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An archive of Herbert Chapman Arsenal FC correspondence relating to the attempt to sign a player from Cliftonville FC, Northern Ireland, to Arsenal in

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£1,500 - £2,000

An archive of Herbert Chapman Arsenal FC correspondence relating to the attempt to sign a player from Cliftonville FC, Northern Ireland, to Arsenal in 1933, comprising of letters on Arsenal letterhead addressed to T.E. Douglas of Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club, Belfast; J. Price secretary of I.F. League and A Paine of Bury FC; with further correspondence to T.E. Douglas on Prince of Wales Hotel Scarborough letterhead, dated January 4th 1933 and on Gleneagles Hotel Perthshire letterhead of the same period and post office telegraphs relating to Arsenal's arrival in Belfast, dated 28th April and 1st May 1933, (qty) Provenance: This correspondence was purchased by the vendor in 1985 from John Smerton.