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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

‘Nottingham Forest’. Rare early shield shaped colour trade card printed in red with image of a player kicking the ball to centre and title ‘Notts Forest’ to lower border. J. Baines Litho, Bradford believed to be 1912. With advertising to reverse. Minor wear to edges otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

The Football Association 75th Anniversary Banquet 1938’. Rare Official leather bound brochure for the banquet held at The King’s Hall, Holborn Restaurant, London on 30th May 1938 with ‘F.L. 1888-1938’ in gilt to centre and ribbon tie. This was Joseph Richards, ex Barnsley player, Football League Chairman and originator of the Football League Cup in 1960, brochure and has his name in gilt to the corner of the front cover. The brochure with tabbed index... View full lot details

St. Pauls F.C., Thanet, Kent 1912/13. An attractive little booklet titled ‘History of St. Paul’s F.C. [Thanet, Kent] as set out by Hon. Sec. Written and illustrated by A.J. Biggs’. The book, handwritten in ink in the form of a diary, details the formation of the church football team and descriptions of the matches played in the 1912/13 season. The content is delightfully illustrated to the front cover and throughout with humorous cartoons depicting players... View full lot details

Signed football commemorative covers 1970s onwards. A good selection of forty four covers including a number of limited editions, each signed, the odd multi-signed. Includes covers for F.A. Cup Finals 1978, 1981 & 1982, League Cup Finals 1972, 1976 & 1977, Charity Shield 1987, Football League Centenary 1888-1988, ‘Football Legends’ 1996, Arsenal ‘Double’ winners 1970/71, ‘Official Football League Series’ covers covering seasons 1971/72 (Qty 6), 1972/73 (1), 1973/74 (3), 1975/76 (1), 1978/79 (1) and 1979/80... View full lot details

Signed football ephemera 1970s-2010s. A selection of signed letters, book, programme, cover etc. Includes two letters from Nottingham Forest managers, Brian Clough dated 1979, and Frank Clark 1994. Other letters signed by Bob Wilson 1979, Len Shackleton 1995, Gary Lineker 2004. Also an official programme for ‘An Evening with George Eastham’ 2015, signed by Eastham, a player profile card of Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), ‘When England Called’, Graham Taylor 1991, signed by Taylor, commemorative cover... View full lot details

Football facsimile autograph sheets 1950s-1990s. Purple file comprising a large collection of over eighty facsimile official and unofficial autograph sheets of football clubs covering the English and Scottish football leagues. Clubs featured are Aberdeen, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Brighton, Cardiff City, Celtic, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Hibernian, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth,... View full lot details

Jack Cox. Liverpool & England 1898–1909. Early mono printed postcard of Cox, full length, wearing England kit. Title to lower border ‘Celebrated Football Players: J. Cox’. Raphael Tuck ‘Football’ Postcard’ Series 599. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Jack Brown. Sheffield Wednesday & England 1923–1937. Early mono real photograph postcard of Brown, half length, wearing goalkeepers jersey. Title to lower border ‘W. Brown. Wednesday’. Furniss of Sheffield, marked in pencil ‘1921’. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lewis Bedford. Walsall and Sheffield Wednesday 1922–1927 and 1928. Early mono real photograph postcard of Bedford, full length in Wednesday kit. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Brelsford. Sheffield Wednesday 1914-1924. Early mono real photograph postcard of Brelsford, half length, wearing Wednesday shirt. Title to lower border ‘T.W. Brelsford. Wednesday’. Furniss of Sheffield, marked in pencil ‘1921’. Postally unused. Good/very good condition.... View full lot details

William Furness. Leeds United F.C. 1928-1937. Mono plainback player card/postcard of Jennings, full length, in Leeds shirt with name and season 1930-31 to lower border. Photo by Charles of Briggate, printed by Rostrons of New Wortley. Some minor wear and soiling to card otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Southampton Football Club. Collection of real photograph postcards including postcards of the teams of 1922/23 and 1948, individual player postcards of Charlie Wayman, George Ephgrave, William Ellerington, Bill Heaton, Bobby Veck, Bill Rochford, Gorge Lewis etc, all 1940/50’s players for the Saints. Some cards by ‘Regent Studios, Southampton’. Qty 14. Some wear and faults to the two team postcards otherwise in good condition. Sold with five other Southampton player postcards with odd signature, the postcards... View full lot details

