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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Football Club pin badges. A good selection of over 180 metal pin badges, mainly modern with a few earlier, for English and Scottish League and non-League Clubs, with the odd Irish Club and cricket County. Some badges with maker’s marks to verso including W. Reeves & Co. Birmingham, Lapels, Euro Tab Dublin, London Badge etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Football Club pennants 1970s-2000s. Box comprising over one hundred cloth and plastic hanging pennants, the majority for English and Scottish League and non-league clubs. Includes a large 18”x28” West Bromwich Albion pennant of the late 1970s signed by eight players including Cyrille Regis, Brendon Batson, John Trewick, Derek Statham, John Wile etc. Signatures a little faded but legible. Thirty four pennants are of a larger format up to 12”x16”, the remainder approx. 4”x7”. Good /... View full lot details

Fulham F.C. Two framed and glazed Fulham related items. One is a ‘World Cup Winners, George and Ben Cohen’ print featuring a colour image of George Cohen of Fulham F.C. and member of the England 1966 World Cup winning team, and his son, Ben Cohen, who was a member of the England 2003 Rugby World Cup winning team. Limited edition no. 38/500, signed by father and son. Overall 22.5”x30”. Sold with a small (boy’s?) size... View full lot details

Football booklets, histories and programmes 1950s-1980s. Mixed selection, some signed. Includes ‘Joe Baker’s Football Quiz Book’ 1995, signed to the front cover by Baker. Two Forfar Athletic official match programmes 1978, one signed to the front by fourteen, another for Luton Town v Derby County 1992 signed to the front by five. ‘Peter Isaac Testimonial Match’ Hereford United v Derby County 1980, signed to the front by Isaac, plus a further eleven match programmes, mainly... View full lot details

Blackpool F.C. 1938/39. Album page signed in ink by thirteen players. Signatures include Alec Roxburgh, Alex Munro, Harry Johnston, Bobby Finan, Willie Buchan, Eric Sibley, Eric Hayward, Sammy Jones, George Farrow etc. Two signatures including one of Bob Mauchline crossed out. Some rubbing, one signature faded, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Birmingham City F.C. 1938/39. Album page nicely signed by eleven players, six in ink, five in pencil. Signatures in ink include Dai Richards, Wally Halsall, Billy Gibson (trainer) and one other, and in pencil, Jackie Brown, Willie Steel, Frank Clack, Charlie Craven, Cyril Trigg, and Don Dearson. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Bury F.C. 1939’. Album page nicely signed in ink by ten players. Signatures include Tommy Burdett, Reg Halton, Archie Livingstone, Jimmy Gemmell, Alick Robinson etc. Page a little trimmed, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Leicester City F.C. 1938-9’. Album page very nicely signed in ink by twenty players. Signatures include Percy Grosvenor, Roger Heywood, David Jones, Sandy McLaren, Mal Griffiths, Matt Moralee, Billy Frame, Johnny Grogan, Danny Liddle, George Dewis, Joe Calvert, Jack Bowers, Arthur Chandler etc. Light folds, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Aston Villa F.C. 1937/38. Plain postcard nicely signed in ink by thirteen players. Signatures include Freddie Haycock, Eric Houghton, Ronnie Starling, Jimmy Allen, Frank Broome, Les Latham, Fred Biddlestone, Bob Iverson, Ernie Callaghan, Alex Massie, George Cummings etc. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Bolton Wanderers F.C. 1938/39. Small plain card nicely signed in ink by fourteen players. Signatures are Albert Geldard, George Hunt, Jack Atkinson, Harry Hubbick, Alf Anderson, George Taylor, Tom Grosvenor, Jim Currier, Ray Westwood, Jack Tennant, Harry Goslin, Teddy Rothwell, Stan Hanson, and Don Howe. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Derby County F.C. 1937/38. Plain postcard nicely signed in ink by nineteen players and the trainer. Players’ signatures include Dave Astley, Ronnie Dix, Dave Bell, Tim Ward, John Brinton, Jack Howe, Alf Jeffries, Harry Wright, Jack Nicholas, Reg Stockill, Sammy Crooks, Eric Keen etc. Some creasing and minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Huddersfield Town F.C. 1938/39. Album page nicely signed in black and blue inks by twenty players, also the manager, Clem Stephenson and trainer Jack Chaplin. Players’ signatures include Pat Beasley, Pat Barlow, Jimmy Isaac, Tom Hinchcliffe, Bobby Barclay, Reg Mountford, Jack Mahon, Willie Mills, Eddie Boot, Bob Hesford etc. Horizontal crease and minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Newcastle United F.C. 1938/39. Album page nicely signed in black ink by nineteen players, also the trainer, Norman Smith. Players’ signatures include Benny Craig, Ray Bowden, Bobby Ancell, John Park, Tommy Pearson, Tim Rogers, Doug Wright, Albert Stubbins, David Fairhurst, Tom Mooney, Ralph Birkett, Tom Swinburne, Harry Clifton, Joe Richardson, Jim Denmark etc. Minor adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Autographed Editions’. A good selection of nineteen signed photographs of football greats in official presentation folder. Signatures are George Best, Geoff Hurst, Harry Redknapp, Frank Lampard Snr., Alvin Martin, Tony Cottee, Steve Potts, Stuart Pearce, Dave Watson, Malcolm Macdonald, Warren Barton, Peter Shilton, Carlton Palmer, Archie Gemmill, John Wark, Ron Harris, Mick Mills, Mike Summerbee, and Alan Hudson. Produced by Westminster. Creasing to the Summerbee print, all others in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Football autograph album 1937-1939. Larger format album comprising over three hundred signatures in ink and pencil of footballers, some cricketers and the odd boxer and tennis player, the majority signed individually to laid down pieces, clipped cuttings, photographs, cigarette cards etc., with some teams to album pages. A good number of teams are organised by pages. Clubs featured include Brentford (16 signatures), Blackpool (5), Grimsby Town (10), West Bromwich Albion (13), Arsenal (4), Bolton Wanderers... View full lot details

