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BIG MATCH PROGRAMMES - F.A. Cup Finals, League Cup Finals, Charity Shield, semi-finals, Internationals, European ties, F.A.

Visit nwmfootball.com for football programmes, football autobiographies & books, DVD's & VHS, classic football magazines, shirts & sportswear and other football memorabilia. With over 30 years' experience running one of the most accomplished collectors' shops in non-league football, NORTH WEST MIDDLESEX FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES & MEMORABILIA can now offer their services to collectors worldwide. Amateur

Cup, Trophy and Vase finals and semi-finals, and Scottish Big Match, from the 1950's through to the modern era. BOOKS - autobiographies, directories, encyclopaedia and reference books. Whatever your footballing interests, you'll find some top quality reading material to add to your bookshelves. CLASSIC FOOTBALL MAGAZINES - specialising in dozens of long lost titles from the late 1940's onwards......Charles Buchan's Football Monthly, Sports Reporter, Soccer Star, Goal, World Soccer, Sport Express, Shoot, Match Weekly, F.A. News, Jimmy Hill's Football Weekly, Scoop etc. DVD's - Cup Finals, End of Season reviews, UK Club issues, and football related feature films ! VHS tapes also available if you're looking for something older ! The Shirt Shop - with dozens of shirts from English, Scottish and Continental clubs and International teams to choose from, browse at our lists of sportswear to see if the shirt your always wanted but never bought or the top that went in a boil wash and was never the same again is available from our stock. Plus....thousands of general Football League/Premiership, Scottish & Non-League programmes. UK ORDERS OF £15 OR MORE SENT POSTAGE PAID. We regularly have stalls at Football Programme & Memorabilia Fairs, and Antiques & Collectors Fairs. Details can be found via updates on this page, or via the website.

* * * GROUNDS FOR A GOOD READ * * *Coming to the BERMONDSEY VINTAGE FLEA hosted by Go East Vintage over the weekend ? Lo...
18/06/2026

* * * GROUNDS FOR A GOOD READ * * *

Coming to the BERMONDSEY VINTAGE FLEA hosted by Go East Vintage over the weekend ? Looking for a last minute Father's Day present ? Maybe these will help.

Without doubt one of the classic sporting books of the 1980's is "The Football Grounds of Great Britain" by Simon Inglis (who we had the pleasure of meeting at The QPR History Day in March 2025). Initially appearing as The Football Grounds of England & Wales in 1983, it was expanded and updated in 1987 to include Scotland. Of course, by that time, changes were brewing. The fire at Bradford and the accident at Brussels in 1985 meant that changes in outdated stadia up and down the country had to be made. If clubs hadn't got the message that major modifications to grounds were needed by this point, then a certain afternoon April 1989 put the tin lid on it.

Forty years on, the 1987 edition of the book therefore serves as an immaculate timepiece of a much changed picture of Britain's football grounds. Indeed there are dozens which have been totally replaced, while practically all the remaining ones have changed beyond all recognition.

The book was updated with a brand new edition in 1996 as changes were beginning to take effect, but it's the copy from the late 1980's which remains the classic version. This could make the ideal Father's Day present for a football father who can recall going to many of the long disappeared or much changed grounds which appear in the book. We have a number of "good used" copies (they're paperbook, so there is some unavoidable light wear) priced at £12 each (or available with UK P&P at £15).

And there's something a little closer to home as far as we are concerned. Crossing the border out of North West Middlesex and venturing a few miles into South West Hertfordshire, we find ourselves at Vicarage Road, the nearest Football League ground to which we are based. Watford moved there in 1922, and a magnificent "coffee table" book was produced four years ago to mark the ground's Centenary. Published with the unusual cover price of £20.22, we are pleased to offer a stock of perfect condition copies obtained directly from the club at £15 (or £20 with UK postage). It's one of these books where you don't need to be a supporter of the particularly club to appreciate it, if you have even a passing interest in the development of football stadia, then you need a copy of this in your library.

In fact, let's be honest, you really need copies of BOTH books, don't you - so why not take us up on a special offer of £25 for the pair including UK p&p ?