Aston Villa. ‘The Story of Aston Villa’ A cartoon history by Norman Edwards of the Birmingham ‘Evening Despatch’. Published in 1947. With cartoons reprinted from the newspaper. Pictorial covers. Wear and soiling to covers,tape repairs to spine and cover edges, nicks and tears to edges otherwise in good condition. Sold with a complete set of twelve original beer mats issued by the ‘Evening Despatch-Best for Sport’ in 1962, each featuring a named caricature of a... View full lot details

Football trade cards 1920s-1930s. Binder comprising a large selection of original football trade and cigarette cards with the odd later reprint. Original series include Boys’ Magazine ‘Football Series’ 1922 (Qty 12), ‘Famous Footballers Series’ 1929 (10 plus duplicates), Pluck ‘Famous Football Teams’ 1922 (19), Boy’s Realm ‘Famous Footballers’ 1922 (15, some duplication), The Champion ‘Famous Football Captains’ 1922 (19), D.C. Thomson Adventure ‘Footballers Signed Real Photos’ 1923 (45), ‘Famous British Footballers’ 1923 (18), ‘British Team... View full lot details

Southampton F.C. 1930/31. Official mono photograph of the team and officials, seated and standing in rows. Players featured include Shelley, McIlwane, Woodhouse, Luckett, Hough, Bradford, Adams, Scriven, White, Keeping, Roberts etc. The photograph, probably by Chandler of Southampton, is laid to large photograph album page with player’s names on printed label laid to lower border of mount. Overall 14”x10.5”. Minor damage to album page, the photograph in very good condition. Excellent image - football... View full lot details

Football signed player photographs. A large selection of over seventy mainly modern colour player profile photographs, each signed by the featured player. Signatures include Bobby Robson, Vinnie Jones, Ron Harris, and a signed ‘Hibernian Greats’ postcard of Joe Baker. Also includes sixty one signed player photographs of West Ham players c.2000s/2010s, with odd duplication. Other teams featured include Arsenal and Burnley. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Manchester United c.1968. Three signed mono copy photographs. Players/ signatures featured are Brian Kidd and Alex Stepney in training, Harry Gregg making a save, and David Sadler at home with a cup of tea. Each measures 10”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Manchester United 1960s. Four signed mono copy photographs. Players/ signatures featured are Bill Foulkes on the training ground, Harry Gregg in the dressing room with team mates, Alex Stepney making a diving save, and Tony Dunne with the European Cup trophy. Each measures 10”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Best. Manchester United. Two mono copy photographs of a youthful Best at home, one of him playing cards with a dog in attendance, the other of Best reclining on a settee. Both photographs nicely signed to the lower border by Best. Each measures 10”8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Denis Law and George Best. Manchester United. Two colour copy photographs of Law and Best both in match action. Each photograph nicely signed in black ink by the featured player. Each measures 11.5”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1884. Very early original sepia photograph of the ‘Wanderers “Wrekin Cup” Team, 1884’, the players seated and standing wearing football attire, surrounding the trophy to the centre. The photograph by William J. Sadler of Wolverhampton measures 10.75”x9.25”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 21”x16”. Title and players’ names hand printed to lower mount border. A replacement mount with similarly styled title is loosely superimposed. Named players include Brodie (Captain), Blackham, Cliff, J. &... View full lot details

‘Trial Match. South Team 1898-9’. Early original sepia photograph of the South Team seated and standing in rows wearing football attire for an England trial match. Players featured include two England captains, G.O. Smith and Wiliam Oakley, also Stanley Briggs (Tottenham Hotspur & Arsenal), Barker, Cautley, Robinson, Middleditch, Vassall, Calvey, Wilson and Bradshaw. The photograph measures 10.75”x8.5” with handprinted title and players’ names to mount overlay, overall 15.75”x14”. Photographer unknown. A nice image in very... View full lot details

Ipswich Town F.C. 1906/07. Early original sepia photograph of the Ipswich Town team seated and standing in rows wearing football attire with officials and the crowd behind, and a trophy in front (probably a local Suffolk tournament). Players featured appear to include Cornell, Bailey, Lewis, Steel, Betts etc. The photograph measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount with name annotated in ink to lower right corner for Mills & Son, Ipswich. Overall 15”x13”. Loss to... View full lot details

‘Derby County Football Club 1922-3’. Large original mono photograph of the Derby County playing staff seated and standing in rows wearing football attire in front of the grandstand. Players who featured in the 1922/23 season include Olney, Chandler, Crilly, McIntyre, Wightman, Storer, Thornewell, Lyons, Moore, Murphy, Thoms, Galloway, Plackett etc. The photograph measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 18”x14”. Title and photographer’s name, ‘Winter of Derby’ printed to lower edge of the photograph.... View full lot details

