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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

‘New’ Wembley Stadium. A pewter model of the new Wembley Stadium in original box, titled to lid ‘Wembley Stadium. It’s coming home!’. Box measures 9”x8.25”x2.5”. Sold with thirteen modern official programmes for matches played at Wembley 2007-2018 including Full and Under-21 England internationals, F.A. Cup semi-finals, Championship play-offs and Tottenham Hotspur ‘home’ matches. Also official Wembley match tickets for England v Northern Ireland 23rd February 1982, Dagenham & Redbridge v Rotherham United League 2 play-off... View full lot details

F.A. Cup Finals 1949-1960. Three original match tickets for Wembley Finals. Tickets are for Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 30th April 1949 (Wolves won 3-1), Newcastle United v Blackpool, 28th April 1951 (Newcastle won 2-0), and Blackburn Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 7th May 1960 (Wolves won 3-0). Some wear to the edges of the 1949 ticket, adhesive mark to verso of the 1951 ticket, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Manchester United ‘Busby Babes’ 1957. Original and complete copy of the Daily Mirror newspaper dated 7th February 1958 with extensive coverage of the Munich air disaster in which a number of players lost their lives. Also a partial copy of the Daily Sketch published the same day comprising the pages reporting on the incident. Some curling to the newspapers, nicks to page edges and some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... 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

North Korea. World Cup 1966. Two joined album pages, one page signed in black ink by seven members of the North Korea team who famously defeated Italy 1-0 in the group stage of the 1966 World Cup. The signatures, collected by the vendor, are Pak Seung-zin, Lee Chang-myung, Pak Doo-ik (goal scorer), Yang Seung-guk, Im Seung-hwi, Han Bong-zin, also Myong Rye-Hyun (Coach). Players’ names annotated in pencil below each signature. Loose mounted to the facing... View full lot details

Manchester City 1933-34. Small album page signed in ink and pencil by thirteen members of the team including the trainer. Signatures include L. Fletcher, E. Toseland, Matt Busby, A. Herd, D. Halliday, L. Langford, W. Dale, L. Barnett, J. McLuckie, S. Cowan etc. Six pencil signatures of the Sunderland team to verso. The page measures 3”x4”. Good condition... View full lot details

Manchester United F.C. A selection of thirteen signatures of United players on pieces (some laid down), cuttings, pages etc. Includes a ‘Sporting Legends- Autographed Editions’ limited edition print no. 36/75 of Lou Macari scoring on his Manchester United debut v West Ham at Old Trafford in 1973, with accompanying photograph of Macari signing a print. Other signatures are Bill Foulkes, Dennis Law, Eric Cantona, Harry Gregg (two signatures), Johnny Carey, Alex Stepney, Wes Brown, Wilf... View full lot details

Bobby Moore. West Ham United, Fulham & England 1958-1976. Official programme for the John ‘Jack’ Woodley Testimonial match, Oxford City v Oxford United c.1980. Signed by Bobby Moore (Manager of Oxford City 1980-981) to the tribute page. Three further unidentified signatures to back cover. Small adhesive marks, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

England World Cup ‘66. Fourteen individual signatures of members of the England team, coaches and commentator. Five are signed to ‘England Winners’ autograph cards, Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles, Ray Wilson, Roger Hunt, and Martin Peters. Others signed to cutting, pieces and white cards are Bobby Moore, George Cohen, Gordon Banks, Jack Charlton, Alan Ball, Bobby Charlton, Alf Ramsey (Manager), Harold Stephenson (Assistant Manager), and Kenneth Woltsenholm (commentator). Sold with an ‘England World Cup Winners 1966’... View full lot details

Football and Sporting awards programmes and menus. Football Writers’ Association ‘Footballer of the Year’, three official menus for dinners held at the Cafe Royal on 8th May 1980 (unsigned), 7th May 1981 signed by seven including Paul Mariner, Cyril Gates, Frans Thijssen, Keith Birkenshaw, Bobby Robson etc., and 16th May 1985 signed by Neville Southall and Howard Kendall. Sold with a selection of other sporting programmes and menus, including an official programme for the Lawn... View full lot details