* * * SERVICE UPDATE * * *We take this opportunity to advise the event organisers whose fairs & markets we regularly att...
18/06/2026

* * * SERVICE UPDATE * * *

We take this opportunity to advise the event organisers whose fairs & markets we regularly attend that our Public Liability Insurance for the coming year has been renewed.

This certificate will either be displayed or available for inspection at all the events we attend.

Have you seen the weather forecast for Saturday & Sunday ?Looks like the Doodle Bar Vaults could be the coolest venue in...
16/06/2026

Have you seen the weather forecast for Saturday & Sunday ?

Looks like the Doodle Bar Vaults could be the coolest venue in town for TWO reasons this weekend 😎

We're attending BOTH days - see you there !

It's a glorious day over in SE10, so come & join us over at The Greenwich Vintage Market.Plenty of programmes, shirts & ...
14/06/2026

It's a glorious day over in SE10, so come & join us over at The Greenwich Vintage Market.

Plenty of programmes, shirts & sportswear, complete season sets, handbooks & annuals, cards & stickers, and other collectibles......not forgetting a replica World Cup for photo opportunities !

* * * STOCK UPDATED * * *We've been busy over the last couple of weeks with some bundles of new vintage stock. We were f...
13/06/2026

* * * STOCK UPDATED * * *

We've been busy over the last couple of weeks with some bundles of new vintage stock. We were fortunate even to have an outstanding find at a car boot sale towards the end of May, and did a spot of trading with one of our colleagues at the West London Programme Fair last week.

Much of the new stock features London clubs, in particular Arsenal, West Ham, Brentford, QPR and Chelsea, with plenty of fresh late 1940's and 1950's programmes finding their way into us. Lots of lovely old programmes to flick through and list. Hard life, eh ?

Perhaps the highlight was this four page gem. Heard the one about the League Champions being held to a draw in the Cup by the F.A. Amateur Cup holders ? Well, that's precisely what happened in the 4th Round back in 1953, with Walthamstow Avenue holding Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.

Now, like ourselves, you may well have visited Green Pond Road back in the day long before Walthamstow Avenue were swallowed up by Leytonstone & Ilford to form Redbridge Forest, who within a couple of years quickly joined forces to become Dagenham & Redbridge. Such was the interest in the replay, that Arsenal stepped in and allowed use of Highbury. There the fairy tale ended, with United grabbing a 2-5 win to take them into the last sixteen.

Clearly an item which does not show up very often, it has been awkward to find examples of recent sales. We did find evidence of one in better condition selling for £60 a couple of years ago, so have placed our copy on our specials board with an asking price of £40.

As for all the other great vintage items which came into us, you'll find them listed here, http://www.nwmfootball.com/classic-corner/pre-1960-football-league/ . The items them can physically be found in some much needed freshly purchased folders (also good to replace the old ones which were starting to look untidy) at any fair or market we attend, including The Greenwich Vintage Market on Sunday

* * * SPECIAL ITEM ALERT * * *"Who's the nice person in black without whom the game can't take place ?Who's the nice per...
13/06/2026

* * * SPECIAL ITEM ALERT * * *

"Who's the nice person in black without whom the game can't take place ?

Who's the nice person in black without whom the game can't take plaaaaaaaaace ?"

Well, we've had a few unusual football shirts cross our path, but this is the first time we've ever found what is clearly a 'match worn' referee's shirt.

As the labels both inside and outside the shirt confirm, this top was issued for the 2014-15 season. Carrying a Football League badge as you'd expect, it has two velcro top shirt pockets on the chest, is made by Nike, and sized medium.

Perhaps the 'niche-est' of match worn shirts we will ever have in stock - £20 is all it will take if you want to add this to your collection

* * * SEEING DOUBLE ! * * *Well, isn't that just typical of London Transport ? You wait ages for one to show up, and you...
13/06/2026

* * * SEEING DOUBLE ! * * *

Well, isn't that just typical of London Transport ? You wait ages for one to show up, and you get two come along together !

