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Programmes
Index of notation of condition of programmes: cr = crease, fld = fold, mk = mark, nof = note on front, rs = rusty staples, sl = slight, tc = team changes, tr = tear, v = very, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED THE PROGRAMMES ARE IN GOOD/VERY GOOD CONDITION AND ALL ARE ABOVE AVERAGE
Arsenal Programmes and Handbooks
Woolwich Arsenal Home Programme 1907/8
1907/8 FULHAM RESERVES (17/4/08) full Woolwich Arsenal programme for the reserve team home game, in very good condition having been sympathetically restored (images available on request) £1875
1920/1 HUDDERSFIELD (27/11/20) 4 page large format programme in decent overall condition which has had some professional restoration to the folds and has had the paper deacidified, meaning the paper is safe to handle without the danger of it crumbling (old paper can get brittle with age) - see image below £235
1921/2 LEICESTER CITY (18/2/22) FA Cup 3rd Rnd small piece missing from rear page, no text affected £220
1922/3 BLACKBURN (2/4/23) 4 page large format programme from this era in decent condition with some professional restoration to the folds and edges. The paper has also been deacidified meaning the paper is safe to handle without the danger of it crumbling (old paper can get brittle with age) - see image below £250
1924/5 REDS v BLUES PRE-SEASON PRACTICE MATCH (23/8/24) incredibly scarce 4 page programme in very good condition, with minor professional restoration on a horizontal fold (see image) £725
1925/6 BIRMINGHAM (1/5/26) folded and pages show signs of wear £120, AT ARSENAL AMATEUR CUP SEMI-FINAL (13/3/26) NORTHERN NOMADS V REDHILL includes press cutting of report on the match, this rare programme has fold marks and is in reasonable condition £475 - see images below
1926/7 ASTON VILLA (15/4/27) £200, SHEFFIELD UNITED(22/1/27) £190
1927/8 MIDDLESBROUGH(12/11/27) 130 all pages showing signs of wear but all text legible and programme is complete see image below, WBA FAC 3rd Round (14/1/28) £150 horizontal fold and noticable rust marks from staples which have been removed - a rare programme, see images below
1928/9 CARDIFF(16/3/29) heavy horizontal fold and rust marks from staples which have been removed £150, LEICESTER(13/4/29) folded and cover showing signs of wear £130, MANSFIELD FAC 4th ROUND(26/1/29) rust marks from staples which have been removed £275
1929/30 BIRMINGHAM(15/3/30) £100, LEICESTER (18/4/30) evidence of creases but pretty good overall £100, NEWCASTLE(30/11/29) £100
1930/1 FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING SEASON ASTON VILLA FA Cup 3rd Round (10/1/31) £70, DERBY(14/2/31) £70, MAN UTD (21/2/31) £195, PORTSMOUTH RESERVES(3/4/31) cover slightly worn £100
1931/2 ASTON VILLA (31/10/31) number written to top of front cover otherwise superb condition £75, BOLTON(17/10/31) £70, CHELSEA(2/4/32) £70, LIVERPOOL(28/11/31) £70, MIDDLESBROUGH(30/4/32) £65, PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FA CUP 4TH ROUND(23/1/32) slight rust marks from staples £75, HUDDERSFIELD(12/12/31) very slight horizontal crease otherwise very good £65
1932/3 (Championship Winning Season) ASTON VILLA(1/4/33) £70, CHELSEA Opening of the West Stand very rare white fold out sheet featuring the Prince Of Wales on the front with pictures of the building of the stand. This item has two punch holes in it £30 (see below), MIDDLESBROUGH(26/11/32) small ink stain to the top of all pages, no text affected £70, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY(14/4/33) £70
1933/4 (Championship Winning Season) AUSTRIA VIENNA (friendly 4/12/33) slight rust marking from staples which have been removed £75, AT ARSENAL: ENGLAND SCHOOLBOYS v SCOTLAND SCHOOLBOYS (16 page programme) good condition £55
1934/5 (Championship Winning Season) BLACKBURN(5/9/34) folded £55, LEEDS (19/1/35) £65, PRESTON (25/12/34) £55, SHEFFIELD WED (2/2/35) rust markings from staples which have been removed £55
1935/6 HANDBOOK in good condition £35, BIRMINGHAM (4/1/36) £50, BLACKBURN ROVERS (5/10/35) £50, DERBY COUNTY (9/11/35) slight rust marks from staples otherwise pretty good £45, MAN CITY (21/9/35) pretty good condition with rust marks from staples which have been removed, horizontal fold and scorers noted on the team page £50, MIDDLESBROUGH (7/12/35) folded and rear cover slightly dirty £50, PRESTON (26/10/35) horizontal fold £50, STOKE CITY (1/2/36) rust marks from staples which have been removed otherwise pretty good £50, WOLVES (23/11/35) 'wolves' written in pencil to front cover £50
