Thousands of free programmes

[Celtic Roosters]

I have decided to let my programme collection (about 9,000) go for free since it looks like I will never be able to sell them. Too many to list but just about every club including amateurs and defunct clubs. Internationals and hundreds of cup finals and semi-finals. If you need something to complete your collection let me know and if I have it - you can have it/them if you are arrange collection. I've already helped a Salford fan in Brazil complete his collection, and saw the Celtic Crusaders .v. Brisbane Broncos programme go to a fan in Brisbane. I am also donating 379 Eccles/ Salford City Roosters issues back to the club. I have somebody interested in my Oldham St. Annes, Saddleworth Rangers, Blackpool Galdiators and Trafford Borough programmes but all the rest are up for grabs.

[Celtic Roosters]

I just had a message from a friend of mine who had a collection of 7.000 progs back to the 1940's. I remember him moving a long way to a much smaller place a couple of years ago and asking on here if anybody wanted his programmes? I just asked him what he did with them in the end. They went to landfill. I can't do that. It would be like throwing half of my life in the bin.

[Yorkshire patriot]

I have sent you a PM

[Cyril]

Hello Celtic Roosters,

 

Do you have any Bradford Bulls/Bradford Northern programme's

[Cyril]

Hello Celtic Roosters hope you are well,

sorry for not getting back to you a bit earlier i have attached a list of homes below that i am looking for i will do you a list of the Salford Swinton & Celtic Crusaders as soon as they are finished.

Thank you very much this is greatly appreciated.

Hull 04/12/65	Halifax 27/12/65	Keighley 09/04/66
Castleford 18/02/67	Wakefield 10/02/68	Huddersfield 07/04/68
Castleford 21/09/68	Bramley 02/11/68	Hull KR 28/12/68
Dewsbury 22/02/69	Hull 29/11/69	Barrow 03/01/70
Keighley 28/03/70	St Helens 22/08/70	Hull KR 20/09/70
Castleford 17/10/70	Featherstone 05/12/70	Doncaster 02/01/71
Hull KR 04/04/71	Castleford 24/07/71	York 14/08/71
Castleford 12/09/71	Huyton 03/09/71	Widnes 23/01/72
Feathesrtone 13/08/72	Wakefield 10/12/72	St Helens 07/01/73
Huddersfield 21/01/73	Hull 08/01/73	Wakefield 25/03/73
St Helens 17/04/73	Blackpool 02/12/73	Blackpool 01/01/74
Barrow 11/08/74	Castleford 18/08/74	Hull KR 24/09/74
Keighley 29/12/74	Castleford 09/02/75	New Hunslet 10/08/75
Swinton 24/08/75	Wigan 12/10/75	Salford 07/12/75
Huddersfield 04/01/76	Leeds 01/02/76	Wigan 12/12/76
Hull KR 16/01/77	Castleford 30/01/77	Hull KR 24/09/77
St Helens 15/01/78	Wigan 11/03/78	Doncaster 13/08/78
Hull KR 29/10/78	Widmes 17/12/78	Huddersfield 24/12/78
St Helens 04/02/79	Salford 04/02/79	Warrington 11/02/79
Workington 01/05/79	Hunslet 12/03/80	Doncaster 10/08/1980
Warrington 29/03/81	Leigh 04/02/82	York 14/03/82
Wakefield 18/04/82	Fulham 28/04/82	Keighley 08/08/82
Carlisle 03/10/82	St Helens 19/12/82	Widnes 06/03/83
Workington 27/03/83	Workington 13/04/83	Batley 14/08/83
Hull 29/01/84	Whitehaven 11/03/84	Halifax 23/12/84
Wigan 20/01/85	Southend 24/02/85	Warrington 02/03/86
Leeds 11/04/86	Hull 11/03/87	Hull KR 18/03/87
Wigan 13/03/88	Oldham 04/12/88	Castkeford 18/12/88
Leigh 29/10/89	Wigan 12/11/89	Wakefield 16/12/90
Widnes 01/12/91	Warrington 22/12/91	St Helens 02/02/92
Castleford 15/11/92	Wigan 03/01/93	Castleford 09/01/93
Workington 31/01/93	Oldham 09/01/94	Oldham 28/08/94
Workington 25/09/94	Sheffield 06/11/94	Featherstone 15/02/95
Castleford 15/05/95	Sheffield 12/11 95	Workington 21/01/96
Batley 04/02/96	Wakefield 25/02/96	Warrington 05/05/96
Wigan 12/07/96	Keighley 02/02/97	St Helens 11/05/97
Penrith 09/06/97	Cronulla 20/06/97	Castleford 02/07/97
St Helens 22/03/98	Huddersfield 30/01/99	Wakefield 07/02/99
Wakefield 06/02/00	Wigan 30/09/01	Lomdon 01/09/02
Castleford 24/01/03	Hull KR 27/01/06	Wakefield 06/08/07
Wakefield 20/07/08	Leigh 07/05/10	Catalans 01/08/10
London 23/09/10	Swinton 04/09/16	Swinton 23/07/17
North Wales 09/06/18	Swinton 14/07/19	Swinton 06/03 /21
Swinton 22/08/21

