Oldest Spurs Programme?

[southlondonyiddo]

I was going through some of my dads old stuff and found an FA Cup reply v West Ham from 1939

My grandfather must of gone to this as dad would only have been 4

What’s the oldest programme you’ve got?

 

[arnoldlayne]

Nice - people will pay good money for those!

 

[dickieven]

There will not be many older than that I would think. Since I moved out to the Philippines, all my programmes are in my parents loft. I do remember I had the 1967 FA Cup Final programme, not sure how I got it. But that is nowhere near the age of yours. Let's see if 1939 can get beat!

 

[wlhatwhl]

I have one or two home programmes for each season back to 1911-12.
The oldest on is Spurs v Preston on 28th October 1911. You'll be pleased to know that Spurs won 6-2 with goals from Ernie Newman (3), Billy Minter and Bert Middlemiss (2)

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Old programmes go well at specialist sports auctions, anyone got Spurs V man U from the 20's , probably worth around a grand. This aution was last month.

Tottenham Hotspur v. Manchester United match programme, 1928

bidlive.grahambuddauctions.co.uk

PS A few Spurs lots at this auction , Jamie Redknapp shirt unsold, Darren Bent shirt £80 , Sonny shirt £3,400 ,

 

[pook]

You kids ... always bangin' on about Kane and Son ... all I can say us you shoulda seen owd Minter and Middlemiss.

 

[chippospur]

Long story short, my old man was press & covered Spurs he also interviewed players etc. I have a huge box of programs going back to the early sixties & at the end of every season he would get all the players to sign the final match program. I was a lucky boy as I used to go with him from aged 4 and get a slice of Tottenham cake & a coke in the press room. He also covered that lot down the road when we played away. I found those programmes make great fire starters. Happy days!

 

[JerryGarcia]

I have one or two home programmes for each season back to 1911-12.
The oldest on is Spurs v Preston on 28th October 1911. You'll be pleased to know that Spurs won 6-2 with goals from Ernie Newman (3), Billy Minter and Bert Middlemiss (2)

That sounds like quite an impressive collection! Any chance you could photograph the 1911 one and put it on here? Or maybe someone knows of an existing source for them online?

I work in a charity shop and we sometimes get old programmes from various clubs but they're usually 70s or 80s ones and don't seem to go for much when I look them up on eBay. I have quite a few West Ham ones currently for sale and possibly a few Spurs ones from the mid 80s if they've not sold yet.

 

[wlhatwhl]

That sounds like quite an impressive collection! Any chance you could photograph the 1911 one and put it on here? Or maybe someone knows of an existing source for them online?

I work in a charity shop and we sometimes get old programmes from various clubs but they're usually 70s or 80s ones and don't seem to go for much when I look them up on eBay. I have quite a few West Ham ones currently for sale and possibly a few Spurs ones from the mid 80s if they've not sold yet.

I took a photograph for the original post but couldn't upload it. So I've tried again.

 

[Metalhead]

Long story short, my old man was press & covered Spurs he also interviewed players etc. I have a huge box of programs going back to the early sixties & at the end of every season he would get all the players to sign the final match program. I was a lucky boy as I used to go with him from aged 4 and get a slice of Tottenham cake & a coke in the press room. He also covered that lot down the road when we played away. I found those programmes make great fire starters. Happy days!

That's so cool. When did he retire from covering the matches?

 

[chippospur]

That's so cool. When did he retire from covering the matches?

Around 1980. He used to ring in the score & match details ( he worked for a company called Extel) to media outlets & also used to write a match report (in a sort of shorthand that only he could read!) & often sold it on if any papers etc wanted a report. Such great memories of the old lane & footy b4 the money men got involved.

 

[Metalhead]

Around 1980. He used to ring in the score & match details ( he worked for a company called Extel) to media outlets & also used to write a match report (in a sort of shorthand that only he could read!) & often sold it on if any papers etc wanted a report. Such great memories of the old lane & footy b4 the money men got involved.

Fantastic. Imagine if you could bottle the match day atmosphere that you got down at WHL back then. Apologies if you have seen this before but I bet it'll bring back some memories for you:

 

[chippospur]

Fantastic. Imagine if you could bottle the match day atmosphere that you got down at WHL back then. Apologies if you have seen this before but I bet it'll bring back some memories for you:

Brilliant, thank you.

