MEMORABILIA ITEM OF THE WEEK
1954/55
CUP MEMORABILIA ITEMS
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OPPOSITE ARE THE
TICKETS FOR EVERY ROUND OF THE CUP RUN OF 1954/55
EXCEPT THE TICKETS FOR CUP RUNS
ARE VERY POPULAR, BUT YOU DON'T COME ACROSS MANY OF THE EARLIER ROUNDS IN
COLLECTIONS OR ON LISTS. THEY ARE VERY HARD TO GET HOLD OF. ITS NOT A CASE OF THEM BEING WORTH A
GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ITS HARDER JUST TO GET THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE!! ALL THE FIVE PICTURED
OPPOSITE COULD EASILY FETCH OVER £25 ON AN OFFERS LIST - MINIMUM IN SOME
CASES. THE 3RD
ROUND GAME PICTURED BOTTOM LEFT WAS FOR THE DERBY COUNTY AWAY GAME, THE
TICKET WAS 5/- THE NEXT ONE ALONG WAS FOR THE HOME GAME AGAINST MAN.UTD, IT WAS FOR BLOCK "A" IN THE MAIN STAND AND THIS WAS PRICED AT 5/6, PROBABLY AS USUAL QUITE SOUGHT AFTER BY UNITED FANS. |
NEXT IS BIRMINGHAM AWAY
IN THE 6TH ROUND - QUITE A BIT MORE DESIGN ON IT THAN THE FIRST TWO,
THIS WAS FOR THE GARRISON LANE ENCLOSURE AND PRICED AT 2/6.
FINALLY WE HAVE THE SEMI
FINAL AND FINAL TICKETS, THE SEMI WAS AT VILLA PARK IN THE TRINITY ROAD END AND
PRICED AT £1/5/0, THE FINAL TICKET HAS A NICE DESIGN ON IT AND AGAIN A QUITE
SOUGHT AFTER TICKET - THIS WAS FOR THE NORTH GRAND STAND END.
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OPPOSITE LEFT IS
ANOTHER PIECE OF MEMORABILIA FROM THE 54/55 CUP RUN - IT’S THE SONG SHEET FOR
THE CUP FINAL. ITS 4 PAGES WITH THE
FRONT LOOKING AS IF IT COULD BE THE CUP FINAL PROGRAMME ITSELF!! APART FROM
IT MENTIONING "DAILY EXPRESS" COMMUNITY SINGING AT THE BOTTOM. INSIDE IS ALL THE SONGS THAT WERE SUNG ON THE DAY AND THE BACK PAGE IS THE GREAT BRITAIN FLAG. A NICE ITEM THAT WOULD FETCH AROUND £25 ON A LIST OR ON OFFER. |
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ABOVE RIGHT WAS A
BROCHURE THAT WAS PRODUCED FOR THE CUP FINAL BY THE CLUB, AN EXCELLENT
PRODUCTION - IT'S A SHAME THEY DIDN'T DO ONE FOR THE YEAR AFTER. THEY PROBABLY
DID'NT AS THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT BRING BAD LUCK AFTER 54/55 THE SEASON.
A 32 PAGE BUMPER SPECIAL
WAS PRODUCED - THE PAGES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE PRODUCTION COVERED A PAGE ON
EACH CITY PLAYER WITH A HEAD AND SHOULDERS PICTURE, AN ACTION PICTURE, A
PRINTED AUTOGRAPH AND A SMALL WRITE UP ON THE PLAYER. THE PLAYERS COVERED WERE BERT
TRAUTMANN, ROY LITTLE, JIMMY MEADOWS, KEN BARNES, DAVE EWING, ROY PAUL, PADDY
FAGAN, JOE HAYES, DON REVIE, BOBBY JOHNSTONE, ROY CLARKE AND JOHNNY HART. IN
THE MIDDLE PAGES THERE WAS A TEAM GROUP PICTURE, SOMETIMES MISSING ON OCCASION
IN ONE'S I'VE COME ACROSS.
THE 2ND HALF
OF THE BROCHURE COVERS AN ACTION PICTURE FROM EACH OF THE EARLIER ROUNDS PLUS A
SMALL WRITE UP OF THE GAME. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE GATE RECEIPTS!! - DERBY
£3,832, MAN.UTD £9,344, LUTON £4,636, BIRMINGHAM £8,450 AND THE SUNDERLAND SEMI
FINAL £19,223. THAT DOES NOT EVEN ADD UP TO SOME PLAYERS WAGES IN A WEEK!!! THE
FINAL FEW PAGES GIVES A RECORD OF HOW CITY HAVE DONE
IN PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE CUP AND PICTURES OF LES McDOWALL,
LAURIE BARNETT, KEN BRANAGAN AND JOHNNY WILLIAMSON.
A
GREAT PUBLICATION AND WORTH AROUND £20 IN TIP TOP CONDITION WHICH MOST OF THEM
NEVER SEEM TO BE.