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smk06 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 520 Location: North of Leeds

A friend has a copy of Bristol Rovers v Fulham League Cup 1st round 1960/61. He reckons it might be the first ever league cup tie played as the match was a day before the other games.

Is this correct? Any idea on value?

Thanks,

Steve

craig · Site Admin Joined: 22 Nov 2014 Posts: 1350

Hes partially right (I think)... It kicked off 10 or 15 minutes earlier for some reason. If anyone has a copy of this months PM handy there is a little bit about it in there. If not ill tell you more details later on Thumbs Up

holtie96 · Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 2319

Hi Steve
If anybody keeps back issues of Programme Monthly, they should be able to tell you as they ran a feature a while ago which gave an indication of rarity based on a 1-4 basis as some of the programmes are relatively common. Sorry I can't be of any further help on this one.
Best wishes

smk06 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 520 Location: North of Leeds

Cheers Craig, I'd missed that bit of the article!

oldbolt · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 434

In PM it was rated as 4/5 in terms of rarity.
5/5 being very scarce.

craig · Site Admin Joined: 22 Nov 2014 Posts: 1350

holtie96 wrote:

Hi Steve
If anybody keeps back issues of Programme Monthly, they should be able to tell you as they ran a feature a while ago which gave an indication of rarity based on a 1-4 basis as some of the programmes are relatively common. Sorry I can't be of any further help on this one.
Best wishes

If anyone ever wants something checked in PM ive got everyone apart from about 4 so should be able to help if you know the issue number - i also have the Index of them but im not sure how useful it is as ive never looked antyhing up in there

pastpirate · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject:

You are correct it was the first ever League Cup game. It wasn't the only game that evening but we did kick of 15 mins before the others. So Rovers became the first team to win a League cup game.
About the only clain to fame we have got.
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craig · Site Admin Joined: 22 Nov 2014 Posts: 1350

pastpirate wrote:

You are correct it was the first ever League Cup game. It wasn't the only game that evening but we did kick of 15 mins before the others. So Rovers became the first team to win a League cup game.
About the only clain to fame we have got.

Suprised you have time for us after your recently found fame in PM Laughing

andyfromboston · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 429

pastpirate wrote:

You are correct it was the first ever League Cup game. It wasn't the only game that evening but we did kick of 15 mins before the others. So Rovers became the first team to win a League cup game.
About the only clain to fame we have got.

Aren't you also the only side to lose a League Cup Preliminary Round tie?

For some reason the lowest placed league side not relegated to the Conference played the Conference Champions in 2002/03, we came to The Mem in early August and won 2-0.

pastpirate · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject:

Craig wrote:

pastpirate wrote:

You are correct it was the first ever League Cup game. It wasn't the only game that evening but we did kick of 15 mins before the others. So Rovers became the first team to win a League cup game.
About the only clain to fame we have got.

Suprised you have time for us after your recently found fame in PM Laughing

Allways have time for this place my friend, tis the best place to be. Only wish I remembered to get a plug in for the forum.
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pastpirate · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject:

andyfromboston wrote:

pastpirate wrote:

You are correct it was the first ever League Cup game. It wasn't the only game that evening but we did kick of 15 mins before the others. So Rovers became the first team to win a League cup game.
About the only clain to fame we have got.

Aren't you also the only side to lose a League Cup Preliminary Round tie?

For some reason the lowest placed league side not relegated to the Conference played the Conference Champions in 2002/03, we came to The Mem in early August and won 2-0.

Dammit Andy.
I was hoping no one would remember that one.
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JJPROGRAMMES · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 562

Just going through the old posts and found this one hasent been answered reguarding the value of the programme, I paid around £35 a a number of years ago (when the market price was fairly high) and have seen one go on ebay within the last year for just over £20 (£22ish) so overall if you can pick one up for around £25 in good condition youve got yourself a good deal, as for its rarity I wouldnt say its that rare as in its more collectable.

badhand · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 217

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the first League Cup goal was scored in this game by Maurice Cook of Fulham.

JJPROGRAMMES · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 562

Just found this programme in this months DG Taylor`s catalogue (excellent catalogue, for details see PM`s website) but its a bit pricey at £60.

Footyfan · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 507

To add a bit of detail to this matter:

2 LC games played that evening - 26 Sep 1960;

Bristol Rovers vs Fulham 2-1 (HT 0-0)

West ham vs Charlton 3-1 (HT 0-0)