Football programme collectors

[Cheshire Scot]

Noting the active discussions on the 'Football' thread I wondered if we have any Football Programme Collectors in our midst.

As part of a decluttering I am looking to dispose of around three hundred programmes accumulated over the years. They are generally in very good condition having in most cases not been looked at since the match days in question.

These are predominantly from the 1970s and 1980s with a few older and some more recent and are a mix of:
League and Cup matches in both Scotland and England
Cup Semi Finals and Finals which are predominantly Scottish
International Matches, also predominantly Scottish
26 domestic club matches from various European Countries.

I can provide a list to anyone who might be interested in acquiring any of these.

 

[londonbridge]

Any Sunderland in there (home or away), if so please PM me, you never know, there might be something I need.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I wouldn't say I'm an active collector, but I do have a few that I've retained due to sentimental value: in particular from the 1994 Autoglass Trophy final; the final league game held at Leeds Road in 1994; the first game held at (as-was) the McAlpine stadium (also 1994); the 1995 Second Division (third tier) play-off final, and the 2017 Championship play-off final...
However my most prized one is a little more obscure: the programme from a UEFA Cup Preliminary Round game between Sliema Wanderers of Malta and Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus in 1996.

 

[Cheshire Scot]

I wouldn't say I'm an active collector, but I do have a few that I've retained due to sentimental value: in particular from the 1994 Autoglass Trophy final; the final league game held at Leeds Road in 1994; the first game held at (as-was) the McAlpine stadium (also 1994); the 1995 Second Division (third tier) play-off final, and the 2017 Championship play-off final...
However my most prized one is a little more obscure: the programme from a UEFA Cup Preliminary Round game between Sliema Wanderers of Malta and Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus in 1996.

Just the one from Leeds Road on my list, 3rd Division, 15 April 1989, HTFC v Chester, I'd guess no sentimental value attached to that one for you, and as I found out when I got home later on, that was the day of the Hillsborough disaster.
I've not been to new stadium, not yet anyway.

Also a few obscure ones including Fort William's first ever tie in the Scottish Cup in Jan 1986, a July 1993 pre season Poynton v Stockport County, and some from my travels around Europe including one from the most Northerly League ground in Europe, Tromso v Lillestrom, also from 1989.

I'd guess you may have been visiting Malta for the Sliema Wonderers one.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Just the one from Leeds Road on my list, 3rd Division, 15 April 1989, HTFC v Chester, I'd guess no sentimental value attached to that one for you, and as I found out when I got home later on, that was the day of the Hillsborough disaster.
I've not been to new stadium, not yet anyway.

Also a few obscure ones including Fort William's first ever tie in the Scottish Cup in Jan 1986, a July 1993 pre season Poynton v Stockport County, and some from my travels around Europe including one from the most Northerly League ground in Europe, Tromso v Lillestrom, also from 1989.

I'd guess you may have been visiting Malta for the Sliema Wonderers one.

Funnily enough, that Chester game on 15/4/89 was my first ever Huddersfield Town game, so there very much would be a sentimental attachment for me! By all means send me a message, and I'll give it a good home!

Final score that day was 3-1. My mum was relieved when my dad and I got home afterwards, as she'd heard on the radio about something bad happening at a football match, but not caught any of the details. In those days there were no 24hr news channels, mobile phones or internet.

The Sliema Wanderers one was picked up on a family holiday- we were stuck for family activities one evening, then my dad saw a poster up in a cafe about the game being on, so a taxi was sorted and off we went. Think it finished 1-4 to the Cypriot side who went on to play Lazio in the first round proper.