MANCHESTER CITY

GUIDE TO FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES

ISSUE NO 2 - 1947/48

WELCOME TO ISSUE 2 OF MY GUIDE TO MANCHESTER CITY PROGRAMMES. LIKE 1946/47 SEASON THE HOME PROGRAMMES ARE IN SOME CASES VERY HARD TO OBTAIN. THE HARDEST HOME PROGRAMMES TO OBTAIN ARE FOR THE GAMES AGAINST WOLVES - FIRST MATCH, DERBY, CHELSEA AND ARSENAL - LAST HOME GAME. ALL 4 OF THESE CLUBS ARE WELL COLLECTED INCLUDING DERBY AND DUE FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT THESE GAMES WERE PLAYED, BE IT FIRST HOME GAME, LAST HOME GAME AND DERBY AND CHELSEA MIDWEEK GAMES THAT’S PROBABLY WHY.

THE CITY PROGRAMME ITSELF WAS AGAIN 8 PAGES AND ALL LEAGUE AND CUP GAMES WERE 8 PAGES IN SIZE. THE SAME OXO ADVERT WAS ON THE FRONT JUST LAID OUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY TO THE PREVIOUS SEASON AND STILL THE PROGRAMME WAS PRICED AT TWOPENCE. THE FIRST 2 INSIDE PAGES WAS "MAINE ROAD GOSSIP" GIVING NEWS OF RECENT EVENTS AT MAINE ROAD. THE MIDDLE PAGES HAD A SECTION ON THE VISTORS AND OPPOSITE WERE THE TEAM LINEUPS. THE LAST 2 PAGES CONSISTED OF MORE TOPICS AND THE FIXTURE INFORMATION ETC.

THE PRICE OF 47/48 SEASON WOULD AGAIN BE AROUND £25 TO £30 EACH WITH THE HARDER TO OBTAIN PROGRAMMES ON OFFERS LISTS.

OPPOSITE - CITY'S HOME PROGRAMME FOR THER GAME AGAINST BLACKPOOL.

FOR THE FACUP CITY WERE DRAWN AT HOME IN ALL 3 ROUNDS THEY PLAYED IN. FIRSTLY THEY PLAYED BARNSLEY WINNING 2-1 FOLLOWED BY CHELSEA WHICH THIS TIME THEY WON 2-0. IN THE 5TH ROUND THEY WERE DRAWN AGAINST PRESTON WHO WON 1-0. ALL PROGRAMMES FOR THE CUP GAMES ARE ALL FAIRLY EASY TO GET LIKE THE AVERAGE LEAGUE GAMES.

ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES THOUGH WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE HOME GAME AGAINST MAN.UTD WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY BE ON OFFER AND WOULD GO FOR NEARER £60.

THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO POSTPONED PROGRAMMES THIS SEASON WHICH ALSO APPLIES TO THE AWAY PROGRAMMES FOR 47/48 SEASON.

 

A SELECTION OF AWAY PROGRAMMES FROM 47/48 SEASON

AGAIN THE AWAY PROGRAMMES AS PER 1946/47 SEASON ARE VERY HARD TO OBTAIN. THE SUNDERLAND PROGRAMME IS BY FAR THE HARDEST PROGRAMME TO GET AND IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST POST-WAR MANCHESTER CITY AWAY PROGRAMME TO OBTAIN.

OTHER HARD AWAY PROGRAMMES TO GET ARE GRIMSBY, PRESTON, MIDDLESBOROUGH, WOLVES, STOKE, PORTSMOUTH AND MAN.UTD. FOR VIRTUALLY ALL THE AWAYS MOST PEOPLE WOULD PUT THEM ON OFFERS LISTS BUT THE ABOVE AWAY'S CERTAINLY WOULD BE ON OFFERS LISTS AND I WOULD NOT EXPECT ANY OF THEM TO GO FOR UNDER £30 AND IN SOME CASES WOULD FETCH TOWARDS £100 OR MORE.

SOME OF THE AWAY PROGRAMMES ARE ONLY 4 PAGES AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WOULD BE QUITE HARD TO GET IN GOOD CONDITION. THESE WERE ASTON VILLA'S, MIDDLESBOROUGH'S AND SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS PROGRAMMES ACTUALLY OPENED UP A BIT LIKE A MENU AND WERE NOT STAPLED.

THE REMAINING CLUBS PROGRAMMES WERE AROUND 8 PAGES LIKE CITY'S PROGRAMME. SOME OF THE CLUBS FRONT COVERS ARE VERY APPEALING AND THE PRODUCERS OF THAT TIME HAVE REALLY PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THEIR FRONT COVER DESIGN AS IN ALL CASES THE SAME FRONT WAS USED. EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF THE WOLVES AWAY PROGRAMME OPPOSITE WHICH WAS FOR OUR GAME WITH THEM AT CHRISTMAS. AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER OF A FRONT COVER AND PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE FRONT COVER OF A PROGRAMME I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION.

 

BELOW IS 47/48'S FRIENDLY AND MINOR CUP GAMES AND IF A PROGRAMME (*) WAS PRODUCED

PUBLIC PRACTICE MATCH

LIVERPOOL

WESTERN COMMAND

CHESTER CITY

OLDHAM ATHLETIC

H

A

A

A

A

16/08/47

22/10/47

12/11/47

14/04/48

20/04/48

1ST TEAM V 2ND TEAM

LANCASHIRE SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND *

FRIENDLY *

FRIENDLY *

MANCHESTER SENIOR CUP 1ST ROUND

 

 

OPPOSITE - CITY'S FRIENDLY GAME AWAY AT WESTERN COMMAND PLAYED IN CHESTER.

FOR CITY'S MINOR CUP GAMES ITS UNKNOWN IF A PROGRAMME WAS PRODUCED FOR THE AWAY GAMES AT LIVERPOOL AND OLDHAM BUT IF THERE WAS THEY WOULD BE VERY HARD TO OBTAIN AND MOST SORT AFTER BY COLLECTORS. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO CITY'S PRE-SEASON PRACTICE MATCH BETWEEN THE 1ST AND 2ND TEAMS.

THE PROGRAMME FOR CITY'S GAME AGAINST WESTERN COMMAND IN NOVEMBER IS VERY HARD TO OBTAIN - THE PROGRAMME IS ONLY 4 PAGES BUT WOULD DEFINATELY BE ON AN OFFERS LIST AND I WOULD ESTIMATE IT TO GO FOR TOWARDS £100.

THE CHESTER FRIENDLY GAME IS ALSO HARD TO GET BUT WOULD FETCH AROUND £40. THIS HAS RATHER MORE PAGES BUT IS SMALLER IN SIZE WITH A PINK!! FRONT COVER.