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. c.1952. Album page signed in blue biro by fourteen Tottenham players. Signatures include Ron Burgess, Alf Ramsey, George Robb, Len Duquemin, Charlie Withers, Harry Clarke, Eddie Baily, Arthur Rowe etc. Slight soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Newcastle United F.C. 1960s/70s. Modern mono photo montage of eight Newcastle United players, signed by each player. Signatures are ‘Ian’ McFaul, David Craig, Frank Clark, Tommy Gibb, Ollie Burton, Bobby Moncur, Jimmy Scott and Bryan ‘Pop’ Robson, sold with a ‘Celebrity Football Passion’ certificate of authenticity. 11.75”x8.25”. Minor creasing to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Wembley Greats’. Modern colour photograph of the twin towers of the old Wembley stadium. Signed to the photograph in bold black ink by fourteen former footballers and others. Signatures are Nat Lofthouse, Bob Mathias, Bert Barlow, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Gil Merrick, David Platt, Terry McDermott, Phil Neale, Ronnie Clayton, Walter Winterbottom, Henry Cooper, Bryan Douglas, John Connelly and Graeme Souness. 10”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Talking Football’. Alf Ramsey. London 1952. Nicely signed to front end paper by Ramsey in ink ‘Best Wishes Alf Ramsey’. Good dustwrapper. G/VG... View full lot details

Football autobiographies 1940/70’s. Selection of six autobiographies, all signed by their author to the title page or front end page. ‘Steppes to Wembley’ Bert Trautmann 1956, ‘Finney on Football’, Tom Finney 1958 (signed to frontispiece photographic plate), ‘Manchester City: My Team’. Mike Doyle. Readers Union 1978, ‘Football From The Goalmouth’. Frank Swift 1948, ‘Feet First’ Stanley Matthews 1948 and ‘Clown Prince of Soccer’ Len Shackleton 1955. Odd faults, some wear, ageing otherwise good condition... View full lot details

Football autobiographies 1990/2000’s. Selection of twelve autobiographies, all signed by their author to the title page or front end page. ‘Greavsie. The Autobiography’. Jimmy Greaves. London 2003, ‘Docherty’ Brian Clarke 1991, ‘Sniffer. The Life and Times of Allan Clarke’ Allan Clarke 2001, ‘Time on the Grass’. Bobby Robson 1992, ‘Everton Winter, Mexican Summer’. Peter Reid 1987, ‘1966 and all that. My Autobiography’. Geoff Hurst. London 2001, ‘Managing all my Life’. Alex Ferguson. London 1999, Jimmy... View full lot details

Manchester United. ‘Before I Forget’. Henry Rose. 1942. Presentation copy inscribed ‘With the author’s sincere wishes and affection to his very good friend, George Sinfield, Henry Rose 1943’. Poor original dustwrapper... View full lot details

Manchester United. Selection of eight autobiographies/biographies, all signed by their author to the title page or front end page. Titles are ‘Soccer at the Top. My Life in Football’. Matt Busby. 1973, ‘From Goal Line to Touch Line. My career with Manchester United’. Jack Crompton. 2008, ‘Call the Doc’. Tommy Dochety. 1981, ‘Alex Ferguson. 6 Years at United’. Alex Ferguson 1992, ‘The King’. Denis Law. 2003, ‘Giggs. The Autobiography’. Ryan Giggs. 2005, Bill Foulkes. Manchester... View full lot details