‘Queen’s Park Football Club 1st Eleven- Season 1922-23’. Original mono photograph of the Queen’s Park playing staff and officials seated and standing in rows wearing football attire. The photograph by R. McFarlane of Glasgow measures 11”x8.25”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 18”x14”. Players’ names and title printed to lower mount border. Players featured include Crawford, Chalmers, Moreland, McAlpine, Dickson, Scott, Pirie etc. Foxing to the mount, the photograph in very good condition. An excellent... View full lot details

Ernest Prater (Fl. 1897-1914). Excellent original watercolour heightened with body colour of a footballer performing an athletic high kick of a football. The player is depicted wearing a bright red jersey, white shorts with blue belt, green and pink topped socks, and ankle length boots of the period. Signed by the artist to the lower right corner, undated but probably early 1900s. The artwork measures 9.25”x11.5”, mounted, framed and glazed in later frame with hand-printed... View full lot details

World Cup 1966. Official programmes for the World Cup Final 1966, England v West Germany held at Wembley on July 30th 1966 and the World Cup 1966 Tournament programme. The Final programme in good/very good condition, the tournament programme with full match details neatly hand written to pages. Qty 2... View full lot details

Big match football programmes 1960-1995. A good selection of official match programmes including F.A. Cup finals played at Wembley Stadium 1960, 1983, 1984, 1989 & 1990. F.A. Cup Semi-finals, Manchester City v Ipswich Town 1981, Everton v Southampton 1984, Manchester United v Liverpool 1985, Southampton v Liverpool 1986, Coventry City v Leeds United 1987, Sunderland v Norwich City 1992, and Manchester United v Crystal Palace 1995. League Cup Finals at Wembley 1969, 1983, 1984 (replay),... View full lot details

Manchester United in Europe season 1963/64. Official programme for the European Cup Winners Cup first round 1st leg match v Willem II played at Tilburg, Netherlands, 25th September 1963. Signed to the front cover by Dennis Law, George Best and Bobby Charlton. Date annotated to front, score annotated to centre ‘field of play’ pages. Horizontal fold, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Manchester United v Nottingham Forest. League Cup Final 1992. Official programme for the Final played at Wembley Stadium, 12th April 1992, with two official tickets to the Banqueting Hall, accompanying table plan/ list of guests and ‘Programme of Arrangements’. The programme signed to the centre pages by eleven Manchester United players and fourteen Nottingham Forest. Signatures include Pallister, Parker, Phelan, Robson, Webb, Hughes, McClair, Crossley, Glover, Sheringham, Keane etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Everton v Liverpool. F.A. Cup Final 1986. Official programme for the Final played at Wembley Stadium, 10th May 1986. Official match ticket stapled to inside front cover. The programme signed to the front and rear pages by fourteen footballers and other sports and entertainment personalities. Signatures are Gordon Honeycombe, Tommy Cannon, John Conteh, Stan Boardman, Steve Cram, David Pleat, Samantha Fox, Ray Clemence, Henry Cooper, Andy Gray, Cilla Black, Emlyn Hughes, Willie Thorne and Mick... View full lot details

England v Poland 1990. Official programme for the European Championship Qualifying Match played at Wembley Stadium 17th October 1990, with official match and car park tickets. The programme signed to page 5 by three England managers, Graham Taylor, Bobby Robson and Alf Ramsey, also Alex Ferguson. Very good condition.... View full lot details

England v Holland [Netherlands] 1993. Official programme for the World Cup Qualifying Match played at Wembley Stadium 28th April 1993, with official complimentary match ticket. Eleven signatures to the first three pages including footballers and managers Garth Crooks, Bobby Robson, Bobby Charlton, Pat Jennings, Graham Taylor, Billy Wright, Alex Ferguson, Dave Sexton and Terry Neill, also MPs John Smith and David Mellor. Very good condition.... View full lot details

England v Georgia 1997. Official programme for the World Cup Qualifying Match played at Wembley Stadium 30th April 1997, with official match ticket for the Royal Box and car park ticket. Fourteen signatures to pages including Phil and Gary Neville, Jamie Rednapp, Robbie Fowler, Gary Pallister, Steve McManaman, Nicky Butt, Gareth Southgate, Ian Wright, Sol Campbell, Martin Keown, David Beckham, Arsene Wenger and Stefan Edberg (tennis). Very good condition.... View full lot details