Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
29th, 30th November & 1st December 2024
Lot 1343
Estimate: £40/60
Aston Villa F.C. ‘The Villa News and Record’ Season 1939-1940. No 1201. Volume XXX. A bound volume of one Aston Villa home match programme for the 1939-40 season in maroon boards with titles in gilt to spine. The programme, with original covers is a joint match programme for Aston Villa v Middlesborough and Everton played on the 26th and 28th August 1939. Scores annotated to team pages otherwise in good condition
Aston Villa beat Middlesbrough 2-0 but lost top Everton 2-1. WWII broke out on the 3rd September 1939