1955/6 Onwards VILLA PROGRAMMES

[BAZZABAGGIES]

99p

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-Y.....589b4cec76

[slightfold]

He's dreaming isn't he!! 50 seasons of home Villa and he'e looking for around £25K means £500 a season. His only hope is that a Villa fan won the lottery tonight.

[markb9060]

"Over 50 years of programmes with the exception of Villa v Manchester United 3/1/58"

I wasn`t aware that there was a game between the two clubs on that date?

Hmmm.....wants £25k and has given mis-information already? !

Of course I stand corrected if wrong !

[martino]

Maybe an interesting legal problem as he is showing a winning bid of 99pence for the Auction. He obviously will not let them go for that but he did set it up as an auction ...................

E Bay will not be too chuffed if he does get a few thousand for them as they end up with a final value fee on 99pence.

[Poolec]

It's home and aways (rather than just homes that someone mentioned) but still, even with a few gems in there surely £25k is very unlikely. I would have thought the more intersting ones would be before those years but guess they are being kept.

Mind you the binders alone must have cost a bit !!

Seems a shame to sell a football collection to fund a cricket career, if he's that good he doesn't need to go to Millfield but you have to admire his dad's support.

The way it's been run I guess we'll never know the result although I agree that ebay will have something to say if they pick up on it.

[dangerman]

And the bidder could complain to ebay if anything happens between the seller and bidder

[Eck]

markb9060 wrote:

"Over 50 years of programmes with the exception of Villa v Manchester United 3/1/58" I wasn`t aware that there was a game between the two clubs on that date? Of course I stand corrected if wrong !

You're not wrong. There was no first division games on that date.

For a start the 3/1/58 was a Friday,there were no games in January that season until 11/1/58. It is possible that a postponed one exists but I find it hard to believe that the whole first division card was wiped out on that week.

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1958-01-01

F.A. cup on the 4th.
http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1958-01-04

[markb9060]

Eck wrote:

markb9060 wrote: "Over 50 years of programmes with the exception of Villa v Manchester United 3/1/58" I wasn`t aware that there was a game between the two clubs on that date? Of course I stand corrected if wrong ! You're not wrong. There was no first division games on that date. For a start the 3/1/58 was a Friday,there were no games in January that season until 11/1/58. It is possible that a postponed one exists but I find it hard to believe that the whole first division card was wiped out on that week. http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1958-01-01 F.A. cup on the 4th. http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1958-01-04

Thanks for the info Eck....good links.

I may have been a bit harsh regarding "mis-information", It`s possible he mean`t Aston Villa v Manchester United on 31/3/58...plausable and an easy mistake.

This fixture attracted only 16,000 or so due to it being played on a Bank Holiday and/or at a strange hour of day, not sure?

What I am sure about is this is the ONLY programme I`d want from his collection as it is collectable and commands quite a high price so just a pity that out of all his thousands of prgrammes, this is the one he possibly doesn`t have.