Sporting books. Selection of fourteen autobiographies/biographies, all signed by their subject to the title page or front end page. Titles are ‘Foggy’. Carl Fogarty. London 2000, Jenny Pitman, The Autobiography’. Jenny Pitman. 1998, ‘Mr Nastase. The Autobiography. Talented, tempestuous and totally outrageous’. Ilie Nastase. London 2004, ‘The Appeal of Cricket. The Modern Game’, Richie Benaud, London 1995, ‘Gareth. An Autobiography’ Gareth Edwards. London 1978, ‘Cricket Merry-go-round’, Brian Statham, London 1956, ‘The first four minutes’. Sir... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest F.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of Sidney Gibson 1921-1928, played 252 matches scoring 55 goals and goalkeeper Joe Johnson 1919-1921, played 54 matches. The large premium issue cabinet photographs measure 4”x6”. Good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest F.C. Three Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of Patrick Nelis 1922-1925, played 59 matches scoring 13 goals, Sidney Harrold 1920-1922, played 50 matches scoring eight goals and Jack Spaven 1919-1926, played 157 matches scoring 46 goals. The large premium issue cabinet photographs measure 4”x6”. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest F.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of Walter Tinsley 1921-1924, played 61 matches scoring 13 goals and Noah Burton 1921-1932, played 296 matches scoring 57 goals. The large premium issue cabinet photographs measure 4”x6”. Good/very good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details

Thomas Cooper. Port Vale, Derby County & Liverpool 1924-1940. Mono real photograph postcard of Cooper in England shirt and cap. Postcard by W. Winter, Derby. Name handwritten in capitals to front corner of the postcard. Good condition... View full lot details

Charles Alcock. Sporting Pioneer. Original front cover of ‘Man of the World” magazine issued 8th February 1890, featuring a hand-tinted engraving of Alcock, three quarter length, with a football match in progress in the background. Titled ‘Association Football’. The page measures 9.5”x15”. set in modern mount, overall 14.25”x21”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Plymouth Argyle F.C. 1895/96. Large and early original sepia photograph of the then amateur Plymouth Argyle team seated and standing in rows wearing football attire, in front of the pavilion. The photograph, by Henry Yeo of Plymouth, measures 11.5”x9”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 18”x14”. Some wear and soiling to the mount, the photograph in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Tottenham Hotspur 1950s-1990s. Nine mono and colour copy photographs, each signed by the featured player. Earlier signatures are Terry Medwin, Terry Dyson, Cliff Jones, Johnny Brooks, Peter Baker, and the 1967 F.A. Cup winning team signed by the captain, Dave Mackay etc. All 12”x8”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Ricky Villa. Tottenham Hotspur & Argentina. Two large signed ‘copy’ colour photographs, one of Villa scoring for Spurs in the 1981 F.A. Cup final replay v Manchester City and the other of Villa holding up the Cup following the 1981 F.A. Cup final replay win. Both signed by Villa, one in silver and one in black ink. Both attractively mounted, framed and glazed. Overall 20”x18” each. VG... View full lot details

Wales red replica international long sleeved football shirt from the season 1992-1994, with Welsh emblem and Umbro sponsors logo. Signed to the front by sixteen Wales internationals. Signatures include I. Rush, R. Giggs, D. Davies, M. Hughes, N. Southall, Gerry Gow etc. Size Large. Very good condition... View full lot details

Chelsea Football Club 1905 pendant. The pendant hallmarked for London 1996. 0.75” diameter. 1.6g. Very good condition... View full lot details

Football tankard. Royal Doulton ‘English Old Football Scenes’ series tankard with football scenes to side. Stamp to base. 5.5” tall. Good condition... View full lot details

National ‘Five/Six a Side’ football programmes 1969 to 1990. Blue file containing a collection of eighteen programmes for competitions held at the Empire Pool Wembley, Programmes include Daily Express programmes for 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 (2), , 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, ‘Guinness Soccer’ 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990 and Atari Soccer 6 a side programme for 1983. Good condition... View full lot details

F.A. Charity Shield 1962. Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur. Official programme for the match played at Portman Road, Ipswich 11th August 1962. Spurs won 5-1. Scores and scorers annotated neatly in green ink to centre field of play pages. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