[Celtic Roosters]

Bare with me Cyril while I check but I reckon I have 15 of those programmes. My lists are not recorded by full date, just season and competition so I need to physically dig them out and check dates. If you are interested I have an A team sheet .v. Salford in 2000 (I went to that) and the 1992-93 A team programme .v. Hull A in the Yorkshire senior cup final. If you give me a list of aways try to give just season and competition. I will have most Salford, Swinton and Celtic Crusaders but I also have lots of Leeds, leigh and Hull KR. I have lots from every other club too including defunct clubs. I will also have many Bradford finals and semi-finals and all cup comps, including Wembley 1948. I will come back and confirm which homes I have. If you can collect them you can have them.

[Celtic Roosters]

I will check them homes soon Cyril but I have been looking through my catalogue for Bradford aways and I have loads. They are all league games unless stated. BARROW 81-82 (JPT 2). BLACKPOOL BOROUGH 79-80 (CC 1). BLACKPOOL SPRINGFIELD 87-88 (Friendly .v. Bradford A). CASTLEFORD 81-82, 92-93 (YC prel). CELTIC CRUSADERS 2009. DONCASTER 67-68,72-73. FULHAM 81-82 (Friendly). HALIFAX 69-70, 74-75, 89-90 (YC SF), 1999, 2003. HULL 80-81, 81-82, 94-95. HULL KR 65-66, 66-67, 78-79 (prem play off), 81-82 (YC SF) & (prem play off). 85-86 (YC SF). HUNSLET 83-84 (CC 2), 84-85. HUYTON 70-71 (charity cup). KEIGHLEY 79-80 (JPT 2). LEEDS 74-75, 81-82 (YC 2), 83-84, 88-89 Lge and (YC 2), 89-90 (YC 1) & RT 2), 90-91 Lge and (YC 1), 91-92, 92-93, 93-94 Lge and (CC 6), 94-95 Lge and (CC 4), 95-96 Lge and (RT 3). LEIGH 84-85, 85-86. LEIGH EAST 90-91 (CC prel at Leigh). OLDHAM 85-86 Lge and (CC 3), 1997 (CC 6), 2020 ay Stalybridge. ROCHDALE 81-82 (JPT 1), 1998 (CC 4). SALFORD 67-68 (Friendly at Abertlery RUFC), 68-69, 70-71, 72-73, 73-74 (prem play off), 74-75, 75-76, 76-77, 77-78, 78-79, 79-80, 80-81 Lge and (CC 1), 83-84, 85-86, 86-87, 87-88, 88-89, 89-90, 91-92, 92-93, 94-94, 94-95, 1997, 2998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014. SHEFFIELD 85-86 (JPT 1), 95-96, 1996. ST. HELENS 79-80, 80-81, 84-85 (JPT 2 rep), 87-88 (Prem SF), 2000 (Prem SF), 2010. SWINTON 59-60 (CC 2), 85-86, 91-92, 2016 (at Widnes), 2017 (play off), 2019, 2021. WAKEFIELD 84-85 (YC 1), 2000 (CC 5). WARRINGTON 91-92, 92-93 (RT 2), 94-95. WHITEHAVEN 74-75 JPT SF). WIDNES 77-78 (JPT SF), 78-79 (JPT SF), 85-86 (JPT 2), 86-87 (CC 2 repl). WIGAN 77-78 (CC 2), 90-91 (RT 3), 1996, 1997.

