A programme from the Blues’ visit to Port Vale in the 1946/47 season has become the most expensive involving the club to be sold at auction.

A copy of the programme from the Division Three (South) match at Vale's former stadium, the Old Recreation Ground, on Saturday 29th March, when a crowd of 10,378 watched the home side win 1-0, changed hands for £2,800 on eBay over the weekend following 32 bids.

That’s significantly up on what was understood to have been the previous highest price a Town programme has reached at auction, a single sheet from the Blues’ home game with Crystal Palace 1938/39, the club’s first season in the Football League, having sold for just above £1,100.

Town programmes from the pre and immediate post-war eras are the most collectable and are fiercely fought over by collectors whenever they come on the market.

Photo: eBay

IpswichT62OldBoy added 13:29 - Jun 16 Both playing 2-3-5, sort of.
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Miaow added 14:15 - Jun 16 I think the game took place at the Old Recreation Ground, a few years before they moved into Vale Park!
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Gforce added 14:25 - Jun 16 I bet they didn't play with a low block and a high line in those days ! Probably just called it getting stuck in !
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Reuser2000 added 15:56 - Jun 16 I've got Jamie Claphams worn shirt from the 1999/2000 era signed by all the players. Anyone wanna offer me £1k for it?
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PhilTWTD added 16:06 - Jun 16 Miaow I stand corrected, they moved three years later. Amended.
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MVBlue added 16:26 - Jun 16 Ive got Uefa cup final 1981 I bought off an old site would sell. Also Norwich City 1996 Brian Gunn kick match :))
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Radlett_blue added 11:25 - Jun 17 Teams were still listed in 2-3-5 formation but the "third back game", involving the centre half becoming a central defensive pivot, had been brought in by Herbert Chapman & others after the offside law was changed in 1925.
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Northstandveteran added 20:29 - Jun 17 Who remembers leaving Portman road in t-shirts in the sunshine to watch clouds roll in as we entered the ground and then getting snowed on? To be fair we were moved undercover which was scant reward for the 5-0 loss
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