I mentioned last week that I was selling my entire programme collection for health/retirement reasons. I have had a couple of expressions of interest but nothing tangible. Here’s an offer that might help swing someone’s mind.

Let me remind you…..

Some of you know that I have not enjoyed the best of health for several years. A Cardiac Arrest, 16 months in hospital and most recently a stroke. The doctors have been very honest this month and say I have had more lives than Top Cat and I am very much on borrowed time. So, it is with great dismay that I announce that l am looking to sell my entire programme collection.

The entire collection is for sale as one single sale. It is 20,000 plus or minus.

A quick overview – ca 20,000 programmes including hundreds and hundreds of big game (Cup Finals/Internationals) and probably 500+each from Spurs, West Ham, QPR, Chelsea, Palace and Brentford.

There are 3500 (counted) non league programmes going back to the 1970s.

I also have almost 900 books about football and another 100 on different sports (primarily Cricket but many others) I have 250+ Cricket magazines (Wisden etc including 20+ complete years in binders) There are probably 100+ DVDs and a similar number of annuals going back to the 1950s.

I need to be realistic on price and will be. They are available for collection from a storage unit near Heathrow. I also have 18,000 non-football books and 500+ DVDs/Blu-rays available either as a separate one off sale or at an absolute give away price with the programmes. That is almost exactly 600 cubic feet of collections.

I repeat, l am not going to sell anything individually. I am not scouring 40, 000 items for Hilton United v Liverpool Rangers Reserves re-arranged game single sheet from 1987. No, this is a one-off sale at a bargain price. It has been a great hobby over 60 years but realistically now is the time to say goodbye.

Please contact me if interested. HERE or steve (@)theshirt2010 co uk


If I agree a price with anyone I will offer a stand at either/or/or both Kensington and Chelmsford fairs. Additionally, if you wish, I will even help man the stall for you.

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