Oldest International Away Programme For Your Club

[Jim LFC]

TheMusic wrote:

If Oxford University counts too, possibly their oldest away issue is from 1902 against Ferencváros in Budapest.

If a programme exists, then it counts!

Did you know that the University team won 15-0?!!

[Rocky]

As per Jims list, Sammensatt Norsk Lag v Middlesbrough played in Oslo on 24.05.50. It finished 0-0.

Boro did venture on European tours in May of 1907, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1927 & 1936. They played a total of 24 fixtures on those tours, possibly more. I’m sure a programme will have been produced sometime somewhere, it's just a matter of finding one.
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[pastpirate]

Earliest know forign trip for Rovers is when we went on tour to Holland in 1930. We played the National team in Amsterdam on the 10th of November and a side called The Swallows in The Hague on the 11th. I believe these two pictures are from the first game,

Final pic is the back of the 2nd card. Don't suppose anyone can translate it for me?


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[colchestersid]

From a free image translation website:


There are goal defenders who love the ball with
punch both fists away at the same time. This is not good. One sees
at our peak a match of a Dutch team against
the Bristol Rovers in Amsterdam. The Rover's goal defender
stumps the ball with one hand, with the other his body
protective of attacks.
One can reach with one hand beyond two. Tries
You try that ! It always makes a few decimal places-
peel ; this can be of decisive influence. The
once again, how the goal defender jumps with stretched
knees. If he pulls the knees in the height, then he can use it.
seriously injure an opponent. This can be done by
referee as dangerous game to be punished

[Baltimore]

Thanks for the post.

Great item!

[GreatBarrWolf]

For Wolves the oldest I know of is when they toured Sweden at the end of the 1945-46 season. An issue for the game against Gestrikland was for sale on Sporting Golds auctions in April 2018. Unfortunately it went for more than my pockets could stretch to.
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Wolves also made a couple of trips to Germany during that season to meet Army teams. I know for certain a teamsheet/programme was issued for the game against Combined Services on 26th September 1945 and suspect one would have been issued for the game against the British Armey on 3rd April[/img]
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[Jim LFC]

GreatBarrWolf wrote:

For Wolves the oldest I know of is when they toured Sweden at the end of the 1945-46 season. An issue for the game against Gestrikland was for sale on Sporting Golds auctions in April 2018. Unfortunately it went for more than my pockets could stretch to. [img] Wolves also made a couple of trips to Germany during that season to meet Army teams. I know for certain a teamsheet/programme was issued for the game against Combined Services on 26th September 1945 and suspect one would have been issued for the game against the British Armey on 3rd April[/img]

Great programme but the Combined Services issue is older!

Also updates for the following

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
BRISTOL CITY
SUNDERLAND
PRESTON NORTH END
NEWCASTLE UNITED
DUNDEE
HEARTS

[Jim LFC]

Updates to the list for the for the following. ..

MANCHESTER CITY
PRESTON NORTH END
MOTHERWELL

[TheMusic]

Newcastle United's is much earlier than 1952 - there are programmes from the Irish tour in 1947 and I think from Sweden in 1946 too.

Re: West Ham, the opponent is Sparta Prague, not Sparta Budapest (no such serious club in Hungary with this name as far as I know).

[Jim LFC]

TheMusic wrote:

Newcastle United's is much earlier than 1952 - there are programmes from the Irish tour in 1947 and I think from Sweden in 1946 too. Re: West Ham, the opponent is Sparta Prague, not Sparta Budapest (no such serious club in Hungary with this name as far as I know).

Thanks for the West Ham info

I actually got the details from here....


http://whu-programmes.co.uk/1922-23-friendlies/4551767234

I'm not considering games from the British Isles, do you have details of the Swedish Newcastle issue from 1946?!

[TheMusic]

Hi Jim,

I don't have details to hand of the Sweden trip - might be worth googling? There were also programmes issued on NUFC's 1949 tour of Canada - I have a couple of those but they're in storage right now. Issues for the games v Montreal All Stars and Alberta come to mind.

Cheers.

[Jim LFC]

Updated list to include the following

DERBY
NEWCASTLE
ARSENAL
BRISTOL CITY
HUDDERSFIELD
BURNLEY
BLACKPOOL
BOLTON
CHARLTON
WEST BROMWICH ALBION

[Pacey Winger]

A bit more modern to those listed previously but above picture is the programme and tickets for Stirling Albion's tour of Japan in 1966, the first British Club to do so. As part of the tour, they also played Iran and AEK Athens.

[Jim LFC]

Hi Jim

Do you have the date of the posted item?

cheers

Jim

[Jim LFC]

To be honest I wasn't going to list any items from after 1960, but I've had so many responses and found so many interesting items that it would be churlish not to include them. This of course opens the door for many European competition games, some from very recent times. I will eventually include more Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish programmes but for now here is the updated list.

