Frederick Sanderson Archive: historic items relating to early football in the city of Sheffield, two Rules, Regulations and Laws of the Sheffield Foot
£800 - £1,200
Frederick Sanderson Archive: historic items relating to early football in the city of Sheffield, two Rules, Regulations and Laws of the Sheffield Football Association season, one for season 1869-70, the other undated but likely to be from the Association's first year 1867, and another with re-settled rules in 1871; Hallamshire Football Association Rules Booklet, undated but of a similar vintage; and member's tickets for Perseverance Football Club season 1872-73, Exchange Football Club 1872-73 & Sheffield Temperance Football Club 1883-84; a handbill for the 4th Round of the Sheffield New Football Association Cup, Pye Bank v Rising Star at the Sheaf House Grounds 17th March, refereed by Sanderson; Sheffield New Football Association Annual-Guide season 1881-82 & Sheffield Football Association Guide season 1885-86 (10 items); together with a qty. of press cuttings relating to Fred Sanderson With regard to the Rules books in this lot. These would be under the Sheffield Rules code of football before 1878, when the Sheffield F.A. adopted the national rules of the Football Association.