 

[DenverSpur]

Fantastic. Imagine if you could bottle the match day atmosphere that you got down at WHL back then. Apologies if you have seen this before but I bet it'll bring back some memories for you:

Great video. Saw in credits thanks to the Spurs Supporters Club. The older lady they interviewed near the end used to help run the SSC. They used to be based in Warmingtin House(I think that’s what it was called) which was in the High Road behind the West Stand. When Scholar took over he kicked them out of there because he started the Members scheme and wanted fans to join that not the SSC. It’s interesting that just like today with Levy so many in the video complain that the club are only interested in the fans for their money.
I was a member of the SSC as a kid long before I ever got to visit WHL- I lived in the NW. You used to get a little blue membership booklet a bit like a little passport and of course their badge(see my avatar) is for me the best SPURS badge.
When I was around 14 I finally came down to Tottenham( by myself on the train; not sure they allow that nowadays). Going to Warmington House was like a pilgrimage site surrounded by fellow believers. I remember feeling like I was finally home.

 

[DenverSpur]

Fantastic. Imagine if you could bottle the match day atmosphere that you got down at WHL back then. Apologies if you have seen this before but I bet it'll bring back some memories for you:

Another interesting aspect of the video was the away trip was to Nottingham. I went up there on the football special in 1972. We won 1-0 and I and a few others got a kicking after the game - thank you Nottinghamshire Police for closing off the bridge and leaving the few of us at the front of the exiting away supporters heavily outnumbered by Forest’s firm.
The trip back to the station was quite the odyssey .

 

[Metalhead]

Another interesting aspect of the video was the away trip was to Nottingham. I went up there on the football special in 1972. We won 1-0 and I and a few others got a kicking after the game - thank you Nottinghamshire Police for closing off the bridge and leaving the few of us at the front of the exiting away supporters heavily outnumbered by Forest’s firm.
The trip back to the station was quite the odyssey .

The 70s must have been a challenging time at many away games.

 

[Metalhead]

Great video. Saw in credits thanks to the Spurs Supporters Club. The older lady they interviewed near the end used to help run the SSC. They used to be based in Warmingtin House(I think that’s what it was called) which was in the High Road behind the West Stand. When Scholar took over he kicked them out of there because he started the Members scheme and wanted fans to join that not the SSC. It’s interesting that just like today with Levy so many in the video complain that the club are only interested in the fans for their money.
I was a member of the SSC as a kid long before I ever got to visit WHL- I lived in the NW. You used to get a little blue membership booklet a bit like a little passport and of course their badge(see my avatar) is for me the best SPURS badge.
When I was around 14 I finally came down to Tottenham( by myself on the train; not sure they allow that nowadays). Going to Warmington House was like a pilgrimage site surrounded by fellow believers. I remember feeling like I was finally home.

Some great memories there. It would have felt like the club really belonged to the fans back then.

 

[JerryGarcia]

I took a photograph for the original post but couldn't upload it. So I've tried again.
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Great stuff thanks, never seen one that old before!

 

[PT]

I have the 61 Cup Final programme as my earliest in my collection.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

Great video. Saw in credits thanks to the Spurs Supporters Club. The older lady they interviewed near the end used to help run the SSC. They used to be based in Warmingtin House(I think that’s what it was called) which was in the High Road behind the West Stand. When Scholar took over he kicked them out of there because he started the Members scheme and wanted fans to join that not the SSC. It’s interesting that just like today with Levy so many in the video complain that the club are only interested in the fans for their money.
I was a member of the SSC as a kid long before I ever got to visit WHL- I lived in the NW. You used to get a little blue membership booklet a bit like a little passport and of course their badge(see my avatar) is for me the best SPURS badge.
When I was around 14 I finally came down to Tottenham( by myself on the train; not sure they allow that nowadays). Going to Warmington House was like a pilgrimage site surrounded by fellow believers. I remember feeling like I was finally home.

her name was Mary Elam she run the supporters club coaches like a military operation you daren't misbehave on them - but to be fare to her we went to West Brom in the League Cup semi final (Martin Jol and Tony Galvin got sent of for fighting) there was a train strike so there were hundreds of coaches and the old bill were so keen to get every out of Birmingham coaches were being sent off virtually empty she weren't having none of that and made sure all her coaches were full and fare few stragglers on board as well