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Maidonian · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 499

1927 and an Amateur Cup tie at Wealdstone which Maidenhead won 2-1. 16 page programme printed black on white with the reading content and team line-up's in the centre-pages.

pastpirate · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:32 pm Post subject:

In 1976 Chelsea were not quite a big as now. Rovers went to the Bridge on new years day and they issued this 176 x 244mm, 20 page programme that cost 15p.

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derby1884 · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:22 pm Post subject:

New Year's Day, 1955 and a Kent League Div.1 fixture between 9th placed Snowdown Colliery and 14th placed Canterbury.

Snowdown won 2-1 to commence an impressive second half to the season which saw them lift the league title.

Reasonable 8 page programme with manager's notes and supporter's club notes penned by "the two regulars" along with a full page tribute to club captain Phil Gormley, an ex-Aldershot half-back.

Apparently Snowdown was one of the worst pits in the country to work down due to the excessively hot conditions. It was nicknamed "Dante's inferno" by the poor sods that had to work down there. Heatstroke was a common malady. It was capped in August 1988.

The football club still exist but under another name and at a much lower level.

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Eck · Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 2548

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MATT RUSH · Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Posts: 358 Location: WEST YORKSHIRE

A terrible,tragic event Eck that affected all who love football, a programme from the match illustrates the poignancy of it all. Many ordinary people cut down in their prime merely attending a football match
A near neighbor of mine was on the stairway at the time and he saw many terrible injuries. One particular fan had his leg "speared"by a splinterred wooden stair rail and was in a bad way, my neighbor (John)
had just taken a First Aid course and removed his Celtic scarf from his
pocket and made a makeshift tourniquet for the victim whereupon the victim's mate told John in no uncertain terms "get that f##cking thing
off him". John was a 15 year old lad!!!!!!
I do hope there were many incidents of heroism and this piece of
unwanted bigotry was an isolated event.

Eck · Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 2548

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWiTgrgvg4E

Eck · Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 2548

MATT RUSH wrote:

A terrible,tragic event Eck that affected all who love football, a programme from the match illustrates the poignancy of it all. Many ordinary people cut down in their prime merely attending a football match
A near neighbor of mine was on the stairway at the time and he saw many terrible injuries. One particular fan had his leg "speared"by a splinterred wooden stair rail and was in a bad way, my neighbor (John)
had just taken a First Aid course and removed his Celtic scarf from his
pocket and made a makeshift tourniquet for the victim whereupon the victim's mate told John in no uncertain terms "get that f##cking thing
off him". John was a 15 year old lad!!!!!!
I do hope there were many incidents of heroism and this piece of
unwanted bigotry was an isolated event.

There are thankfully a lot of heroic stories came out of that,none more than Celtic manager Jock Stein.

MATT RUSH · Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Posts: 358 Location: WEST YORKSHIRE

Eck wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWiTgrgvg4E

Thanks for that Eck, very moving.

bisphamseasider · Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 2732 Location: Blackpool

77 years ago (1937) and a 2nd Division fixture between West Ham and Blackpool.

Blackpool were 4 points clear at the top of the table and had won the previous 9 matches averaging 4 goals a game.

This result then came as a bit of a shock as they lost by 3 goals to nil.

Perhaps some of the players overdid the New Year celebrations a little.

The programme was 4 pages without any adverts.

MATT RUSH · Joined: 27 Mar 2012 Posts: 358 Location: WEST YORKSHIRE

Eck, I have no reason to disbelieve John, he's not the type to "gild the
lily", however my knowledge of the event is minimal so I must bow down to your superior knowledge, although he did say he was in a family section at the time, hence the scarf in his pocked. Perhaps the intrusion of time has clouded the issue. One thing is certain, he did attend the match, and the incident seems quite feasible.

Maidonian · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 499

1965 and a Amateur Cup 1st round tie away to Ford United at Rush Green which ended 2-2. Four page programme on tissue like paper printed black on white. Ford United changed their name to Redbridge in 2004 having moved to Barkingside's ground four years previously as the Rush Green ground wasn't up to Isthmian (Ryman) League standards.

derby1884 · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:38 pm Post subject:

Season 70/1 saw the 3rd Round of the FA Cup begin a week earlier than usual.

Potential giant-killing avoided here as Derby scrape through 2-1 in front of 15,882.

The 12 page programme was atypical of Chester's issue through the 60s and early 70s, the design changing little throughout those years.

I like it, though. It's quirky. It had character.

And Chester still has the best used record shop in the whole of the UK. "In The Land Of Grey and Pink", it's called. Near the railway station. And any shop that names itself after a Caravan track must be good!

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bisphamseasider · Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 2732 Location: Blackpool

66 years ago (1948) and a 1st Division fixture between Blackpool and Everton.

Blackpool won 5-0 this being their best ever win over Everton.

Goals came from McIntosh and 2 apiece from Dicks and Mortensen.

A standard 8 page programme was issued.

pastpirate · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:29 pm Post subject:

During our 1st season at Twerton Park the pitch was a nightmare. 5 mins of rain and the mud became a foot deep. This game was one of many that was called off. The programme measured 209 x 200mm, had 16 pages and cost 50p.

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Maidonian · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 499

1925 and a 3-0 victory against Aylesbury United in the Spartan League. Maidenhead finished 9th, Aylesbury 12th (of 14), Chesham won the title. Four page programme printed black on red paper.

derby1884 · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:33 am Post subject:

28 years ago and a fair old way down the non-league pyramid.

As the programme for this game has 36 pages, no advertising, would take about an hour to read as there's so much in it plus, to top it all off, a reproduction of the Nov 1913 programme for the Fulham v Peterborough match, I suspect it may have been produced for the benefit of one of those groundhopper tours that used to be so popular. No mention of that being the case, though.

Either that or it was simply because the Metal Box team manager was a well-known programme dealer (for he was) and he was simply indulging himself.

Not one of my favourite issues.

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Maidonian · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 499

1936 and a Amateur Cup 1st round proper tie at home to the Royal Army Medical Corps (Aldershot) which ended 4-4 after extra-time. Usual eight page programme printed black on white paper. The replay, a week later, ended in a 5-1 victory for Maidenhead but, alas, I don't have a copy of the programme (if any) produced for that game.