The biggest programme fair of the year takes place on Saturday 7th June 2014 when the annual Premier Programme Fair is staged at London’s Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way WC1H 0DG 11am – 4pm.
Since the event moved the Royal National in 2010 the attendance has been a consistent 700/750 collectors which is by far the biggest fair attendance in the UK. The number of dealers exhibiting this year will again exceed 35. I would urge all forum members to make the effort to come along.
As well as adding to your collection and chatting/putting faces to the names of the dealers, the fair represents an excellent opportunity to meet fellow collectors and forum members for a chat/swop/drink etc… The hotel has a bar and there are numerous restaurants in the vicinity and at the nearby Euston/Kings Cross stations. How about forum members arranging a meeting at the fair?
I have listed the participating dealers so far below (in no particular order) with a brief stock summary. I have also included their business email addresses should anyone wish to make contact for particular requests.
DGS Programmes – David Simon presents a huge stock of vintage programmes beautifully presented in his custom made binders.
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Chelmer Programmes – Making a welcome return to the London fair scene. Stockists of a wide variety of programmes. Particularly strong in East Anglia and Non League issues.
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Barry Dixey – Organiser of the bi-monthly West London fair. Barry deals in all sorts of football memorabilia but is particularly strong on 1966 World Cup memorabilia and Arsenal.
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D G Taylor – Lymington based Dorian is one of the few remaining ‘hard copy catalogue producing’ dealers in the business. Fine stock of vintage programmes covering all clubs though QPR, Bournemouth and Accrington Stanley a speciality! Also exhibiting on Team Taylors five tables are
Steve Harding, Martin Lane and Michael Wylde –
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PM Publications – Founding Programme Monthly editor and co-organiser of this event John Litster offers his vast array of PM back issues. Stockist of bespoke programme binders, football history books and a selection of programmes from his huge archive.
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Soccer History – Editor Ian Nannestad offers the latest edition and also back issues of this high quality quarterly magazine devoted to the heritage of our national sport.
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Programme Monthly - Co-editiors Paul and Kevin celebrate their three year anniversary at the helm of the ‘World’s greatest football programme magazine’ Pick up the latest issue and meet them in person.
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Tom Roe – Fine selection of antique football memorabilia with a strong North-West bias.
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Mick Hewitt – Yorkshire’s largest dealer, Mick offers a huge selection of programmes with a particular emphasis on his beloved Leeds United.
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Terry’s badges – One of the UK’s leading football badge specialists.
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footballprogrammes.com – represented by fair co-organisers Elaine and David Allen. Pick up your copies of all the end of season big match finals and Internationals and view our fine range of vintage programmes. Show specials include over 1,000 excellent condition 1960s programmes available at £2 each, over 500 European Competition programmes same condition, same price. Books, magazines, badges, bargain bundles, Non League… Something for everyone at this stand! Check out
www.footballprogrammes.com and email any requirements for collection at the fair to
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Colin Boulter – East Midlands based Colin has been involved in football programmes for well over 40 years now. Great stock boxes of all the London clubs and bargain bundles a particular strength. NO Email address
John Dee Football Collectables – John and Teresa offer an excellent selection of programmes covering all aspects of the hobby from pre-war onwards.
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Barry Swash – West Midlands based Barry offers a wide array of vintage programmes and memorabilia from pre war to the 1960’s.
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Sportingold – Proprietor and keen Man City fan Chris Williams represents the hobby’s largest auction house. Pick up a catalogue, browse some straight sale antique stock, enquire about buying/selling at future auctions etc.
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AB Programmes – Ipswich Town scout Alan is a veteran fair attendee. Alan is a regular face on the auction scene too. Varied stock with Ipswich a particular speciality.
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Elmo Books – Emil and Karen make the trip up from East Sussex to offer a huge selection of football and other sports titles from pre-war right up to date.
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Richard Cohen – Long established dealer of well over 30 years standing. Huge vintage stocks with Arsenal a particular speciality!
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Chris Smith – Keen Shrewsbury fan Chris is another dealer with 30+ years experience in the trade. As well as his beloved Shrews, firsts and lasts are his particular strength.
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Ellis Programmes – Romford based Ellis has had a stall at West Ham United and Romford market for many years. Stockist of all London clubs and big match programmes.
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Ian Hands / Mono Raja – Non League and European specialists.
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Andrew Murray – Saints fanatic Andrew and wife Anna have the stall collectors of the South coast clubs will make a bee-line for!
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Martin Scott – Specialist in all types of football memorabilia. Regular England away followers will have no doubt bumped into Martin selling his badges from far flung places such as Kazakhstan to Montenegro!
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Martin Silverman – Bushey based Martin has stalls at both Arsenal and Tottenham. Another long established trader with a wealth of knowledge and experience gained over more years than he cares to remember!
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Richard Posford – Keen Essex based Man Utd fan Richard has a huge stock of programmes with, you’ve guessed it, a heavy United bias!
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Steve Smyth / Kim Clark – Steve has stalls at both Arsenal and Chelsea FC. Comprehensive stocks of both clubs from pre-war to the current season.
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Kevin Trivett – Essex based Kevin has excellent stocks of both West Ham United and Chelmsford City from the 1940’s onwards.
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Bookzone – John Bacon offers a huge selection of football and other sports titles from pre-war onwards.
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Sport Remembered – Former director of football sports auctions Dave Alexander now concentrates his efforts on North and East London clubs Arsenal, Spurs and his beloved West Ham United.
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Leonard Evans – One of the longest standing collectors on the London programme scene. Leonard offers his spares for sale and is always happy to share his wide knowledge on Arsenal, England and Russian football collectables.
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Bill Priddy - Stockist of various football memorabilia items.
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Spurs Collectables - Spurs specialist Trevor Jones presents a huge array of Tottenham Home and away programmes plus other Spurs memorabilia from Pre-war to date.
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Westward Progs - Gordon Bennett has been trading as Westward Programmes since September 2012. He makes the long trip up from Devon to regularly attend fairs all over the UK.
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We all look forward to seeing you on 7th June.
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David Allen
http://www.footballprogrammes.com
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