Signed football ephemera. A selection of signed letters, magazine cuttings, commemorative cover etc. Includes five letters with signatures of Stanley Rouse, Secretary of the Football Association dated 1955, Bobby Robson (England manager) to Hunter Davies 1992, George Hardwick (Middlesbrough, Oldham Athletic & England) 1996, Jack Crompton (Manchester United) 2000, and Tom Finney (Preston & North End and England) c.2002. Other items include two signatures of Ted Sandford (West Bromwich Albion), one to the back of... View full lot details

Football signed commemorative covers 1975-2013. Fourteen signed football commemorative covers. Includes four limited edition ‘Official Football League Series’ No. 5 Aston Villa v Antwerp 1975 signed by Brian Little, No. 7 West Ham v Lahden Reipas 1975 signed by Mervyn Day, No. 2 Bristol City v Stoke City 1976 signed by Paul Cheesley, No. 8 Lincoln City v Sheffield Wednesday 1976 signed by Graham Taylor. Mercury First Day Covers ‘Sport’ 11th June 1991 signed by... View full lot details

‘Football League Commemorative Covers’ early 1970s. Official binder comprising a series of thirty covers produced by Philatelic Promotions (Bristol) for the Football League commemorating ‘a particular event or milestone of the Club concerned’. Eight covers are individually signed by Frank McLintock (Arsenal Double winners 1970/71), Tony Hately (Notts County F.A. Cup 1971/72), Peter Osgood (League Cup finalists 1971/72), Mike Bailey (Wolverhampton Wanderers Quarter-finals UEFA Cup), Billy Bremner (Leeds United European Fair Cup winners/ F.A. Cup... View full lot details

