Football Programmes Centre

Flaming Pie · Joined: 26 Nov 2016 Posts: 969

Interesting article here from a 1971 Football League Review warning that the 10p programme would soon be with us . Sorry it’s not very legible, these iPads are not that good for reproducing articles, the general point is that 10p is a bit steep. Mind you , in those days you could have a weekend in Blackpool for £2 -50p and still have enough money left for fish and chips on the way home

Jim LFC · Joined: 05 Oct 2014 Posts: 594

I remember having a rant in Programme Monthly about the price of programmes reaching £1 following my teams matches at York and Chelsea in the mid 80's. I argued that aside from ripping the supporters off, it would discourage the young collectors, the lifeblood of our hobby......

The irony today is that most of the 10p programmes from the 70's and the £1 issues from the 80's are struggling to sell for their original proce! Sad

Flaming Pie · Joined: 26 Nov 2016 Posts: 969

Jim, l see the article names and shames the culprits who had already introduced a 10p programme,, Bournemouth and Hull. Swines Laughing

slightfold · Joined: 13 Oct 2009 Posts: 609

Tonight's Spurs Palace issue at £10 is 100 times more than the previously dreaded rise to 10 pence !!

Flaming Pie · Joined: 26 Nov 2016 Posts: 969

Slightfold, £10!!!, in 1971 you could tell your missus you were off to watch Tranmere at some faraway place ( Barrow) make a detour to St Tropez, take Brigette Bardot for a shandy, arrive back home on Monday morning and still have enough money left for fish and 🍟.

Auchinleckian · Forum Moderator Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 4352

Flaming Pie wrote:

Slightfold, £10!!!, in 1971 you could tell your missus you were off to watch Tranmere at some faraway place ( Barrow) make a detour to St Tropez, take Brigette Bardot for a shandy, arrive back home on Monday morning and still have enough money left for fish and 🍟.

Tell kids that today and they won't believe you (with apologies to Monty Python, The Four Yorkies)

Tynie Topics · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 3572

Wasn't it Luton Town that were the first to charge £1.00, sometime around 1986?
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overlap · Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 431

Coventry City were the first to charge 10p for a programme, in 1970, when they "doubled the cover price to two shillings".

Fascinating article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/28/coventry-city-matchday-programmes-design-art

bluejames · Joined: 30 Mar 2016 Posts: 169

slightfold wrote:

Tonight's Spurs Palace issue at £10 is 100 times more than the previously dreaded rise to 10 pence !!

Ebay awash with this programme at £16 + £2.50 postage and selling like hot cakes.Some folk have more money that sense.They must have printed a huge number with the ability, because of todays technology, to print a huge number more if required.They will soon end up at programme fairs with dealers who enjoy taking half a ton of paper with them in the unsold pile along with modern cup finals and semi finals and the like which are unsellable at any price