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An England Under 23's International Cap v Hungary 1956 awarded to Maurice Setters, sold together with the Intermediate International Match England v R

Hammer Price:
£200
Estimated Price:

£300 - £400

An England Under 23's International Cap v Hungary 1956 awarded to Maurice Setters, sold together with the Intermediate International Match England v Romania Itinerary 16th October 1957; Official F.A. of Wales International Match Programme Wales v England Under 23's April 23rd 1958; Representative Match England v Young England Itinerary 2nd May 1958, (4) Maurice Setters (Manchester United and other English clubs, and assistant manager to Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland team) Lots 932 to 955 Maurice Setters (born 1936), an English footballer and manager, making more than 400 appearances in the Football League, representing Exeter City (1954/55), West Bromwich Albion (1955/60), Manchester United (1960/65), Stoke City (1965/67), Coventry City (1967/70) and Charlton Athletic (1970). Setters was included in England's 1958 FIFA World Cup squad as a reserve player but did not travel and play in any matches. In 1960 he transferred from West Bromwich Albion to Manchester United for a fee of ?30,000, Matt Busby signed Setters as a replacement for Wilf McGuinness and he went on to Captain Manchester United. He won a F.A. Cup winner's medal in 1963 and his final game with United was the 7-0 win over Aston Villa in season 1964/65. Setters was sold to Stoke City, and later had a spell with Coventry City. During the early 1970's Setters was manager for Doncaster Rovers, leading onto his assistant manager position under Jack Charlton with Sheffield Wednesday in 1977. Later assisting Charlton with the Republic of Ireland from 1986 to 1995, encompassing the most successful period of the countries footballing history, qualifying for a European Championship Euro '88 where Ireland beat England in the group stages 1 - 0 and two FIFA World Cups, 1990 World Cup in Italy reaching the quarter finals and 1994 World Cup in USA making the last 16.