Football Programmes Centre

surfinjim · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: There is a god!

My collection is Wednesday homes against foreign opps and 3rd party/neutral/semi's at Hillsborough.

I'm down to the last 20 or so which are either relatively expensive or just not available.

Now I was advised 2 weeks ago, by word of mouth from the Wednesday historian, of a forgotten game at hillsborough from 1959. Its Yorkshire Boys clubs v Westphalia boys clubs, Germany. I suspected it was a game played with no such programme produced.

Got an email over the weekend from a friend of a friends mum. Found some programmes in the loft, not very good conditon, mainly Wednesday, come and get them for nowt!

You can guess the rest. Its not in perfect condition, and I suspect its worth no more than £2 to any normal collector, but to me.....priceless!

If I knew how to scan a copy on, I would do.

Jim
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26th December 1979

Bolder, Blackhall, Williamson, Smith, Pickering, Hornsby, King, Johnson, McCulloch, Mellor, Curran.

Scorers; Mellor, King, Curran, Smith (pen)

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smk06 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 511 Location: North of Leeds

You could to to get it restored?

http://www.progpres.co.uk/index.php

smk06 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 511 Location: North of Leeds

And well done on the find!

ForestMick · Joined: 24 Nov 2008 Posts: 1645 Location: Nottingham

Although its probably only worth £2 to the rest of the world, its priceless and so satisfying to know that you saved a collection of programmes from the bin, and its one less off your list.
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Senior82 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 982 Location: Near Sheffield

Jim

If you want to send the pictures to me, i'll upload them for you

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Senior82 · Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 982 Location: Near Sheffield

Apologies for the delay, the scans are below!

surfinjim · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject:

Cheers Andy

Jim Ayatollah

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26th December 1979

Bolder, Blackhall, Williamson, Smith, Pickering, Hornsby, King, Johnson, McCulloch, Mellor, Curran.

Scorers; Mellor, King, Curran, Smith (pen)

GODS EVERY ONE OF THEM!

escafeld · Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 29 Location: Sheffield

What a gorgeous old programme, a real curiosity and a great find. I wonder how many were at Hillsborough that day?
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surfinjim · Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:10 am Post subject:

The programme is hand typed not printed, and the picture on the cover is possibly either hand drawn or copied from a printers stamp.

Talking to tcno10, and he's never seen one before and suspects that there probably as little as 20 produced.

No record of the attendance but probably 100 or less.

All opinion of course

Jim Thumbs Up

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26th December 1979

Bolder, Blackhall, Williamson, Smith, Pickering, Hornsby, King, Johnson, McCulloch, Mellor, Curran.

Scorers; Mellor, King, Curran, Smith (pen)

GODS EVERY ONE OF THEM!

Rocky · Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 1537

Jim,

I have a similar programme from Ayresome Park April 1956. Again it's a Yorkshire Association of Boys clubs issue for an anglo-german football exchange.

There may have been an exchange each year in the 50's?

The programme also indicates games would be played at Whitby, Frickley Colliery and Altofts Welfare Ground during April between various Yorkshire boys / youth teams and there German counterparts.

Does anybody else have similar programmes?

ToffeeDan · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 2148 Location: Wirral

Cologne Schoolboys used to play at Goodison in the late 70s early 80s - I have a couple