MANCHESTER CITY
GUIDE TO FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES
ISSUE NO 11 - 1956/57
WELCOME TO ISSUE 11 - ANOTHER BELATED ISSUE !!- SO THIS SEASON CONCENTRATES ON THE 1956/57 SEASON, CITY WERE THE CUP HOLDERS FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON AND FURTHER HONOURS WERE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW. CITY THOUGH WENT OUT OF THE CUP IN THE 3RD ROUND TO NEWCASTLE AND JUST ESCAPED RELEGATION AND ALSO LOST THE CHARITY SHIELD GAME TO UNITED 0-1.
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THE PROGRAMME FRONT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SHADE OF COLOUR
ON THE FRONT COVER, A BIT MORE CITY COLOUR - LIGHT BLUE
THAN THE PREVIOUS GREEN COLOUR FROM 1955/56. ALTHOUGH
THIS ONLY CHANGED FROM AFTER THE 4TH
GAME OF THE SEASON, THE REST OF THE FRONT COVER STILL
SHOWS THE DESIGN OF THE MAINE ROAD GROUND. PAGE 2 WAS STILL DOMINATED BY THE STONE-DRI RAINCOAT ADVERT AND PAGE 3 AGAIN WAS THE EDITORS COMMENTS WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE TOKEN. PAGE 4 WAS THE MAINE ROAD GOSSIP SECTION WHICH MAINLY FOCUSED ON FACTS AND INTERESTING STATS ON THE VISITORS. PAGE 5 FEATURED THE VISITORS, THIS INCLUDED PEN PICS ON THE MAIN 12 MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD. PAGE 6 WAS THE POPULAR SPORTSMAN'S CORNER PAGE WHERE FANS COULD AGAIN WRITE IN WITH QUESTIONS. |
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THIS COVERED COMMENTS FROM REGULAR FOOTBALL COLUMNISTS ON
VARIOUS FOOTBALL TOPICS. THE MIDDLE PAGES AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM ABOVE, FEATURED HALF TIME SCOREBOARD AND THE TEAM
PAGE. THE REST OF THE PROGRAMME IS MADE UP OF A SIMILAR
PAGE OF COMMENTS FROM A SPORTS COLUMNIST, THE LEAGUE
TABLES, FIXTURES AND THE GRID OF RESULTS FROM EVERYONE'S
FIXTURES. ALSO WE HAVE THE PLAYING STAFF LISTED AND THE
USUAL SELECTION OF ADVERTS AND THE BRITISH RAILWAYS ADD
ON THE BACK PAGE. IN TOTAL THERE WERE 26 ISSUES PRODUCED, 21 LEAGUE GAMES, 1 FA CUP GAME, 2 FRIENDLY'S AND A REPRESENTATIVE GAME BETWEEN THE FA XI AND THE ARMY XI. THIS WAS ISSUE NUMBER 9 AND GOES FOR AROUND £10. THE OTHER HOME ISSUE WAS ISSUE 7 FOR THE CHARITY SHIELD GAME WITH MAN.UTD, PICTURED OPPOSITE. THIS IS THE MOST VALUABLE HOME PROGRAMME BEING WORTH UPWARDS OF £50 AND IS VERY HARD NOW TO OBTAIN. THE NEXT MOST VALUABLE HOME PROGRAMMES ARE THE GAMES AGAINST LEEDS, EVERTON AND CHELSEA WHICH ALL GO FOR £5 EACH. OTHER THAN THAT THE REMAINING HOME PROGRAMMES WOULD FETCH £4 EACH ON DEALERS LISTS. |
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A SELECTION OF AWAY PROGRAMMES FROM 1956/57 SEASON
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IN MOST CASES WITH THE AWAY PROGRAMMES ALL OF THEM RANGE FROM AROUND £7 TO £10 EACH. OF THE MORE RARER ONES IN PRICE AND JUST GENERAL RARETY ARE LEEDS, BURNLEY, SHEFF WED AND EVERTON. MOST OF THESE WOULD BE MORE AROUND £10 OR MAYBE FETCH MORE ON OFFERS LISTS.