1936/7 CHARLTON (24/2/37) horizontal crease and some wear to centre team page £35, DERBY (26/9/36) £50, EVERTON (29/8/36) slight rust marks from staples otherwise good £50, MIDDLESBROUGH (21/11/36) excellent £45, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (10/10/36) slight rust marks from staples which have been removed £45, WEST BROM (3/4/37) slight rust marks from staples which have been removed, scorers and half times filled in on centre pages £45, AT ARSENAL: ENGLAND v HUNGARY (2/12/36) 12 page programme with annotations on centre team pages (score and scorers) in overall condition good £175
1937/8 (Championship Winning Season) BIRMINGHAM (16/4/38) includes season ticket renewal form for next season £65, BOLTON (7/5/38) game that won the championship in good condition £60, CHARLTON (2/4/38) good condition £45, CHELSEA (19/2/38) £50, DERBY (5/2/38) £45, PRESTON (11/12/37) good condition £45, STOKE CITY (5/3/38) slight rust marks from staples which have been removed otherwise pretty good condition £40, SUNDERLAND (18/9/37) horizontal and vertical fold £45, WEST BROM (13/11/37) horizontal fold £40
1938/9 ASTON VILLA (24/9/38) £40, BIRMINGHAM (3/12/38) £40, BOLTON (4/3/39) £50, CHARLTON (21/1/39) folded horizontally and vertically £40, CHELSEA (18/2/39) £45, DERBY (14/9/38) £40, EVERTON(10/9/38) £45, GRIMSBY (8/10/38) £40, HUDDERSFIELD (31/12/38) £40, LEEDS (5/11/38) very good £70, LEICESTER (19/11/38) £40, LIVERPOOL (18/3/39) £50, MIDDLESBROUGH (1/4/39) £40, PRESTON (22/10/38) £40, STOKE CITY (17/12/38) good condition £40, SUNDERLAND (4/2/39) £45, TOTTENHAM Jubilee Trust friendly match (20/8/38) cover of programme has splitting along the spine and there is a vertical crease otherwise in decent condition £60, TOTTENHAM RESERVES (22/4/39) very good condition £100, AT ARSENAL: CHELSEA v SHEFFIELD WED FA Cup 5th Round Replay (20/2/39) £100, ENGLAND v REST OF EUROPE (26/10/38) 8 page programme in overall good condition £125
1939/40 HANDBOOK FOR THE ABANDONED LEAGUE SEASON good condition with slight wear to the cover £45, (War programmes are single A4 page programmes, originally sold for one penny, with team line ups on one side and news and fixtures on the back. Arsenal played war matches at Tottenham's ground.) CHELSEA (23/3/40) rare wartime programme with signs of horizontal and vertical folds otherwise good £120
1940/1 (War programmes are single A4 page programmes, originally sold for one penny, with team line ups on one side and news and fixtures on the back. Arsenal played war matches at Tottenham's ground.) LEICESTER War cup Semi-Final first leg (19/4/41) good condition with some creasing where the programme was presumably originally folded, very rare programme £175
1941/2 (War programmes are single A4 page programmes, originally sold for one penny, with team line ups on one side and news and fixtures on the back. Arsenal played war matches at Tottenham's ground.) BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION (14/3/42) £75
1942/3 (War programmes are single A4 page programmes, originally sold for one penny, with team line ups on one side and news and fixtures on the back. Arsenal played war matches at Tottenham's ground.) PORTSMOUTH (2/1/43) team changes in pencil and one inch tear (no paper missing) in pretty good overall condition £50
1943/4 (War programmes are single A4 page programmes, originally sold for one penny, with team line ups on one side and news and fixtures on the back. Arsenal played war matches at Tottenham's ground.) CHELSEA (6/11/43) good condition with a couple of minor creases 55, TOTTENHAM (22/4/44) good condition horizontal crease £55
1945/6 (War programmes are single A4 page programmes, originally sold for one penny, with team line ups on one side and news and fixtures on the back. Arsenal played war matches at Tottenham's ground.) ASTON VILLA very slight wear to the paper and a slight tear £25
Matches At Arsenal
1933/4 ENGLAND SCHOOLBOYS v SCOTLAND SCHOOLBOYS (16 page programme at Highbury) good condition £55
1936/7 ENGLAND v HUNGARY (2/12/36) at Highbury 12 page programme with annotations on centre team pages (score and scorers) and slight rust marking from staples which have been removed, overall condition good £175