The Salford progs could be taken by other people soon if you don't ask me to put them aside Cyril and I'm not sure if I have already promised the 1959 Swinton prog to somebody. I also have loads of cup semi-finals and finals. Let me know if you want me to get any of these out for you asap mate.

[Celtic Roosters]

From your list Cyril I have got Salford (7/12/75), Fulham 28/04/82 (postponed from 27/12/81), Southend 24/2/85 (postponed from 10/02/85), Castleford 9/1/93, Workington 31/1/93, Sheffield 6/11/94 & Swinton 4/9/16. Check your dates mate. I am certain some of them are wrong. I think they are all original dates and don't account for postponements? I have some of the programmes from the seasons you want but not on the dates you quote. Example - You have St. Helens home on 19/12/82 but Bradford played at Widnes that day in the JPT. I have the programme for the St. Helens game that season on 12/04/83. You also have Oldham at home on 04/12/88 but I have a programme on that date .v. Leigh in the JPT? I have put these on one side for you know. Look through the aways to see if you want any of those and I will put them together. Also let me know if you are missing any cup finals and semi-finals.

 

[clifford]

Thanks for the programmes Mr R.

[Cyril]

Good Afternoon Celtic Rooster, i hope you are well,

 

I will go through the ones you have sent me tonight and them get back to you can you tell me where you live so that i can try to organize something in regards to collecting from you.

 

Cheers Cyril.

[Celtic Roosters]

On 11/04/2024 at 13:20, clifford said:

Thanks for the programmes Mr R.

Your'e very welcome. Hope they brought back good memories.

[Celtic Roosters]

On 11/04/2024 at 16:11, Cyril said:

Good Afternoon Celtic Rooster, i hope you are well,

 

I will go through the ones you have sent me tonight and them get back to you can you tell me where you live so that i can try to organize something in regards to collecting from you.

 

Cheers Cyril.

I will get all the homes and aways together that you want Cyril and I will include the ones where I think the dates changed due to postponements and they we will sort something out. I live in Winton, which is Eccles not far off the Worsley junction of the M60 but I travel around a fair bit watching non league football. been through Bradford 3 times lately to Ilkley, Steeton and Guisley. I will most likely be at the Swinton .v. Bradford game too but I don't know when that is at the moment. We will sort it after I sort out your programme wants mate.

[JonM]

I wonder how easy/ difficult it would be for someone to preserve these programmes for posterity by scanning them. Suspect it would be a massive undertaking to do this manually, but I assume there must be devices which can turn the pages automatically, as large quantities of books have been scanned this way?

[Celtic Roosters]

36 minutes ago, JonM said:

I wonder how easy/ difficult it would be for someone to preserve these programmes for posterity by scanning them. Suspect it would be a massive undertaking to do this manually, but I assume there must be devices which can turn the pages automatically, as large quantities of books have been scanned this way?

I've no idea mate about modern technology but over the years I have spent hundreds of hours in various libraries looking on Microfisch film, researching old newspapers for info on amateur RL and they go back over 100 years so I imagine it is possible but nobody seems to care anymore. I've been really encouraged that I have been able to help 1 or 2 people with their collections but I still have thousands left.