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IS A POSTPONED ISSUE TO BE CONCERNED WITH ALSO - ASTON
VILLA, THE FIRST GAME WAS POSTPONED ON DEC 22ND
1956 AND THE RE ARRANGED GAME WAS PLAYED FEB 4TH
1957. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMMES AS YOU'LL SEE FROM ABOVE
ARE JOINT ISSUES. THE POSTPONED GAME INCLUDES SHEFFIELD
UNITED RESERVES AND THE RE ARRANGED GAME DOUBLES UP WITH
LEEDS UNITED. THUS IN THE CASE OF THE RE ARRANGED GAME
BOTH CITY AND LEEDS COLLECTORS WOULD BE AFTER IT. BOTH
ARE NOT THAT HARD TO GET WITH THE RE ARRANGED BEING
SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN PRICE. ONE OF THE MORE SPARKLING FRONT COVERS OF AWAY CLUBS IS THE PORTSMOUTH ONE PICTURED OPPOSITE WITH THE STRIKING COVER OF THE SHIP. GRADUALLY MORE CLUBS WERE EXPERIMENTING A BIT MORE ON THEIR DESIGN AND OUTLOOK BUT PORTSMOUTH WINS THE DAY FOR FRONT COVER. CONTENT WISE ARSENAL AGAIN OUTSHONE MOST OF ITS COMPETITORS, STILL OVERPRICED THOUGH AT 6d COMPARED WITH CITY'S AND MOST OTHER CLUBS THAT WAS ONLY 3d. OTHERS THAT ARE A GOOD READ THOUGH ARE CHELSEA'S AND WEST BROM'S. GENERALLY THOUGH WITH THE AWAY'S NONE ARE REALLY THAT HARD TO OBTAIN. |
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BELOW IS 56/57'S FRIENDLY AND MINOR CUP GAMES AND IF A PROGRAMME (*) WAS PRODUCED
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PRACTICE MATCH HEARTS EVERTON MANCHESTER UNITED EVERTON MTK BUDAPEST / RED BANNER STOKE CITY NOTTS COUNTY WERDER BREMEN BARCELONA EINTRACHT FRANKFURT SELECT WERDER BREMEN BORUSSIA DORTMUND LLORET DE MAR |
H A H H A H A A H A A A A A |
11/08/56 19/11/56 19/11/56 28/11/56 05/12/56 06/12/56 26/01/57 16/02/57 11/03/57 08/05/57 15/05/57 19/05/57 22/05/57 24/05/57 |
1ST
TEAM v 2ND TEAM (*) FRIENDLY (*) LANCASHIRE SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND (*) MANCHESTER SENIOR CUP SEMI FINAL (*) LANCASHIRE SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND REPLAY (*) FRIENDLY (*) FRIENDLY (*) FRIENDLY (*) FRIENDLY (*) TOUR SPAIN TOUR GERMANY (*) TOUR GERMANY (*) TOUR GERMANY TOUR GERMANY |
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TO THE FRIENDLY'S AND AS USUAL THE FIRST PROGRAMME
FEATURED IS THE PUBLIC PRACTICE MATCH BETWEEN THE 1ST
AND 2ND TEAMS. AGAIN AS PER
PREVIOUS SEASONS A RESERVE STYLE PROGRAMME PRICED 1d WAS
PRODUCED AND DETAILS THAT IT WAS BLUES v MAROONS. THE
PROGRAMME WOULD FETCH THESE DAYS £35-£40 AND AS ALWAYS
IS VERY HARD TO GET. THE NEXT GAME FEATURED IS PICTURED OPPOSITE LEFT AND WAS A FRIENDLY GAME AGAINST HEARTS. HEARTS ON THE FRONT OF THEIR PROGRAMME DESCRIBED THE GAME AS THE "CUP HOLDERS CHALLENGE" AS BOTH CITY AND HEARTS WERE CUP WINNERS IN 1956 OF BOTH THEIR RESEPECTIVE COUNTRIES. |
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THE PROGRAMME AS YOU CAN SEE IS DESIGNED IN THE CLUBS COLOURS AND INCLUDES CITY'S CUP WINNING TEAM ON THE FRONT. IN TOTAL THE PAGES NUMBER 8 AND FOR ITS TIME IS A GOOD QUALITY ISSUE. THE PROGRAMME WOULD FETCH ON A LIST PROBABLY AT LEAST £25/£30.
