The Oldest FA Cup Programme In The Club’s Archive

On 27 January, 1900, Leicester Fosse performed Sheffield United within the draw for the final 32 groups within the FA Cup. The matchday programme for that sport is the oldest programme in Metropolis’s archive.

On the time of the fixture, United had been prime of the First Division and the present FA Cup holders. Fosse had been third within the Second Division.

The articles within the 16-page programme are intently printed and include no illustrations. They deal with Sheffield United’s FA Cup historical past and on their opponents, Leicester Fosse. There may be an article acknowledging the truth that United’s defeat the earlier week had ended their unbeaten run of twenty-two successive video games.

On different pages, the season’s outcomes of United’s first and reserve groups are revealed, along with the up-to-date Soccer League tables and a desk displaying the outcomes of each group in that season’s First Division.

The Sheffield United and Leicester Fosse groups are printed on the again cowl. Essentially the most notable participant is William Foulke, the United and ex-England goalkeeper who weighed 24 stone.

The remaining pages include commercials for a spread of services and products, together with the Footballers’ Hospital in Manchester, well-known for its therapy of soccer accidents and utilized by {many professional} golf equipment.