[Hopping Mad]

2 minutes ago, Celtic Roosters said:

I've no idea mate about modern technology but over the years I have spent hundreds of hours in various libraries looking on Microfisch film, researching old newspapers for info on amateur RL and they go back over 100 years so I imagine it is possible but nobody seems to care anymore. I've been really encouraged that I have been able to help 1 or 2 people with their collections but I still have thousands left.

Give the residue to Rugby League Cares, for their programme archive. As the name implies, they do care.

[Celtic Roosters]

52 minutes ago, Hopping Mad said:

Give the residue to Rugby League Cares, for their programme archive. As the name implies, they do care.

Are they part of the RFL? Only I have no time for the RFL because i am a Rugby League fan and they are only interested in Super Greed!

[Hopping Mad]

3 hours ago, Celtic Roosters said:

Are they part of the RFL? Only I have no time for the RFL because i am a Rugby League fan and they are only interested in Super Greed!

It's an independent charity.

https://www.rugbyleaguecares.org/news/general/heritage/rugby-leagues-national-programme-archive-nears-25000-milestone/

Edited April 15 by Hopping Mad

[Celtic Roosters]

13 hours ago, Hopping Mad said:

It's an independent charity.

https://www.rugbyleaguecares.org/news/general/heritage/rugby-leagues-national-programme-archive-nears-25000-milestone/

Edited 13 hours ago by Hopping Mad

Fair enough mate. I want to see if I can help a few people with their collections before i get rid of what is left but I will consider them. About a third of my programmes are from amateur teams, even pub teams. Do they take the? A local history group heard I was trying to give away my collection and they called me. They want to take the really old Salford progs and after talking to me on the phone they asked if they can come round and interview me on film. Maybe that will attract some interest? Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

[Hopping Mad]

11 minutes ago, Celtic Roosters said:

Fair enough mate. I want to see if I can help a few people with their collections before i get rid of what is left but I will consider them. About a third of my programmes are from amateur teams, even pub teams. Do they take the? A local history group heard I was trying to give away my collection and they called me. They want to take the really old Salford progs and after talking to me on the phone they asked if they can come round and interview me on film. Maybe that will attract some interest? Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

If Rugby League Cares doesn't have any amateur club programmes in its archive, it should consider adding some. I'll drop them a line.

[upthenets]

Any older Rochdale hornets home and away in that lot 40s or 50s..

also after Southend, Bridgend H&A

Nottingham City first season Homes

cheers

Phil

[Celtic Roosters]

9 hours ago, upthenets said:

Any older Rochdale hornets home and away in that lot 40s or 50s..

also after Southend, Bridgend H&A

Nottingham City first season Homes

cheers

Phil

I've got Rochdale Hornets .v. Salford 1947-48 season, but next oldest Rochdale programme is 1964. I might have some aways but would have to look through each club in my catalogue individually. I've got 13 Southend homes and will have quite a few aways too. I know I gave away one yesterday - Challenge cup at Bradford. When you say Bridgend I assume you mean the club that were formerly Cardiff City? I have Bridgend Blue Bulls as well. I've got 7 Bridgend homes from their only season, including the very first .v. Swinton. I will have aways but again would have to look through each club individually. I've got 24 Nottingham City/ Nottingham Outlaws homes. Only 2 are from the 1988-89 season .v. Halifax and Rochdale Hornets. Again I will have aways as well. I know I gave away the Trafford Borough .v. Nottingham City programme last week. I can look through aways if you seriously want them? Let me know.

[upthenets]

Hi many thanks for the reply

I will take the Rochdale v Salford 47/48 of you please, if you could check the Rochdale Aways that would be great thanks..

I would be interested in the Southend H+A ones too have as I need quite a few

Yes the Bridgend I need were formally Cardiff City 84/85 season..

I will take the Nottingham City v Hull if you obviously I have the one v Rochdale I went to the game!!