| ALSO ON THE SAME DAY CITY'S 2ND TEAM PLAYED EVERTON IN THE LANCASHIRE SENIOR CUP. THERE COULD BE A POSTPONED PROGRAMME FOR THIS MATCH AS THE SCENARIO WAS THAT THE GAME SHOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY TAKEN PLACE THE WEEK BEFORE ON THE 12/11/56 BUT WAS CALLED OFF DUE TO FOG. IT'S A NORMAL RESERVE ISSUE - NUMBERED 12. I HAVE THE PROG DATED 12/11/56, THENEXT RESERVE ISSUE WAS FOR A RESERVE GAME (13) BUT NUMBER 14 SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVERTON AGAIN BUT ENDED UP BEING MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE MANCHESTER SENIOR CUP - PICTURED ABOVE RIGHT. THERE'S ONLY TWO OUTCOMES - EITHER THE SAME PROGRAMME WAS KEPT, WHICH IS THE MORE |  |
LIKELY OR THERE ARE TWO NO 14 RESERVE
ISSUES. REGARDLESS THIS PROGRAMME ANYWAY WITH THE TOKEN
INTACT WOULD GO FOR AROUND £50. THE PROGRAMME FOR THE
GAME AGAINST UNITED IN THE MSC AS YOU CAN SEE IS ALSO A
RESERVE ISSUE AND IS NUMBERED 14. AGAIN IF THE TOKEN IS
THERE YOUR PROBABLY LOOKING AT TOWARDS £100 OR MAYBE
MORE WITH IT BEING TO DO WITH UNITED. LET'S NOT DWELL ON
THE RESULT TOO MUCH - CITY LOST 9-1. THE NEXT PROGRAMME WAS FOR THE FRIENDLY WITH MTK HUNGARY WHO WERE ALSO KNOWN AS "RED BANNER". A NORMAL FIRST TEAM PROGRAMME WAS PRODUCED, |
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ALL THE SAME FEATURES, NUMBERED 12. THE PRICE OF THIS IS
AROUND £5 AND IS QUITE EASY TO GET FROM MOST DEALERS
LISTS. DUE TO CITY'S EXIT FROM THE CUP LATE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WAS PUT ASIDE FOR TWO FRIENDLY'S AGAINST NOTTS COUNTY AND STOKE. THE STOKE ONE WAS FIRST (SEE OPPOSITE) AND IS A HARD PROGRAMME TO COME ACROSS NORMALLY FETCHING AROUND £40 OR MORE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THAT IS CERTAINLY THE HARD BIT AS THE PROGRAMME IS HARD TO GET IN GOOD CONDITION AND IS NORMALLY CREASED. ITS PROBABLY ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT ITS ONLY A 4 PAGE PROGRAMME. SO NOTTS COUNTY IS THE OTHER PROGRAMME FEATURED (ABOVE) AND IS AN EXCELLENT PRODUCED 16 PAGE PROGRAMME. PROBABLY A NORMAL FIRST TEAM STANDARD ISSUE BUT EVEN SO VERY GOOD. THIS PROGRAMME FETCHES AROUND £15 ON LISTS BUT YOU MAY GET IT FOR LESS IF DEALERS ARE UNAWARE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A FRIENDLY AS MANY LIST IT AS A LEAGUE GAME!! THE FINAL FRIENDLY DURING THE SEASON WAS AT MAINE ROAD AND THE VISITORS WERE WERDER BREMEN. AGAIN A STANDARD PROGRAMME WAS PRODUCED - NUMBER 21. AND FETCHES AROUND £5 ALSO ON LISTS AND FAIRLY EASY TO GET. CITY WON THE GAME 4-0. |
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SO AFTER THE SEASONS END IT WAS OFF ABROAD AND CITY PLAYED 5 GAMES ALTHOUGH ONLY 2 ARE KNOWN TO HAVE PROGRAMMES PRODUCED FOR THEM. BARCELONA, BORUSSIA DORTMUND AND LLORET DE MAR ARE THE UNKNOWNS BUT IF AVAILABLE YOUR LOOKING AT PROBABLY AROUND £200 PLUS. OF THE OTHER 2 GAMES PROGRAMMES WERE PRODUCED AND EQUALLY HARD TO COME ACROSS. ON THE 15TH MAY CITY PLAYED AN EINTRACHT FRANKFURT SELECT, THIS PROGRAMME AGAIN IS TOWARDS £200 PLUS. THE OTHER GAME WAS AGAINST WERDER BREMEN, THIS AGAIN IS PUSHING TOWARDS £200 AND IS A 4 PAGE PROGRAMME WITH A PICTURE OF BERT TRAUTMANN ON THE COVER. AGAIN VERY RARE.
