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Leonard's Soccer Site
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Arsenal Football Away Programme Collectors Handbook
1946-1987 Since
the Arsenal Collectors Handbook for home programmes was published in 1983, an
away handbook was needed to fill the gap for collectors of Arsenal
programmes. With this in mind, I have now written the away booklet on similar
lines, but this time I have simplified the listing of each season by
separating the first team programmes from the reserve team, also listing
again all European cup matches with more details on type of programme issued. I
have decided not to include all other reserve league and cup programmes due
to the time involved and lack of space in this publication. All programmes
have been listed season by season, in date order with fixture details and
results; Arsenal's score is shown first. There is also a column to mark in
personal collection details. I have listed as much information as
possible within the scope of this booklet and have included all first team
league, cup and friendly programmes in one section, followed by reserve team
friendly, youth cup, five and six a side programmes. Programmes have been
issued for al l Arsenals' league and cup matches in England. There have been
some very interesting and unusual programmes over the years. Since 1946 there
have been just three single sheet issue league, which are 46-47 at Stoke
City, 50-51 at Blackpool and 53-54 at Preston North End, Over the last few
season matches have been played on Sunday and as well as programmes being
issued at three of these matches at Tottenham single sheet programmes were
issued. Other programmes to look out for are the issues where matches have
been postponed, as some of these programmes are now difficult to get,
especially 46-47 at Derby County on February 5 is very rare. Most
of the early post-war programmes are now getting very difficult to find for collections'
collection. Programmes from matches at Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Grimsby
Town, Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Stoke City are extremely rare. Since
the mid 70's when for some matches not enough programmes were printed and due
to sell outs, collectors again will find it difficult to get a few odd
programmes up to this season, such as 84-85 at Chelsea and 84-85 at
Sunderland. Two of
the most sought after cup programmes are from matches in 50-51 at Carlisle
United who were in the Third Division North at the time and 55-56 at Bedford
Town from the Southern League. With the exception of early post-war years it
should still be possible to build up a relatively complete collection, as
with a big club such as Arsenal there are still plenty of programmes. It
is of cause difficult to list all friendly matches as so many have been
played over the years and to know exactly which club did not issue a
programme for a particular match. I would appreciate any help and
information, which could be of use to me and other collectors for inclusion
in any future publication Email leonardevans@arsenalfc.net |
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A must for all Arsenal Supporters and Football
Statisticians as it contains a wealth of information Price UK £5.60 Please send orders to the following address Leonard Evans 84 Hawtrey Road London NW3 3SS England |
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