Fa English Tour of Australia 1925

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From time to time rare items crop up and this one is quite impressive! A tour programme of amateur and professional footballers who took upon  themselves the long journey to Australia in 1925, couldn’t see this happening now!

Data courtesy of the excellent website http://www.rsssf.com

1925 TOUR OF AUSTRALIA BY THE (ENGLISH) FA

Manager: John Lewis
Assistant Manager: M.C. Froude
Players:
Bert Batten (Plymouth Argyle)
Bill Caesar (Dulwich Hamlet)
Stan Charlton (Exeter City)
Teddy Davison (Sheffield Wednesday)
Jack Elkes (Tottenham Hotspur)
Len Graham (Millwall)
Jimmy Hamilton (Crystal Palace)
Charlie Hannaford (Clapton Orient)
Joe Hannah (Norwich City)
Harry Hardy (Stockport County)
Cecil Poynton (Tottenham Hotspur)
Billy Sage (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stan Seymour (Newcastle United)
Ernie Simms (Stockport County) [c]
Charlie Spencer (Newcastle United)
Jimmy Walsh (Liverpool)
Tom Whittaker (Arsenal)
Billy Williams (West Ham United)

Notes: Davison, Graham, Hardy, Simms and Spencer were full internationals. Caesar was an 
 amateur international.

P25 W25 D0 L0 F139 A13
 7/5/25  Perth       Perth Metropolitan XI  0-8  England
 9/5/25  Fremantle       Western Australia  0-7  England
14/5/25  Adelaide          South Australia  0-10 England
16/5/25  Thebarton            Australia XI  1-4  England
20/5/25  Melbourne                Victoria  0-7  England
23/5/25  Melbourne            Australia XI  0-5  England
30/5/25  Sydney            New South Wales  2-3  England
 3/6/25  Sydney          Sydney Metropolis  1-3  England
 6/6/25  Wollongong     Illawarra District  0-8  England
 8/6/25  Sydney            New South Wales  1-4  England
13/6/25  Newcastle      Northern Districts  0-6  England
17/6/25  Ipswich      Ipswich and District  0-3  England
20/6/25  Brisbane               Queensland  0-11 England
24/6/25  Bundaberg        North Queensland  0-9  England
27/6/25  Brisbane                Australia  1-5  England
29/6/25  Toowoomba               Toowoomba  0-6  England
 4/7/25  Sydney                  Australia  1-2  England
 8/7/25  Newcastle               Newcastle  0-3  England
11/7/25  Maitland                Australia  2-8  England
15/7/25  Cessnock           South Maitland  1-4  England
18/7/25  Sydney                  Australia  0-5  England
21/7/25  Parramatta     Granville District  1-6  England
25/7/25  Melbourne               Australia  0-2  England
 1/8/25  Fremantle       Western Australia  1-5  England
 3/8/25  Perth           Western Australia  1-5  Englan

When you don’t cut the mustard, trialist at Croydon Common 1911

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I have this rare Croydon Common match selection postcard and bless him Mr Tucker never quite cut the mustard to win the honour of playing for Croydon. Records show that there was a trail match on August 16th 1911 and this man never played afterwards. If he went onto bigger and better things let me know! Twitter@

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1973 European Cup Final Ajax v Juventus in Belgrade 

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One of the hardest and most valuable cup final football programmes to exist relates to the 1973 European cup final between the giants of Ajax and Juventus. The programme in its original state can go for a four figure sum but beware of reprints!

I discovered quite a find recently which is a bit of a mystery. Items relating to the final are very scarce due to the fact that the game was played behind the old iron curtain so anything relating to this final creates interesr. I have pictured below an old packet containing a wooden key ring, a badge and a coin referencing the final but issued by RSD Belgrade whereas the game was held by the nightly Red Star. If any Serbian friends could shed some light on this item please contact me and also who was Kes? An official mascot?

The wonders of collecting social history!