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Off to Penarth around 9.30 - the boss wants to go to a clothes shop there <doh>

This evening I may sort through my late Dad’s football programmes - they date from the mid 1940s. There is the one for the Manchester United v Manchester City derby on 7 April 1948 (that was my Mum’s 16th birthday!)

I should say that there are at least 100 programmes!

As well as the above, the pre-1955 include (not a full list)

Dec. 1944 Man City v Blackpool

Feb. 1945 Bury v Manchester United

Nov. 1945 Bolton v Sunderland

Mar. 1946 Everton v Newcastle

Oct. 1946 Arsenal v Brentford

Oct. 1946 Liverpool v Charlton

Dec. 1946 Arsenal v Wolves

Apr. 1947 Man Und v Wolves

Apr. 1947 Barnsley v Manchester City

Apr. 1947 Burnley v Liverpool

Apr. 1947 Man City v Glasgow Rangers

Aug. 1947 Bournemouth v Swansea

Aug. 1947 Aston Villa v Man City (also includes team news v Sunderland 2
days later)

Sep 1947 Birmingham v Newcastle

Sep 1947 Preston v Arsenal

May 1947 Nottm. Forest v Swansea

Jan. 1948 Man City v Aston Villa

Aug. 1948 Swansea v Watford

Sep. 1948 Swansea v Crystal Palace

Sep. 1948 Bury v Fulham

Feb. 1949 Birmingham v Everton

Aug. 1949 Cardiff v Swansea

Sep. 1949 Swansea v Sheffield United

Aug. 1951 Swansea v Notts County (Two of these)

May 1951 Swansea v Eindhoven

Nov. 1951 Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

May 1952 Arsenal v Newcastle (FA Cup Final Tie)

Oct. 1953 Wales v England
 
I was offered £470 for that lot (excluding the Manchester Derby in 1948) - £700 if I threw in all my 1966 memorabilia:

(My father and I attended the 1966 World Cup Final - I was 8 years old at the time.)

I have our two World Cup Final tickets, and in addition I have the following:

A) embossed World Cup Willie badge
B) World Cup Willie postcard autographed by Nobby Stiles
C) England World Cup 1966 rosette
D) World Cup Souvenir Programme
E) Evening Standard World Cup Souvenir Supplement
F) letter from The Football Association World Cup Organisation Committee to my Mother - dated 25 July 1966 - confirming that we would have 2 World Cup Final tickets (plus the receipt for the 2 tickets)
G) World Championship England 1966 tie (unused)

£230 for that lot <yikes>

Unsurprisingly, I turned it down.

An auction house said I could possibly get £1,000 for the above programmes alone.

Think I’m going to keep them - just sort out and put in chronological order <ok>
 
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Hi Nick - just back with a much lighter pocket, but plenty of brownie points .... til my next mistake .....

As they say, behind every angry woman is a guy who has absolutely no idea what he’s done wrong...... <laugh>

Exactitude - Inexact
 
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