written pencil team changes) £18,
EVERTON: 46/47 v PRESTON (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds) £20, 47/48 v HUDDERSFIELD (Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust) £18
FULHAM: 45/46 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from two horizontal folds, with a very minor tear along at the edge of one fold; no writing or other defects) £24, 46/47 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from neatly written scores on half-time and fixtures panels) £19, 47/48 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (CHRISTMAS DAY, Excellent condition apart from neatly-written pencil score on team panel) £18, 48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds, score written on front and team changes) £14, 49/50 v ARSENAL ( Excellent condition apart from small tear bottom corner of front cover) £10, v ARSENAL ( Excellent condition apart from small marks on front cover and team page and a small tear on back cover) £10, v CHELSEA (Excellent condition apart from match details neatly written on team page) £12, v CHELSEA (Excellent condition, apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds) £12 v WOLVERHAMPON WANDERERS (Good condition, apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds, name and score written neatly in ink on front and team change in pencil) £11,
FULHAM RESERVES: 49/50 v PORTSMOUTH RES (F. Comb. Cup, reasonable condition apart from score neatly written, a few minor tears at the edges and some feint creases) £12
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN: 47/48 v PRESTON NORTH END (Excellent condition apart from two minor marks close to the spine on the front cover) £18
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN RESERVES: 49/50 v STOKE CITY RES (Good condition apart from team changes neatly written on team page) £12, 50/51 v ASTON VILLA RES (Excellent condition apart from two minor rust marks on back cover) £10
HULL CITY: 46/47v GRIMSBY TOWN (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal fold) £20, 47/48 v STOCKPORT COUNTY (Excellent condition apart from a feint vertical fold and minor rust on staples) £18, v HALIFAX TOWN (Excellent condition apart from score written on front) £18, 49/50 v COVENTRY CITY (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £12, v BARNSLEY (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £12, v PRESTON NORTH END (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical fold and small holes where staples have been removed) £11, v LEEDS UNITED (Excellent condition apart from date and number written on back cover) £12
LEYTON ORIENT: 47/48 v SWINDON TOWN (Excellent condition apart from two minute tears) £18,
LIVERPOOL: 47/48 v MIDDLESBROUGH (Good condition apart from feint horizontal fold and minor scuff marks; players include Paisley, Liddell, Mannion and Hardwick) £20, 49/50 v BLACKBURN (FAC, excellent condition apart from score and scorers neatly written) £14,
LUTON TOWN: 47/48 v BURY (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical fold and staple removed) £18
MANCHESTER CITY: 44/45 v HUDDERSFIELD (Good condition apart from minute holes a junction of vertical and horizontal folds, and scorers and team changes written neatly on team page) £24; 46/47 (Christmas Day) v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Fragile condition with feint horizontal and vertical folds, a hole where staple missing, a partial spine split, grubby back cover, but no writing and all text easily readable) £20; 47/48 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £18
MILLWALL: 47/48 v LEICESTER CITY (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £18,
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE: 47/48 v BRENTFORD (Good condition apart from repaired spine and neatly written team changes on team panel) £14, v FULHAM (Good condition apart from minor crease on cover, neatly written team changes, mild staple rust and a small stain on the front cover) £18, v LUTON (FAC) (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £19; v WEST BROMWICH ALBION (Good condition apart from neatly written score on front cover and changes on team panel, plus feint horizontal and vertical folds) £18, 48/49 v BURY (Excellent condition apart from staple missing and minor rust marks) £18; v NOTTS COUNTY (FAC, Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £16, v BRENTORD (Good condition apart from feint vertical and vertical folds) £20,
QUEENS PARK RANGERS: 47/48 v WALSALL (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £18, 48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from slight staple rust) £14, v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition, no obvious defects apart from minor staple rust) £12, v GRIMSBY TOWN (Good condition apart from minor creasing) £14, 49/50 v SWANSEA TOWN (Excellent condition; no obvious faults) £12,
Q. P. R. RESERVES: 49/50 v LUTON TOWN (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds, four small tears professionally repaired and a few tiny marks, no writing or other obvious defects) £9
SHEFFIELD UNITED: 45/46 v STOKE CITY (Good condition apart from slight smudging of black in on front cover, a feint horizontal fold and two tiny tears) £20, 46/47 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Excellent condition apart from stain on corner of front) £20,
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: 45/46 v BLACKBURN ROVERS (Good condition apart from one minor spine tear and a feint horizontal fold) £20, v YORK CITY (Good condition apart from a feint horizontal fold and minor creasing) £20, 46/47 v BLACKPOOL (FAC; Good condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds plus a small tear at top corner of front cover) £20, 47/48 v COVENTRY CITY (Good condition apart from feint horizontal fold) £18
SOUTHAMPTON: 47/48 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Single sheet in good condition apart from a feint horizontal fold and a tiny unobtrusive tear) £15, 48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (4pp in excellent condition apart from a feint vertical fold, no other obvious defects) £15
SOUTHEND RES 49/50 v BRIGHTON RES (Good condition apart from small rust stains, staple removed and feint vertical and horizontal folds) £12,
STOCKPORT COUNTY: 47/48 v SHREWSBURY TOWN (FAC, 4pp in fragile condition, with feint horizontal and vertical folds, plus minor holes and tears, but only writing is score on team panel and all text easily readable) £17,
TORQUAY UNITED: 47/48 v EXETER CITY (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £18,
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 48/49 v BRADFORD PARK AVENUE (Good condition apart from feint horizontal fold and neatly written half-time scores) £15,
WATFORD: 50/51 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Fragile condition, no writing but has horizontal fold and several small tears) £5
WEST HAM UNITED: 47/48 v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £18,
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: 47/48 v BLACKBURN ROVERS (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds,
and a minor tear on back cover) £17, v ASTON VILLA (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and pencil team changes and score on team panel and match details on back cover) £15, 49/50 v NEWCASTLE (Good condition apart from a feint vertical fold plus neatly written name on front, team change and scorers) £10

