A superb collection of seventy-two 1951 Festival of Britain football match programmes, comprising: 5th May Wales v Eire schools' international at Nini
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A superb collection of seventy-two 1951 Festival of Britain football match programmes, comprising: 5th May Wales v Eire schools' international at Ninian Park, Leyton Orient v Airdrieonians; 7th May South Liverpool v Cork Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur v F.C. Austria; 8th May Chelsea v Floriana; 9th May Newcastle United v Stade Rennais, Aldershot v RCS Vervietois, Liverpool v FC Saarbrucken, England v Argentina international at Wembley, Derby County v Dortmund Borussia, Leeds United v Rapid Wien, Huddersfield Town v PSV Eindhoven, Brighton & Hove Albion v Nancy; 10th May England v Finland amateur international at the County Ground Swindon, Fulham v Dinamo Yugoslavia, Scunthorpe United v Tottenham Hotspur, Doncaster Rovers v Floriana; 12th May Hull City v F.C. Progress, two for Bournemouth v Nancy (VIP edition with card covers tied with ribbon, and regular public edition), Millwall v Dundee United, Ilford v Blauw-Wit, Wisbech Town v RV & AV Sparta, Stoke City v Schiedam VV, Tottenham Hotspur v Dortmund Borussia, Nottingham Forest v Racing Club Malines, Bury v Sportklub Rapid, Wales v Portugal international at Ninian Park, WBA v SC Wacker, Manchester United v Red Star Yugoslavia, Colchester United v EDO Haarlem, Huddersfield Town v Stade Rennais, Northern Ireland v France international at Windsor Park, Scotland v Denmark international at Hampden Park; 14th May Bradford v Partizan Yugoslavia, Bideford v Barnstaple, Bromley v Royal Standard Club Liege, Southampton v Servette, Cambridge City v Sparta Rotterdam, Leeds United v Haarlem, Bristol Rovers v Racing Club Haarlem, Headington United v Royal Ixelles Sporting Club, Glentoran v BVV, Luton Town v Schiedam VV, Swansea Town v Eindhoven, WBA v Floriana, Leicester City v FC Austria, Leyton Orient v Airdrieonians; 15th May England v Norway amateur international at Ayresome Park, Bristol City v Dinamo Yugoslavia, Chelsea v KB Copenhagen; 16th May Barnsley v Rapid Austria, Charlton Athletic v SC Wacker, Chesterfield v FC Saarbrucken, Bury v Dunfermline Athletic, Reading v National Luxembourg, Scotland v France international at Hampden Park, Wales v Switzerland international at the Racecourse Ground, Sheffield Wednesday v Frem, Crystal Palace v Nancy; 17th May Newport County v Eindhoven, Millwall v Anderlecht; 18th May Home Farm v Birmingham City; 19th May England v Portugal international at Goodison Park, Swindon Town v Hamborn 07, Southampton v KB Copenhagen, Welsh Football League XI v Irish Football League XI at the Vetch Field, Hibernian v Rapid Wien, Barnsley v Haarlem, Leytonstone v FC Wageningen; 22nd August F.A.I. Amateur XI v Gold Coast at Dalymount Park; 27th August Lovell's Athletic v Gold Coast; and 3rd October England v France international at Highbury; the lot also including an official Football Association Fixture List of football matches organised for The Festival of Britain; a special Festival of Britain edition of Arsenal's supporters' club organ Gunflash; and a photocopy of a feature from Programme Monthly magazine listing Festival of Britain fixtures (75)