2nd ANNUAL GREAT WEST FAIR: Sunday November 30

[Westwardprogs]

I am pleased to confirm arrangements for the 2014 Great West Football Programme & Memorabilia Fair, at Bath City Football Club, Mayday Trust Park, Twerton, Bath, BA2 1DB, on Sunday November 30 (10.30am – 1.30pm).
We are again using both Charlies and Randalls Lounges, which combine to form a large and spacious event venue, with extensive free parking (and a handy cashpoint in the nearby Morrisons Local if anyone runs out of readies!).
Entry to the Fair will be by programme (Adults 50p, Under-16’s Free). All adult entrants (plus stall-holders) to receive a free raffle ticket with three bottles of wine available as prizes, the draw to take place at 12 noon.
I am expecting a much larger attendance this year. Already I am aware of collectors (who did not come last year) saying they are travelling from as far away as Chorley, Stafford, Worcester, London and Cardiff to attend.
I look forward to seeing a good number of Forum Members on November 30. If you come, make a point of introducing yourself to me personally.
Here are details of the confirmed stall-holders (in no particular order), together with their contact details to assist collectors to make any requests for items they may wish them to bring to the Fair. All stall-holders will be only too pleased to provide further assistance.
MARK ADDICOTT (Bristol based): Has an attractive array of mainly memorabilia, including, badges, coins, cards, magazines & newspapers, shirts etc., and many items with a Bristol City bias.
Email: [email protected]
ROGER AND TONY COOMBES (Cardiff based): The largest dealers in Wales with an incredible range of programmes and other memorabilia, particularly strong on Welsh material.
Tel.: 02920-560014.
MICHAEL HEWITT (Leeds based): One of Britain's largest full-time dealers, Michael and his son, Alex, have a wide range of programmes, badges and other football memorabilia. They specialise in Leeds and Big Match items, besides covering the national club scene well. Also have some unusual overseas material.
Email: [email protected]
JOHN HUDSON (Stroud based): A collector selling football books and other miscellaneous items, including programmes.
Email: [email protected]
MIKE JAY: (Bristol based): Well-known Bristol Rovers historian, author and collector, Mike is another local collector taking the opportunity to showcase some of his attractive array of programmes and memorabilia. Will sell old soccer annuals, general non league programmes plus Bristol City & Rovers items. programmes, press team sheets and tickets etc
Email: [email protected]
MARTIN LANE (London based): A Chelsea specialist, who has stalls at a range of other fairs and also carries a wide range of items from other clubs.
Email: [email protected]
TOM ROE: (Lancashire-based): Well-known dealer with a fascinating array of top quality antique items, including prestigious display items, menu cards, autographed photographs etc.
Email: [email protected]
SOCCER HISTORY (Lincoln-based): Ian and Donald Nannestad are regulars at fairs throughout the country and produce a magazine devoted to the history of the world's greatest game.
Email: [email protected]
TERRY'S BADGES (Home Counties based): Has a huge selection of badges, especially Non-League, and regularly has stalls at AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers home games.
Website: www.terrysbadges.co.uk Email: [email protected]
WESTWARD PROGRAMMES (Plymouth based): Event organiser and programme specialist, with a wide range of Big Match, League, Cup and Non-League items, and a particular bias towards West Country clubs, especially Plymouth Argyle.
Email: [email protected]

[Westwardprogs]

For the benefit of collectors travelling to the Fair, here are some suggested directions to Bath City FC (Satnav BA2 1DB):

FROM M4 (Junction 1:
Leave M4 at Junction 18 and join A46 (signposted Bath A46)
After approx. 8 miles take left hand lane (signposted Bath A4)
At roundabout take 3rd exit (signposted Bath A4)
After approx. 1 mile at traffic lights turn left (signposted Through Traffic A36)
At traffic lights at T-Junction, turn left (signposted Bristol A4)
At next T-junction, turn right (signposted Through Traffic)
At major roundabout take 2nd exit (signposted Bristol A4)
Continue for approx. 1 mile after passing Sainsburys Supermarket (on right)
At traffic lights (adjacent McDonalds) turn left through a railway arch (signposted Haycombe Crematorium)
Continue past rank of shops (on left), then turn left (adjacent Morrisons Local).
The entrance to Mayday Trust Park is on the left.

FROM BRISTOL (A4):
Proceed from Bristol along the A4 (signposted Bath)
On outskirts of Bath at traffic lights bear right (signposted A4 Bath route for goods vehicles, Chippenham A4, Warminster A36)
After approx. 1 mile, turn left onto an unmarked road through a railway arch.
Continue forward for approx. half mile then at rank of shops (opposite Morrisons Local) turn right.
The entrance to Mayday Trust Park is on the left.

[bazzad]

Sorry I can't be with you on this occasion but Good luck with your fair on Sunday.
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Barry Dixey
Football Memoribilia
(mob) 07887 808102
[email protected]

[Westwardprogs]

