PROGRAMMES
OF THE WEEK
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THIS ISSUE'S PROGRAMME
OF THE WEEK IS ONE OF CITY'S WARTIME PROGRAMMES THAT WAS PRODUCED THIS WAS THE LAST
LARGE SIZE PROGRAMME THAT CITY PRODUCED FOR A WAR TIME FIXTURE (THERE WAS
STILL JUST UNDER 3 SEASONS OF WARTIME GAMES STILL
LEFT) BEFORE THEY REVERTED TO MORE OF AN A5 SIZE 4 PAGE PROGRAMME. THEY CHANGED THE
FORMAT AFTER JUST 3 ISSUES OF 1943/44 - PREVIOUSLY FROM AFTER WAR BROKE OUT
UP TO THEN THEY REMAINED AT MORE TOWARDS A4 IN SIZE AS PICTURED OPPOSITE. THE PROGRAMME ITSELF
CONSISTS OF JUST A SHEET WITH THE LINE UPS ON THE FRONT AND INFO ON THE BACK,
THIS WAS MAINLY ABOUT IN SOME CITY PLAYERS CASES AS TO WHERE THEY WERE
STATIONED ABROAD DURING THE WAR AND OF COURSE NEWS ON CITY, ALSO INCLUDED WAS
CITY'S FIXTURES AND THE DREADED "NEXT MATCH HERE" WHICH WAS YOU
KNOW WHO DUE TO THE BOMBING OF OLD TRAFFORD HAVING TO PLAY AT MAINE ROAD.
WELL DONE ROSLER'S GRANDAD!!! FOR SOME GAMES EVEN CITY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO WOULD BE PLAYING AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PROGRAMME AT NO 9 IT STATES BOOTHWAY OR A.N. OTHER !! |
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THE PROGRAMME ITSELF
ALONG WITH OTHER LARGE SIZED PROGRAMMES ARE VERY HARD TO COME ACROSS DUE TO THE
OBVIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES ( I ONLY HAVE 3 LARGE SIZED SINGLE SHEETS MYSELF) - THEY
WOULD EASILY BE ON OFFERS LISTS AND COULD FETCH ANYTHING BETWEEN £75 AND
HIGHER.