Below are listed some of the vintage programmes I intend bringing to the Fair on Sunday - anyone wishing to reserve any items should email me at
[email protected] before 10pm on Friday:
ENGLAND:
49 v SCOTLAND (Good condition apart from minute tear and small piece of tape at top corner of front cover; no other defects) £15,
FRANCE:
49 v SPAIN (Excellent condition; No obvious defects) £25,
WALES:
50 v IRELAND (Excellent condition; No obvious defects) £35,
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 SHEFFIELD UNITED (Good condition apart from vertical centre fold; team changes, score and scorers neatly written on centre pages) £12, v BOLTON WANDERERS (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £15, v MIDDLESBROUGH (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £15,
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)
BARNSLEY:
45/46 v MIDDLESBROUGH (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and a minor nick on bottom edge) £20, 47/48 v DONCASTER ROVERS (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £18
BLACKPOOL:
49/50 v ARSENAL (Good condition apart from neatly-written team changes and half-time scores, plus minor creasing) £12,
BLACKPOOL RES:
49/50 v SHEFFIELD UNITED RES (Good condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds, neatly written team changes and minor creasing and nicks) £12,
BRENTFORD:
47/48 v BRADFORD PARK AVENUE (Excellent condition; blemish-free apart from having no staple) £20,
CARDIFF CITY:
48/49 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and some minor creasing) £14
CHARLTON ATHLETIC:
48/49 v LIVERPOOL (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical fold and neatly written pencil team changes) £14,
CHELSEA:
47/48 v BOLTON WANDERERS (Excellent condition apart from small spine split) £18, v MIDDLESBROUGH (Good condition apart from minor creases near edges) £18, v SHEFFIELD UNITED (Good condition apart from neatly written pencil team changes and minor creases near edges) £18, v WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (Excellent condition with no obvious defects) £12
48/49 v DERBY COUNTY (Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £16, v BLACKPOOL (Excellent condition apart from neatly written score on team panel and a minute spine split) £14
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, v MANCHESTER UNITED (FAC; Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £12, v A.I.K. STOCKHOLM (Friendly; excellent condition apart from minor staple rust and neatly written team changes) £12,
DONCASTER ROVERS:
46/47 v BRADFORD CITY (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds, and a few small stains) £20,
EVERTON:
45/46 v MANCHESTER CITY (Excellent condition apart from three feint horizontal folds) £22, 46/47 v PRESTON (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds) £20, 49/50 v ARSENAL (Good condition apart from neatly-written team changes and score and scorers, plus feint horizontal and vertical folds) £12,
HULL CITY:
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 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from a feint vertical fold) £12,
LEEDS CITY BOYS:
Undated (1930's ?): v DEWSBURY BOYS (single sheet; Good condition apart from feint horizontal fold) £12,
LINCOLN CITY:
48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from everal minute holes along feint vertical and horizontal folds) £14
LIVERPOOL:
49/50 v NEWCASTLE UNITED (Excellent condition apart from team changes, score and scorers neatly written in ink) £12
MANCHESTER CITY:
47/48 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £18, 49/50 v BLACKPOOL (Excellent condition apart from a tiny stain on front cover and feint vertical and horizontal folds) £12,
NEWCASTLE UNITED:
45/46 v BLACKBURN ROVERS (Fragile condition with several tiny holes along horizontal and vertical folds, plus some stains, creasing and small tears at edges) £10
47/48 v BARNSLEY (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical fold) £18,
48/49 v BLACKPOOL (Excellent condition apart from minor rust stains, and score and scorers written in ink on team panel and results written in ink on half-times panel) £14, v BOLTON WANDERERS (Excellent condition apart score and scorers neatly-written in pencil on team panel and half-times panel completed in pencil) £14,
49/50 v SUNDERLAND (Good condition apart from feint vertical fold and centre pages become attached – no staple rust or other defects) £14,
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE:
Includes two highly-collectable programmes printed on different coloured flimsy pulp paper due to supply shortages in 47/48:
• v CARDIFF CITY (Excellent condition, printed on BUFF YELLOW pulp paper, with no obvious defects) (NB Two other coloured pulp papers were used for the programmes for this match: PURPLE and BLUE) £22,
• v BARNSLEY (Good condition, printed on PINK pulp paper, with no obvious defects apart from a faintly apparent possible spine repair) (NB Two other coloured pulp papers were used for the programmes for this match: BUFF MUSTARD and PEACH) £20,
My grateful thanks to well-known Argyle collector Don Smith for his guide to the multifarious coloured papers used by the printer at the time.
47/48 (on white paper): v DONCASTER ROVERS (Good condition apart from small mark on front cover, neatly written team changes, minor rust, no staple and small spine splits) £17,
48/49 v BURY (Excellent condition apart from staple missing and minor rust marks) £18;
49/50 v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (Excellent condition apart from two torn corners on two pages) £10, v GRIMSBY TOWN (Autographed, hand-signed by BILL STRAUSS and FRANK SQUIRES; Excellent condition with no obvious defects) £14, v PRESTON NORTH END (Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust) £12, v WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (FAC; Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust) £12, v
SHEFFIELD UNITED:
46/47 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Excellent condition apart from stain on corner of front) £20,
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY:
45/46 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, 48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition; no obvious faults apart from staple removed) £14,
STOCKPORT COUNTY:
47/48 v ACCRINGTON STANLEY (Excellent condition apart from a feint horizontal fold and nearly written team changes, score and scorers on team panel) £18,
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
47/48 v LEEDS UNITED (Good condition apart from slight tears at the edges and a horizontal fold) £16,
49/50 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Second Division Champions celebration issue; in fair condition, with horizontal and vertical folds, several small tears and a spine split) £12,
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 UNITED (Excellent condition apart from a feint vertical fold, score neatly written in ink and a small stain on the back cover) £12