England International programmes 1949-1997. A good selection of thirty five official programmes, the majority full internationals including World Cup qualifiers, European Championship, friendlies, and others. Earlier home matches played at Wembley include v Scotland 1949, 1955, 1961, v Austria 1951, v Wales 1962, v Ireland 1965, v Portugal 1969, v Holland 1970, v Wales 1971, v Switzerland 1971, v West Germany 1972, v Yugoslavia 1972, v Portugal 1969, away v Scotland, Hampden Park 1968 etc.... View full lot details

World Cup and European Championships 1970- 1998. A good selection of official programmes and guides. Includes ten official World Cup programmes for Mexico 1970, West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, Spain 1982, Mexico 1986, Italy 1990, USA 1994, one ‘Official Commemorative Program’, one ‘Official Gameday Program’, and France 1998. Also one European Championship programme for Sweden 1992. Sold with a ‘Champions & Challengers’ guide to the World Cup 1970 presented by Ford. Very good condition. Qty... View full lot details

Republic of Ireland home international programmes 1986-2010. A good selection of twenty one programmes, mainly official, for international matches played in Dublin unless stated. Includes World Cup qualifiers v Denmark, Copenhagen 1992, v Spain 1993. World Cup Finals v USA, Washington 1992, v Germany and v Saudi Arabia, Japan 2002 (plus accompanying unofficial fan-produced programmes). European Championship qualifiers v Poland 1991 (2 copies), v Yugoslavia 1999. Friendlies v Uruguay 1986, Finland (signed to the front... View full lot details

Nottingham Forest 1959 -2005. Large collection of almost 800 home and away Nottingham Forest programmes for the period including League, Cup etc. Include the 1959/60 season (43 programmes), 1968/69 season (42 programmes), 1969/70 season (41 programmes), 1970/71 season (26 programmes), 1971/72 season (37 programmes), 1972/73 season (38 programmes), 1976/77 season (41 programmes) etc. In three boxes. Sold with the odd non Forest programme included. Odd faults otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Manchester City v Stoke City. Football League Cup 1963/64. Two official programmes, one for the 1st leg played at Stoke-on-Trent 15th January 1964, Stoke won 2-0, scores annotated to the front, the other for the 2nd leg at Maine Road 5th February 1964, Manchester City won 1-0, score and scorer annotated to centre field of play pages, light fold. Stoke won 2-1 on aggregate. Good condition.... View full lot details

The Manchester Derby. Season 1945/46. Manchester City v Manchester United. Original official programme for the Football War League match played at Maine Road on the 13th April 1946. Vol. 40 no. 21. Manchester United won 3-1. Scores and scorers annotated in ink to rear field of play page and centre page. Horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

The Manchester Derby. Manchester United v Manchester City. Season 1949/50 and 1951/52. League Division 1. Original official programmes for the League match played at Old Trafford on the 3rd September 1949. Issue no. 3. Manchester United won 2-1 and the League match played at Maine Road on the 15th September 1951. Vol. 46 no. 4. Manchester United won 2-1 . The 1949/50 programme with scores and other annotations to centre field of play pages and... View full lot details

The Manchester Derby. Manchester City v Manchester United. Season 1954/55 and 1959/60. League Division 1 and F.A. Cup. Three original official ‘home’ and ‘away’ programmes for League matches played at Maine Road 25th September 1954 (Vol. 49 no. 5) and Old Trafford 12th February 1955 (no. 15), also the F.A. Cup 4th Round match at Maine Road 29th January 1955 (Vol. 49 no. 16), Manchester City won 2-0. No annotations. Vertical fold to all three,... View full lot details

The Manchester Derby. Manchester City v Manchester United. Seasons 1960/61- 1962/63. League Division 1. Seven original official ‘home’ and ‘away’ programmes. Matches played at Maine Road are 27th August 1960 (Vol. 2 no. 2), match abandoned due to waterlogged pitch, 4th March 1961 (Vol. 2 no. 18), rearranged match, 10th February 1962 (Vol. 3 no. 14) and 15th May 1963 (Vol. 4 no. 24). Matches at Old Trafford are 31st December 1960 (no. 18), 23rd... View full lot details