[BAZZABAGGIES]

This is a well organized and well attended fair.

A must for all collectors..

[efcbluenose]

Its not a must for all collectors Barry especially if you live up in the North West of England.
Regards.

[Watfordchris]

Had a cracking couple of hours at today's fair. Ian Hands had some good Watford stuff at very reasonable prices. Managed to pick up a Lincoln away 60/61 that I've needed for £1! Bargain. Was worth going just for that.

Hope it was worth it for the dealers.

Looking forward to the one in June already!

[BAZZABAGGIES]

Good Fair from a personal view the attendance was lower due to the Sunday cup matches. Did some great exchanges and deals and i love to hear the Londoners moaning about the cost of living.
Bluenose you should have made the journey one of the cockerknee dealers had most Everton homes from 1946 to 1955 for sale.

[efcbluenose]

Fair comment Barry but i cant justify it for a day out travelling down on train probably staying over night and its not practical to me.Sorry and Im sorry i missed out on those Everton homes from that dealer but Im sure they'll come up again.Stuff is coming up now all the time amongst dealers.

[Watfordchris]

Yeah I did notice the attendance was down from previous years. But stated many times, this is becoming the case with all fairs! Shame really

[TheMusic]

It's a great fair, like most are. I can't help thinking there must be a way to get professional clubs, schools, youth football clubs... etc involved and aware of fairs in order to spread the word the hobby exists - maybe that'll be the key to ensure dealers have a wide clientele in 10-20 years' time!

[martino]

TheMusic wrote:

It's a great fair, like most are. I can't help thinking there must be a way to get professional clubs, schools, youth football clubs... etc involved and aware of fairs in order to spread the word the hobby exists - maybe that'll be the key to ensure dealers have a wide clientele in 10-20 years' time!

The future of the hobby has been discussed on here a few times; most recently when a teacher was trying to set up a Football Memorabilia Club at his school and in a couple of attempts got no interest from the pupils. Sad but true.

I am sure that there will always be collectors but will there be sufficient numbers in 10/20 years time? I does not look like it.

Teenagers have moved on from what we found interesting and got excited about at their age.

As to the answer I am struggling to come up with anything viable.

[TheMusic]

Isn't it like everything? Little or no obvious new initiatives, little or no success?

For instance, I've always wondered whether the tens of thousands of post 1970s programmes held by some people could be put to use together with the respective clubs, e.g. gifting a free 1, 2 or 3 programmes to all under 16s entering a match at the turnstiles or when they join the club's junior fan club. Most dealers seem to despair of having to store so many of these 'worthless' programmes anyway and the interest created in some youngsters (not all, granted) may lead to creating new collectors and, in time, more sales of the club's current season programmes.

I'm not sure what efforts dealers make to stimulate the hobby amongst the general football-loving public, but it would be nice to hear of, if not help with, some. Insularity and lack of direction will surely further marginalise the hobby, but positivity, openness and pro-action might just boost it.

[Tynie Topics]

I’ve always had the opinion that there needs to be a “showpiece” programme fair/event every year. Now most will say well this is it, which in many respects it is (and/or the summer event), but it’s a long way from Scotland and the north and as such, the interest for Scottish/Northern England based dealers/collectors is reduced.

I think there’s a strong case for a more central location (Manchester?) and branching the fair out into a Sports Memorabilia fair covering a weekend in the off season. I’m sure there’s more than a few rugby union/league collectors/dealers, cricket, speedway, ice hockey etc etc. Signing sessions with former players could be introduced, the success for the Backpass magazine shows there is interest out there in more than just programmes. An auction could be included in the weekends proceedings.

Easy to say, much harder to do of course but I think that is where we need to be headed if we want fairs to survive in some form. They are all but dead in Scotland.
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