ABOVE IS SOMETHING YOU DON’T SEE VERY OFTEN - A CHEQUE MADE OUT TO CITY THAT HAS SURVIVED THE PETER SWALES ERA!!

THE ABVE IS A CHEQUE THAT WAS MADE OUT TO CITY BY WEST BROM DATED JUNE 12^TH 1979. IT WAS ONE OF I THINK 3 PART PAYMENTS THAT WEST BROM MADE TO CITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF GARY OWEN.

GARY WAS SIGNED BY WEST BROM FOR AROUND £500,000 AND IT SEEMS THAT 3 OR 4 PAYMENTS OF VARYING AMOUNTS WERE MADE - THE ABOVE WAS FOR £232,000 - I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO DO WITH THE PURCHASE FOR £100,000. I PRESUME THAT THE OTHER CHEQUE I HAVE WAS POSSIBLY THE LAST AS THAT ONE WAS DATED 31^ST MAY 1980 - NEARLY 12 MONTHS ON FROM THE CHEQUE ABOVE.

THE DESIGN OF THE CHEQUE IS QUITE BRILLIANT - ARCHING OVER THE TOP OF THE CHEQUE IS "THE WEST BROMWICH ALBION FOOTBALL CLUB" AND ALONG THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS A GREAT DESIGN WITH IN THE MIDDLE A PICTURE OF A THROSTLE ON A FOOTBALL. THE CHEQUE IS SIGNED BY BOTH THE SECRETARY AND ONE OF THE DIRECTORS. THE STAMP ALONG THE MIDDLE IS THE STAMP OF WILLIAM AND GLYNS BANK LTD WHO WERE CITY'S BANKERS AT THAT TIME.

I'D LOVE TO GET HOLD OF A CITY CHEQUE TO SEE WHAT OUR'S LOOKED LIKE FOR ONE - PREFERABLY ONE LIKE THE ONE WE PAID TO HUDDERSFIELD TOWN FOR ANDY MORRISON - SURELY ONE OF THE CHEAPEST AND VALUE FOR MONEY ONE'S WE HAVE EVER MADE OUT!!!