Teamsheets

[Wullie]

On my regular search on Ebay i come across more and more of these teamsheets that , i guess are supposed to be "official" press sheets given out free before a game. Does anyone think someone somewhere is just knocking these out on a computer.
I mean it wouldn't be difficult and there seems a ready market willing to pay £2 a time (incl.post).
I just can not believe that all of a sudden all these teamsheets from the 80s and 90s have just turned up in fantastic condition. At the end of the day what do you need?
A club badge, team line ups (easy to get hold of) and the date of the game. I think some people are just taking the Michael out of collectors.

[ToffeeDan]

I think most teams fans know what their clubs Official Teamsheets look like so, consequently, it shouldn't be possible to pull the wool over most collectors eyes.

[Wullie]

I'm not so sure. I'm really talking about stuff from the 80s and 90s that until a year ago were rarely seen now all of a sudden there are hundreds of them about. With all respect how would i know what a Rotherham or Sheffield Weds, teamsheet should look like? But these are two i've seen for sale v Sunderland.

[ToffeeDan]

Wullie wrote:

I'm not so sure. I'm really talking about stuff from the 80s and 90s that until a year ago were rarely seen now all of a sudden there are hundreds of them about. With all respect how would i know what a Rotherham or Sheffield Weds, teamsheet should look like? But these are two i've seen for sale v Sunderland.

You might be right I suppose. For every collector who knows the real stuff from their own team (I think I do after 40 years) there must be dozens who don't - and the away fixtures must be a landmine.

[MRPROGRAMMES]

Well lets face it, they usually smell a bit old !! - the black and white Liverpool ones from 70s - 90's god knows where they get the paper from , it was so not like paper, but you couldnt just photocopy them. Thing is, i just bin any b/w ones i could photocopy as i reckon if i could do it, so could anyone for non LFC ones - rather not sell them. But thats the collector rather than the profiteer speaking.

[certainlynot]

Sunderland put their team sheet on website , free to d/load and print off , also allows you to fill in the score / scores / attendance/etc .

[Wullie]

certainlynot wrote:

Sunderland put their team sheet on website , free to d/load and print off , also allows you to fill in the score / scores / attendance/etc .

That's interesting. I wonder how many more teams do this.

[craig]

Wullie wrote:

certainlynot wrote: Sunderland put their team sheet on website , free to d/load and print off , also allows you to fill in the score / scores / attendance/etc . That's interesting. I wonder how many more teams do this.

Newcastle put their home and away team sheets on their offical site. However if someone was to print out the t/s from their game at Cardiff the other week, you could tell it wasnt an original if you'd seen a Cardiff t/s as they are printed on both sides... Which i guess goes back to the original point of the thread though!!

[Pagiemcfc]

I Started collecting teamsheets 3 seasons ago for homes and 2 seasons ago for aways.
For Home games MCFC send me out a teamsheet the day after each game FOC
For away games 99% of the time i just send an email the week leading up to the game and they either request an SAE or just post them out to me FOC. also 99% of the time we manage to get one from the ground H & A FOC.
the only teams which will not respond to emails are
Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham, Liverpool (Although i have a new contact for Liverpool this season so may get more luck). also unsure of Wolves & burnley as they are New this season.
the teams i know of which you can download PDF online are Wigan, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sunderland but like you say these are far from the originals.

[CarlisleUtdMem]

Bristol City put their teamsheets on their website
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