German and European football circa late 1980/early 1990’s. A large maroon album containing a large collection of club and trade postcards of German and European players, many signed by the players featured. Club cards are for SV Werder Bremen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Hertha BSC, F.C. Cologne, Borussia Monchengladbach, PSV Eindhoven, A.C. Milan, F.C. Porto, Benfica, Saint-Etienne, Real Madrid etc. Signatures include Grabowski, Wofgang Overath, Uwe Seeler, Otto Rehhagel, Paul Breitner, Wolfgang... View full lot details

Manchester United. ‘Tackle Soccer This Way’. Duncan Edwards. First edition, London 1958. Original hardback with good dustwrapper. Sold with six first edition hardbacks, five with original dustwrappers. Titles are ‘The Manchester United Football Book’, David Meek, London 1966. ‘Matt... United... and me’, Jimmy Murphy, London 1968. ‘Best of Both Worlds’, George Best, London 1968, pictorial covers, ex libris. ‘Father of Football. The Story of Sir Matt Busby’, David Miller, London 1970. ‘The Team that Wouldn’t... View full lot details

Football biographies. Eighteen titles of which seventeen are first edition hardbacks with original dustwrappers. Titles are ‘Football Is My Game’, Stanley Mortensen, London 1949. ‘Feet First’ Stanley Matthews 1948, ‘Football Round the World’, Tom Finney, London 1953. ‘Captain of England’ 1950, ‘The World’s My Football Pitch’, 1953. ‘Football is My Passport’ 1957’, all by Billy Wright, I See It All’, Gil Merrick, London 1954. ‘Football is my Business’. Tommy Lawton 1946, ‘Feet First’ Raich Carter... View full lot details

Signed football biographies. Ten titles each signed by the subject. Signatures to hardbacks are Martin Peters, Charlie George, Tony Cottee and two Nottingham Forest histories, ‘Forest 1865-1978’ and ‘Forest- The 1979 Season’ both signed by the author, John Lawson. Also a softback signed by Frank Stapleton. A further four hardback titles are signed by the subject to cutting images/ photocard laid down. Signatures are Tommy Docherty, Alan Stubbs, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole. Other unsigned... View full lot details

‘Association Football’. Edited by A.H. Fabian and G. Green. Caxton Publishing Company 1960. Volumes 1-4 in original green cloth boards. Minor soiling to boards otherwise in good condition. Sold with a selection of football annuals and two biographies, ‘The Goalmaker’ by Jimmy Baker, and ‘Soccer for Thinkers’ by Malcolm Allison. Annuals include ‘The Big Book of Football Champions’ 1956 and 1957. ‘The F.A. Book for Boys’ 1967/68. ‘Shoot’ Annuals for 1988, 1989 and 1991. Liverpool... View full lot details

World Cup 1966. ‘The Football Association World Cup Report 1966’. Harold Mayes. F.A. 1967. Hardback edition of the report with dustwrapper. Protective film laid down to dustwrapper, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with ‘Boys of ‘66’, Martin Tyler, London 1981. Original hardback with good dustwrapper. Also an ‘England World Cup Winners 1966’ pennant, ‘England’s World Cup Calendar 1967’, and colour team poster produced by Esso. Odd faults, otherwise in good condition. Qty 5.... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest Football Club 1970/90’s. A large light blue album containing a large collection of trade and collectors cards featuring Forest players from the period. Cards from Topps Chewing gum 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, Daily Mirror ‘Soccer 88’ stickers, F.K.S. Soccer 81, 82, Shooting Stars 1991/92, Euro 88, A & BC, Football 73, Panini 90, 92, Promatch 96, 99, 90 minutes, Merlin Team 90, Team Actix, Sun Sticker 90-91, Pro Set 1991, Topps... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest Football Club 1990’s. Two large red albums containing over sixty original 10”x8” press photographs of Forest players, some excellent images featuring Pearce, Crossley, Gemmill, Stone, Colleymore, Campbell, Woan, Chettle, Roy, Bohinen, Haaland, Phillips, Lyttle, Jason Lee, Saunders, Van Hooijdonk etc. Plus other press photographs and magazine pictures, first day covers, many signed by the Forest player featured. Signatures include Beasant, Crossley, Stone, Colleymore, Sutton, Lee, Parker, Platt, Gray, Tiler, Gemmill, Charles, Bowyer, Saunders... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest Football Club late 1950’s/60’s. Large red album containing press and magazine pictures and the odd press photograph showing matches and players from the period. Some signed images including Carey, Lyons, Moore, McKinlay, Newton, Hindley, Imlach, Palmer etc, a signed press photograph of Eddie Baily, Plus an official ticket for the F.A. Cup 4th round match away at the Hawthorns against West Bromwich Albion 1958 etc... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest Football Club late 1970’s/80’s. Large brown ‘collectors’ album containing press photograph, first day covers, players autographs on white cards, trade cards and magazine pictures, many signed Signatures include Shilton, Storey-Moore, Withe, Lloyd, Anderson, Archie Gemmill, Mills,Burns, Birtles, Richardson, McGovern, Peter Taylor, Metgod, Jemson, Walsh, Hodge, Fashanu, Wigley, Beasant, Imlach, Joe, Baker, O’Kane, O’Neill, Sheringham, Wright, Van Hooijdonk, Hinton, O’Hare, Swain, Young, Bailey etc. Good condition... View full lot details

