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Newcastle United v Manchester City, F.A. Cup Final Wembley 1955’. Excellent and original pen and ink drawing artwork by artist Joseph Lee, showing a group of Newcastle and City fans, dressed in scarves and rosettes walking and running down the railway tracks through a station. The station staff are sitting on parcels playing cards and looking on. Captions reads ‘Poor Fellows. Aven’t ‘eard thatr Sir Walter Moncton called in the President of the Football Association over the week-end and so, of course the strike was called off... Keep going mates. Straight on through Rugby but remember to bear right about Watford to avoid the London traffic’. A proposed and threatened rail strike could have affected the fans travel to the Final in London. The artwork, signed by Lee, was published in the London Evening News and is dated 2nd May 1955. Overall 15”x21” Minor wear to corners, a little soiling to mount, some press masking to image, good condition. A wonderfully evocative scene beautifully illustrated by the artist