1938/9 ENGLAND v REST OF EUROPE (26/10/38) at Highbury 8 page programme with score and scorers noted on centre team pages and slight rust marking from staples which have been removed overall good condition £165
Aston Villa Programmes
1929/30 MIDDLESBROUGH (29/3/30) programme in very good condition £95, 1938/9 ARSENAL (28/1/39) very good condition £95 see below
Birmingham City Programmes
1931/2 MANCHESTER CITY (29/3/32) programme in very good condition £175Chelsea Programmes
1932/3 BLACKBURN ROVERS (27/8/32) first home game of season with horizontal fold otherwise good clean programme with picture of the Chelsea squad to the front cover £50, NEWCASTLE (24/9/32) horizontal crease and staple removed otherwise good clean programme £45, SHEFFIELD UNITED (10/9/32) horizontal and vertical crease and very slight rust marking from staple otherwise good £45, 1938/9 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY FA CUP 5th ROUND 2ND REPLAY AT ARSENAL (20/2/39) good condition £100
Everton Programmes
ARSENAL (28/8/37) very good condition (possibly from a bound volume) £100Luton Town Programmes
1937/8 SWINDON TOWN FA Cup 4th round (22/1/38) vertical crease otherwise good condition £180Millwall Programmes
1945/6 ARSENAL (23/3/46) pretty good condition £30Newcastle United Programmes
1923/4 ARSENAL (1/9/23) very good condition (has been professionally restored) see images below £550
New Zealand Programmes
Portsmouth Programmes
1935/6 ARSENAL (19/10/35) slight creasing and slight rust marks from staples which have been removed, otherwise a good condition programme £170South African Programmes
SOUTH AFRICA WESTERN PROVINCE LEAGUE 1936 April 13th 1936 4 page programme featuring two matches, Tramway v Hibs and Caledonian v Clyde. PLEASE NOTE these games do not feature Scottish teams, these are South African league teams using the same names as their Scottish counterparts. Programme in good condition with small rust hole to spine £75
West Ham United Programmes
1937/8 TOTTENHAM (2/4/38) very light crease otherwise excellent £130
WORTHING Programmes
1936/7 Legal & General (6/12/36) Amateur Cup 1st Round in good condition £30Pre-War England Programmes
1933/4 ENGLAND SCHOOLBOYS v SCOTLAND SCHOOLBOYS (16 page programme at Highbury) good condition £55
1936/7 ENGLAND v HUNGARY (2/12/36) at Highbury 12 page programme with annotations on centre team pages (score and scorers) and slight rust marking from staples which have been removed, overall condition good £175
1938/9 ENGLAND v REST OF EUROPE (26/10/38) at Highbury 8 page programme in overall good condition £125
Pre-War and War-Time FA Cup Final/SemiFinal Programmes and Tickets
1934/5 Sheffield Wednesday v West Brom TICKET pretty good condition with faint discolouration to rear £175
1936/7 FA CUP SEMI-FINAL Preston v West Brom (at Highbury) this programme had one page missing which has been replaced by a photocopy of an original and is priced accordingly at £75 (recently seen sold at auction for £350)
1938/9 Portsmouth v Wolves TICKET very good condition with a couple of extremely faint rust spots £165
1940/1 Arsenal v Leicester War Cup Semi-Final first leg (19/4/41) at Tottenham, good condition with some creasing where the programme was presumably originally folded, rare programme £175
1941/2 Arsenal v Brentford War Cup Semi Final (at Chelsea) scarce single sheet programme with a couple of folds and a slight tear on one of the folds - pretty good condition £175
Postcards of Team Groups (all original postcards) - scans available upon request
ASTON VILLA 1910/11 team group with names printed at the bottom of the postcard - excellent condition £75
BRISTOL CITY 1906 team group - excellent condition £80
EVERTON 1906/7 team group with names printed at the bottom of the postcard - excellent condition £75
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN circa 1910 team group (trainer was Carter, directors were JL Crowther and JH Crowther) with names printed at the bottom of the postcard - good condition with slight rounding of the corners of the postcard £60
LIVERPOOL 1913/14 team group - excellent condition £75
MANCHESTER UNITED circa 1910 team group by R Scott and Co - each player shown in a separate circular picture of head and shoulders with names printed at the bottom of the postcard (team members include Holden, Edmunds, Stacey, Duckworth, Roberts, Bell, Wall, Turnbull, West, Halse, Meredith) - slight creasing of postcard, reasonable condition £80
SWINDON TOWN 1912/13 team group by Protheroe Simons - very good condition with minor crease to one corner £65