Again, it is not a definitive list, if you feel there are any inaccuracies or missing items please let me know


Racing Club Paris v ARSENAL (November 1935)
Slavia Prague v WOOLWICH ARSENAL (May 1907)
Deutschland XI v ASTON VILLA (Berlin) (May 1938)
AIK Stockholm v BIRMINGHAM CITY (May 1946)
Netherlands Select v BOLTON (May 1953)
Sparta Combined XI v BLACKBURN ROVERS (May 1928)
FC Saarbruken v BLACKPOOL (May 1954)
Aalborg v BRISTOL CITY (June 1946)
Kamraterna v BURNLEY (May 1948)
CS Verveitois v BRADFORD CITY (May 1914)
Eastern All Stars v CHARLTON (New York) (June 1937)
Udvlagt Hold v CHELSEA (May 1938)
Trakia Plovdiv V COVENTRY CITY (Fairs Cup) (September 1970)
West Ham v DERBY COUNTY (Amsterdam) (May 1925)
FC Zurich v EVERTON (May 1928)
Twente v IPSWICH TOWN (UEFA Cup) (October 1974)
Combined Services XI v FULHAM (Osnabruck)(June 1947)
PSV v HUDDERSFIELD (May 1951)
Barcelona v HULL CITY (June 1951)
Dutch Select XI v LEEDS (May 1950)
Jonkoping v LEICESTER (July 1976)
HM Forces (RAF and Army combined issue) v LIVERPOOL (July 1945)
Fiorentina v MAN CITY (May 1934)
BAOR Combined Services v MAN UTD (March 1946)
Sammenstatt Norsk Lag v MIDDLESBORO (May 1950)
Kamraterna v NEWCASTLE UNITED (June 1952)
Flamengo v NOTTINGHAM FOREST (Liege) (May 1958)
St Mirren v NOTTS COUNTY (Barcelona) (May 1922)
Dukla Prague v NORTHAMPTON TOWN (May 1965)
Valletta v NORWICH CITY (May 1964)
Grasshoppers v PRESTON NORTH END (May 1946)
Brann Bergen v QPR (UEFA Cup) (September 1976)
Zwaluwen v READING (June 1935)
Copenhagen Select v SHEFFIELD UNITED (June 1936)
Nicholson Wien v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (May 1932)
US Servannaise St Malo v SOUTHAMPTON (May 1934)
Racing Mechelen v SOUTHEND UNITED (May 1953)
Cleveland Stokers (Aberdeen) v Washington Whips (STOKE CITY) (Washington) (May 1967)
Cagliari v STOKE CITY (Cleveland) (May 1967)
Besiktas v SUNDERLAND (May 1950)
Tennis Borussia v TOTTENHAM (May 1950)
Kaiserslautern v WATFORD (UEFA Cup) (September 1983)
Ontario All Stars v WEST BROMWICH ALBION (May 1959)
Sparta Prague v WEST HAM (May 1923)
Combined Services XI v WOLVES (September 1945)

Ferencvaros v OXFORD UNIVERSITY (March 1902)

Slavia Prague v ABERDEEN (May 1911)
NFLD All Stars v AYR UNITED (Canada) (July 1973)
Preussen v CELTIC (May 1922 )
Lowveld Select XI v CLYDE (Rhodesia)(June 1947)
Maccabi v DUNDEE (May 1951)
Dallas Tornado v DUNDEE UTD (June 1969)
Manchester City v DUNFERMILINE (May 1968)
Horsens Forenede Sportsklubber HFS v EAST FIFE) (May 1973)
East Transvaal v HEARTS (June 1954)
Bayern Munich v KILMARNOCK (New York) (May 1960)
Matebeland and Mashonaldland v MOTHERWELL (JUNE 1934)(Double issue)
Combined Services XI v PARTICK THISTLE (Munster) (March 1946)
Skeid Oslo v QUEENS PARK (May 1949)
Grenland Select v RANGERS (May 1911)
Japan XI v STIRLING ALBION (June 1966)
Hamburg v ST JOHNSTONE (UEFA Cup) (September 1971)
Barcelona v ST MIRREN (May 1922)
Birmingham City v THIRD LANARK (Toronto) (January 1961)

Hamburg v CARDIFF (ECWC) April 1968
Roma v WREXHAM (ECWC) (October 1984)

[Pacey Winger]

Hi Jim, Please see above. All in 1966

Its possibly a bit light. Please let me know and Ill type it out for better viewing

[Jim LFC]

Cheers Jim, list updated!

[keithofborstal]

25 May 1929 Buenos Aires XI, Chelsea Won 3-2 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Chelsea embarked upon a three-month tour of South America in 1929. During the trip the Blues earned the nickname 'Los Numerados' (the numbered ones), due to the Chelsea team wearing numbers on their shirts; ten years before numbered shirts were introduced by the Football League, and one year after becoming the first club (along with Arsenal) to wear shirt numbers.

I am not saying this was earliest, but it pre-dates the one you have.

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[Jim LFC]

keithofborstal wrote:

25 May 1929 Buenos Aires XI, Chelsea Won 3-2 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chelsea embarked upon a three-month tour of South America in 1929. During the trip the Blues earned the nickname 'Los Numerados' (the numbered ones), due to the Chelsea team wearing numbers on their shirts; ten years before numbered shirts were introduced by the Football League, and one year after becoming the first club (along with Arsenal) to wear shirt numbers. I am not saying this was earliest, but it pre-dates the one you have. Please see my wants list on this site. [email protected]

Wow! That's a great item, not even in the Scott Cheshire collection?

My records show it was Combinado Bueneos Aires who were the opposition? I suppose this translates to the same as your item!

[keithofborstal]

Sorry I don't know if a programme exists, I hadn't read the entire thread, photographs though certainly do and are to be found in a book called @The Mighty Kick'. My mistake sorry.