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Football and sporting newspapers, periodicals and ephemera, comprising: the Lynn Football Star dated 15th March 1913 and carrying various match report

Hammer:
£100
Estimate:
£120 - £150

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Football and sporting newspapers, periodicals and ephemera, comprising: the Lynn Football Star dated 15th March 1913 and carrying various match reports including Norwich City v King's Lynn in the East Anglian League; an illustrated newspaper titled The Sphere dated 2nd March 1901 carrying a full page article on ''The Buying of Football Players'', a hot topic between the F.A. and the Football League caused by the recommendation of the F.A.'s Clegg, Crump and Alcock on the subject of transfer fees ... the article states ''players naturally object to prices being placed upon their heads by their employers, and the Association seems inclined to agree with them in part''; and a LMS programme of cheap railway tickets for travelling football supporters published in season 1938-39; 12 copies of Black and White Budget and 3 loose pages dating from 1901 and 1902 and all containing football and sporting content; 11 loose pages from The Graphic in 1877 featuring football and sporting news; Lottinga's Weekly 1911 with a report on a grand charity football match; and Football Special 1921 not illustrated