Below I list some of the vintage programmes from West Country and Welsh clubs that I plan to bring to the Fair on Sunday. Anyone wishing to reserve any items should email me on [email protected] before 5pm on Saturday evening:
VERY RARE:
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE: 54/55 v COMBINED WEST BROM & SPURS XI (Jack Chisholm Benefit Match; Excellent condition apart from staple removed; no other obvious blemishes) £118.
PRE-1940’s
ARSENAL:
34/35 v WEST BROMWICH ALBION (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical fold long since flattened out. neatly written pencil note of score and scorers, and minor staple rust) £40
CHELSEA RESERVES:
26/27 v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (Single Sheet; in excellent condition; no obvious defects) £25
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
29/30 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from horizontal and vertical folds long since flattened out and score neatly written on team panel) £40,
32/33 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from horizontal and vertical folds long since flattened out and score
neatly written on team panel) £40,
WEST HAM UNITED
36/37 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from feint horizontal folds and minor tears at edges, two punched holes at top edge and feint stains) £30
WALES:
49 v SCOTLAND (Good condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds long since flattened out and a minute pinhole at top of each page) £30,
ALDERSHOT:
45/46 v TORQUAY UNITED (League South Cup; Excellent condition; no obvious defects) £22, 47/48 v EXETER CITY (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal fold) £18, 48/49 v BRISTOL ROVERS (Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust) £14
ARSENAL RESERVES:
47/48 v BRISTOL CITY (Excellent condition apart from horizontal and vertical folds long since flattened out) £15
ASTON VILLA:
46/47 v DERBY COUNTY (Excellent condition, apart from spine showing signs of being bound, no other defects) £20,
v PRESTON NORTH END (Good condition apart from a feint horizontal and vertical folds and a small spine split) £18,
47/48 v STOKE CITY (Excellent condition; no obvious defects) £18, 48/49 v BLACKPOOL (Good condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds £14, 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:
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
BIRMINGHAM CITY:
47/48 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition, apart from one minor restoration repair) £18,
BRENTFORD:
45/46 v NEWPORT COUNTY (Excellent condition; no obvious defects) £20, v PLYMOUTHARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from neatly written team change, score and scorers on team panel) £20
49/50 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical fold) £12, v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds and neatly written team changes and score on team panel) £12,
CARDIFF CITY:
48/49 v GRIMSBY TOWN (Good condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds and some minor creasing) £1,
v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from minor staple rust and several small stains) £14
CHELSEA:
45/46 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from a feint horizontal fold long since flattened out) £22,
EXETER CITY:
49/50 v BRISTOL ROVERS (Excellent condition; no obvious defects) £12,
FULHAM:
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,
LEEDS UNITED:
48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition; no obvious defects) £14
LEYTON ORIENT:
47/48 v SWINDON TOWN (Excellent condition apart from two minute tears) £18,
LINCOLN CITY:
48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from everal minute holes along feint vertical and horizontal folds) £14
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE:
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,.
47/48 (all of these are on white paper): v BRENTFORD (Excellent condition with no obvious defects) £18, v LUTON TOWN (FAC, Excellent confition apart from neatly written pencil team changes and slight staple rust) £18,v LUTON TOWN (FAC; Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust and a feint vertical fold) £18, , v BURY (Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust; no other defects) £18, 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 DONCASTER ROVERS (Good condition apart from small mark on front cover, neatly written team changes, minor rust, no staple and small spine splits) £17, v COVENTRY CITY (Excellent condition apart from a feint vertical fold long since flattened out and minor staple rust) £18,
48/49 v BURY (Excellent condition apart from staple missing and minor rust marks) £18; v COVENTRY CITY (Excellent condition apart from minor staple rust) £18, v NOTTS COUNTY (FAC, Excellent condition, no obvious defects) £16,
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 (Excellent condition apart from a speck of staple rust) £12, v QUEENS PARK RANGERS (Excellent condition apart from a most feint vertical fold) £12
QUEENS PARK RANGERS:
46/47 v POOLE TOWN (FAC; excellent condition apart from feint vertical and horizontal folds) £18,
47/48 v TORQUAY UNITED (Good condition apart from a very feint horizontal fold along which there is a very small tear) £18, v BRISTOL ROVERS (Excellent condition; no other defects) £18, v EXETER CITY (Excellent condition apart from a tiny tear and stain at the foot of the spine) £16,
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,
49/50 v SWANSEA TOWN (Excellent condition; no obvious faults) £12,
Q. P. R. RESERVES:
READING:
46/47 v SWINDON TOWN (Good condition apart from a feint horizontal fold) £20
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY:
46/47 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds and minor staple rust) £20,
48/49 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition; no obvious faults apart from staple removed) £14,
49/50 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Good condition apart from vertical and horizontal folds and a small scuff in the top corner of the front cover – no other obvious blemishes) £12,
SOUTHAMPTON:
49/50 v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (Excellent condition; no obvious defects) £12, v BARNSLEY (Good condition apart from feint horizontal folds, two tiny slits along one fold and some paper fade at the top edge of the front cover) £12,
SWINDON TOWN:
46/47 v PLYMOUTH ARGYLE (Excellent condition apart from feint horizontal and vertical folds) £20
TORQUAY UNITED:
49/50 v NOTTS COUNTY (Excellent condition apart from feint vertical fold) 12,
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
45/46 v NEWPORT COUNTY (Good condition apart from feint horizontal fold and minor nicks around bottom edge) £22,

[cfcmartin1965]

I am looking forward to having a stall at this fair on Sunday. Hope to see some fellow forum members at the fair as well.

Cheers
Martin

[pastpirate]

Looking forward to this fair.
Was very good last year.
Bloody dealers made me spend far too much money though.
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[Westwardprogs]

Many thanks to all the collectors and dealers who supported the Fair earlier today.
The attendance showed a 25% increase on that at last year's inaugural event. which is encouraging.
The feedback I received from both collectors and dealers was generally very positive, which suggests to me that I should have another go next year.
Any members who attended today who would like to provide any comments, criticisms or suggestions for the future, is invited to do so.

[pastpirate]

Yes please Gordon, another one next year.
I will need 12 months to replace the silly amount that I spent.

A very good fair.

Cheers, Jamie.
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[matt blue]

Thank you for arranging the fair Gordon, good to catch up with the dealers I know of and new ones.

Definately recommend a fair next year.

Well done
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