A special item we're always pleased to have available - The Football Association/London Underground 150th Anniversary map.

These two world famous institutions both kicked off in 1863, so in 2013 this collaborative wallpiece was brought out, with players' names taking the place of stations, and specific areas of the game acting as lines.

The map is incorporated onto a light boxwood frame - easy to carry and easy to hang, so if these two areas of British culture are both "box ticks" for you, pop along to The Greenwich Vintage Market tomorrow where BOTH will be available.

Transfer fee required - £40.

* * * IT'S MAINTENANCE TIME ! * * *We're sure you know that one of our specialist areas of stock is our wide selection o...
10/06/2026

* * * IT'S MAINTENANCE TIME ! * * *

We're sure you know that one of our specialist areas of stock is our wide selection of COMPLETE SEASON SETS. You will certainly have seen them on display if you've visited our stall, they come with us to practically all the markets and events we attend.

Every now and then we give some of them a "makeover". They obviously get handled, pick up nicks in their packaging or the tape we wrap them in becomes dry and works loose. We get to a point where some will need to be re-wrapped.

So we've been giving some of our sets some well deserved TLC and freshening them up - though we should add that a handful here are new additions to stock anyway - and thought that while we were re-wrapping them we'd take a few snaps, purely so we could remind you what great items they are.

They are the ideal way to add to your collection quickly and cheaply. Indeed, we had one collector at the West London Programme Fair last weekend who bought a number of sets of Queens Park Rangers home programmes. And of course, they are often the ideal solution for a gift idea - what could be better than picking up a set of programmes for a family member or friend from their club from the year they were born or the season they started following that team ?

Our stock of full sets covers a wide selection of clubs from seasons ranging from the 1960's through to the 1990's. We'll have them for you to browse at The Greenwich Vintage Market on Sunday (doesn't look as if there'll be issues with the weather this weekend !) and when we join Go East Vintage for BOTH days of the Bermondsey Vintage Flea on June 20th/21st.

Oooops, we nearly forgot ! Buy more than one set at a fair or market, and receive £5 OFF EACH SET you buy ! Got that ? Two or more sets = five quid off each set. You can take multiple sets from the same team or go random and take a mix of items from different clubs. Just make sure you bring a sturdy bag !

We can only concur with our friends at Go East Vintage on reflecting on how much organising goes into an event.You might...
08/06/2026

We can only concur with our friends at Go East Vintage on reflecting on how much organising goes into an event.

You might think from our point of view it's a case of rolling up and slinging a few boxes of programmes and crates of shirts out. We hope that those of you who have visited us at an event or market will understand a bit more than that goes into it.

This coming Sunday we'll be at The Greenwich Vintage Market, before joining Go East at Bermondsey for the whole weekend over June 20th/21st. Typically, we would look to be on the road by around 6.30 am to be at a venue for around eight o'clock.

Presentation is EVERYTHING. Our first priority is to ensure our stall is laid out logically and so it has a natural flow to it. There's no point us putting out boxes of programmes or items without being able to pinpoint precisely where a specific programme may be or to select the items which may be of interest should a collector ask for items relating to their favourite club.

Of course, we get great enjoyment and satisfaction when collectors find something among our material which we know is of interest to them. It might be a programme they have been looking to obtain for sometime, or perhaps from the first match they first attended. Or even better, there may be a far more significant connection to an item we can help them with. While at Greenwich recently we had a Scandinavian brother & sister (along with their Mum) stop by at the stall. Their Dad played for Malmö against Nottingham Forest in the 1979 European Cup Final. You can imagine their delight when we are able supply them with a couple of programmes from the match.

And then at the end of the day, we do it all in reverse, carefully packing away programmes into the correct boxes, ensuring items which may have been mis-filed go back in the right order, and making a note of items which need to be deleted from the website. Then comes the journey home, an hour and a half through Central London's static traffic, and 20mph speed limits. On paper you may see that a market is open for six or seven hours - for us, it will very often mean a fourteen hour day

Would we have it another way ? Of course not ! Trust us.....it beats working properly for a living !!!

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