Thinking of doing some more 1st season clubs Sheffield, Cardiff, Fulham, Mansfield to name a few..

my email address is

up.thedale@hotmail.co.uk

Regards

Phil

 

[upthenets]

43 minutes ago, Celtic Roosters said:

I've got Rochdale Hornets .v. Salford 1947-48 season, but next oldest Rochdale programme is 1964. I might have some aways but would have to look through each club in my catalogue individually. I've got 13 Southend homes and will have quite a few aways too. I know I gave away one yesterday - Challenge cup at Bradford. When you say Bridgend I assume you mean the club that were formerly Cardiff City? I have Bridgend Blue Bulls as well. I've got 7 Bridgend homes from their only season, including the very first .v. Swinton. I will have aways but again would have to look through each club individually. I've got 24 Nottingham City/ Nottingham Outlaws homes. Only 2 are from the 1988-89 season .v. Halifax and Rochdale Hornets. Again I will have aways as well. I know I gave away the Trafford Borough .v. Nottingham City programme last week. I can look through aways if you seriously want them? Let me know.

Hi many thanks for the reply

I will take the Rochdale v Salford 47/48 of you please, if you could check the Rochdale Aways that would be great thanks..

I would be interested in the Southend H+A ones too have as I need quite a few

Yes the Bridgend I need were formally Cardiff City 84/85 season..

I will take the Nottingham City v Hull if you obviously I have the one v Rochdale I went to the game!!

Thinking of doing some more 1st season clubs Sheffield, Cardiff, Fulham, Mansfield to name a few..

my email address is

up.thedale@hotmail.co.uk

Regards

Phil

[Celtic Roosters]

41 minutes ago, upthenets said:

Hi many thanks for the reply

I will take the Rochdale v Salford 47/48 of you please, if you could check the Rochdale Aways that would be great thanks..

I would be interested in the Southend H+A ones too have as I need quite a few

Yes the Bridgend I need were formally Cardiff City 84/85 season..

I will take the Nottingham City v Hull if you obviously I have the one v Rochdale I went to the game!!

Thinking of doing some more 1st season clubs Sheffield, Cardiff, Fulham, Mansfield to name a few..

my email address is

up.thedale@hotmail.co.uk

Regards

Phil

I've got all of Cardiff City's 1st season homes Phil and 36 in total. I gave 14 Sheffield programmes to a Sheffield fan last week but I still have 76 from various seasons. I did have every Celtic Crusaders programme ever played home and away and I went to most of them, but I have already given a couple away. I've got 52 Fulham programmes + London Broncos and Harlequins. I have 46 Mansfield programmes and a friendly .v. Carlisle - played in Penzance! I've got Blackpool, Springfield Borough, Liverpool City, Huyton and others. I gave all my Trafford Borough homes away. I will also have aways for all these clubs? I'm going to get ready to go and watch Swinton now and will be busy for the rest of the day but I will have a closer look and e-mail you when I get chance. I won't let anybody else have the ones you have quoted as you asked first.

[upthenets]

9 minutes ago, Celtic Roosters said:

I've got all of Cardiff City's 1st season homes Phil and 36 in total. I gave 14 Sheffield programmes to a Sheffield fan last week but I still have 76 from various seasons. I did have every Celtic Crusaders programme ever played home and away and I went to most of them, but I have already given a couple away. I've got 52 Fulham programmes + London Broncos and Harlequins. I have 46 Mansfield programmes and a friendly .v. Carlisle - played in Penzance! I've got Blackpool, Springfield Borough, Liverpool City, Huyton and others. I gave all my Trafford Borough homes away. I will also have aways for all these clubs? I'm going to get ready to go and watch Swinton now and will be busy for the rest of the day but I will have a closer look and e-mail you when I get chance. I won't let anybody else have the ones you have quoted as you asked first.

Brilliant thank you very much

Springfield forgot about them need a few..

any Great Britain on tour in Australia/New Zealand??

Regards

Phil