The Manchester Derby. Manchester City v Manchester United. Seasons 1966/67- 1969/70. League Division 1 and F.A. Cup. Ten original official ‘home’ and ‘away’ programmes, all for League matches except where stated. Matches played at Maine Road are 21st January 1967 (Vol. 8 no. 14), 30th September 1967 (Vol. 9 no. 8), 17th August 1968 (Vol. 10 no. 3), and 15th November 1969. Matches at Old Trafford are 17th September 1966 (no. 4), 10th February 1968... View full lot details

The Manchester Derby. Manchester City v Manchester United. Seasons 1970/71- 1980/81. Near complete run of ‘home’ and ‘away’ programmes for League Division 1 matches played at Maine Road and Old Trafford for seasons 1970/71- 1972/73 and 1975/76- 1980/81, lacking two for the 1973/74 Maine Road matches. Sold with programmes for the League Cup Round 3 match at Old Trafford 9th October 1974, and League Cup 4th Round at Maine Road 12th November 1975. Annotations to... View full lot details

Manchester City overseas friendlies 1980-1993. Four official programmes for ‘away’ friendlies, three in North America, one in Japan. Matches are v Cosmos at the Giants Stadium, New Jersey, U.S.A. 21st May 1980, v Whitecaps, Empire Stadium Vancouver, Canada 3rd June 1981, ‘Sunshine International Series’ v Tampa Bay Rowdies and v Fort Lauderdale Strikers, U.S.A. May 1983, and v Misubishi Urawa (Japan) 24th April 1993. No annotations. Some staining to the front cover of the Cosmos... View full lot details

Manchester City in Europe 1970/71-1981/82. A selection of seven official match programmes for ‘away’ matches and seventeen ‘home’ in European tournaments and one friendly. Programmes include one from the 1970/71 Cup Winners Cup, Semi-final 1st Leg v Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, UEFA Cup, 1st round 2nd leg v Widzew Lodz (Poland) 1976/77. Two versions of the programme are included, the covers very similar, one dated 14th & 28th September 1977 in excellent condition, the other... View full lot details

Manchester City F.C. Football League Cup 1969/70-2018/19. A good selection of twenty four official programmes for home and away League Cup semi-finals and Wembley finals, Charity Shield etc. League Cup programmes are for seasons 1969/70 two Semi-final legs v Manchester United and Wembley Final v West Bromwich Albion. 1973/74 two Semi-final legs v Plymouth Argyle and Wembley Final v Wolverhampton Wanderers. 1975/76 two Semi-final legs v Middlesborough and Final v Newcastle United. 1980/81 two Semi-final... View full lot details

Manchester City 1965/66-2018/19. F.A. Cup Semi-finals and 6th Round. Ten official programmes including one double-sided leaflet for the 6th Round 2nd replay v Everton, Molineux 12th April 1966, Everton won 2-0. Others are for Semi-finals played at Villa Park, v Sunderland 1955 (fold and minor soiling), v Tottenham Hotspur 1956 (folds and some creasing), v Everton 1969 (annotations to centre field of play pages), v Ipswich Town 1981, and at Wembley v Chelsea 2013, v... View full lot details

Manchester City ‘Testimonial’ match programmes 1958 to 2000. Blue file containing a collection of thirty six programmes either including City players or City playing a team for the opposition player. odd programme signed. Programmes include Jimmy Meadows 1958, signed, Bert Trautmann 1964, Peter Leigh 1967, Bill Foulkes 1970, Alan Oakes 1972, Tony Dunne 1973, Johnny Hart 1974, Tony Book 1974, Ken Barnes 1975, Mike Summerbee 1975, signed to back and front cover, Glyn Pardoe 1977,... View full lot details