- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Tempus; 1st Edition edition (1 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752418556
- ISBN-13: 978-0752418551
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.2 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A detailed illustrated history of the football programme, memorablia intrinsically linked with the blood and thunder of the national game.
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Football today bears little resemblance to the early days of centre partings, laced footballs, muddy fields and cloth-capped spectators, but throughout the thirteen decades of the game football fans have purchased matchday programmes. Of course there has been a marked evolution from the simple teamsheet designed to identify the players through to the modern glossy magazine, but the desire of the football fans to be informed and, latterly, entertained has remained.
As well as a detailed history of their development, this book incorporates a comprehensive guide to the hobby of collecting programmes - where to buy, what to look for and how to look after them once you have them. Particular attention is paid to some of the rarest, most unusual and significant programmes - such as the 1915 Old Trafford FA Cup final programme, a copy of which recently fetched #11,500 at auction.
Written by John Litster, the editor of Britain's specialist programme collectors' magazine and an acknowledged expert on the subject, The Football Programme includes illustrations of over 150 famous examples and presents the history of these evocative artefacts that are objects of desire for many thousands of collectors around the country.
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After reading this excellent book I appreciated the value of the Birmingham City and non league programmes going back 60 years in my own collection. This book opens your eyes to the social history that is evident in those old publications from a bygone era. There were adverts in the 1950`s for cigarettes, cigarettes and Beer which are not encouraged so much nowadays.
It also tells the history of how football match day programmes were developed for a commercial point of view.
It also tells the history of how football match day programmes were developed for a commercial point of view.
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