Notts County Football Club 1905/06 to 1962/63. Two white albums containing printed images, copy and printed images, press photograph, first day covers, players autographs on white cards, trade cards and magazine pictures, many signed. The first album contains early images of the team and players, some original printed pictures from magazines, some copy photographs and images. This first file concludes at the 1949/50 season with an official Notts County Football Club headed page signed... View full lot details

Football trade cards 1920s onwards. Binder comprising a large selection of over one thousand original football cigarette and trade cards including the odd complete set, some earlier series, mainly 1950s onwards. Earlier series include D.C. Thomson/ The Adventure Boy’s Paper ‘Footballers Signed Real Photos’ (Qty 16) 1923, Gallaher Ltd. ‘Footballers in Action’ 1927 (4) and ‘Famous Footballers’ (green back) (63), Barratt & Co. ‘Famous Footballers’ 1930s, various series (174 mono with faults, 59 colour), P.A.... View full lot details

Football trade cards 1920s onwards. Green binder comprising a large selection of over nine hundred football cigarette and trade cards with some complete sets. Some are earlier issues, the majority modern issues and reprints. Earlier series include Chums ‘Football Teams New Series’ 1923, full set of eight. D.C. Thomson/ The Adventure Boy’s Paper ‘Footballers Signed Real Photos’ 1923, full set of 22. Ogdens Ltd. ‘Captains of Association Football Clubs & Colours’ 1926 (Qty 36). Gallaher... View full lot details

Joe Hulme. Mono real photograph postcard of Hulme, full length in Arsenal strip c.1928/29. Very nicely signed to the photograph ‘Joe Hulme’, with printed title to lower edge. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Bird’s Custard 1940. ‘For a Home Win... there’s nothing like Bird’s Custard’. Original full page advertisement from ‘Picture Post’, 16th March 1940, of a boy depicted in football attire with one foot resting on a ball, with outlines of two trophies on a red background. The page, laid to tightly trimmed card, measures 10”x13.5”. Small losses to corners, creasing, wear and some soiling to edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

England World Cup 1990. Original colour photograph of the England team lined up for what appears to be the World Cup Semi-Final v West Germany played at Turin 4th July 1990. The photograph signed by all eleven England players who started the match. Signatures are Butcher, Wright, Shilton, Pearce, Platt, Lineker, Walker, Waddle, Gascoigne, Beardsley and Parker. Sold with a colour photograph of Gascoigne celebrating his iconic goal v Scotland in Euro 96, signed by... View full lot details

‘Football Cup. Special Quality’. Five identical bottle labels featuring a footballer in red shirt and white shorts running with a ball, titles to above and side. The labels were produced for McDaids, of Co. Donegal, non-alcoholic soda drink which they have produced since the 1940’s, they also bottled Guinness from 1958. Good condition... View full lot details