The David France Collection of Everton Memorabilia
Detailed Catalog November 2003
Introduction and Overview
The collection is widely acclaimed by representatives of Christies and Sotheby’s as the most comprehensive compilation of football memorabilia ever assembled for any one club and includes:
Plus much much more:
1 Everton Programmes
The Everton Programmes include approximately 6,065 programmes covering the club’s participation in league, cup competitions, friendly games and reserve-team fixtures (both at home and away) between 1886-2001. It is the most comprehensive collection for any football club in the world. Amazingly, it boasts 30 home issues and one away edition from the pre-League era.
Also the collection includes the oldest known programmes involving Manchester United (then Newton Heath) and Celtic from 1889. Because Everton and Liverpool published a joint programme for 30 years from 1904, it also contains the majority of Liverpool pre-war programmes.
The collection incorporates every single Everton programme (both home and away) for the post-war era. Most of the home programmes are contained in bound volumes. All of the away programmes are presented in binders.
2 Everton Ledgers
Acclaimed as ‘The Everton Scriptures’ by the Liverpool Echo, the official club ledgers consist of a complete run of 29 volumes chronicling all of the scheduled weekly meetings and emergency meetings of the early management committee and later board of directors from 1886 to 1964. These ledgers have been also labelled the DNA of Everton Football Club and reflect the evolution of English football in general as well as the social and cultural changes on Merseyside.
3 Everton Medals
The Everton Medals include 40 medals covering all of the major competition won by Everton between 1890 and 1985. The medals will not be included in the sale at this time.
4 Everton Tickets
The Everton tickets include of a run of 11 season tickets/members cards from the pioneering days from 1881 to 1892 and feature seasons at Stanley Park, Priory Road and Anfield.
5 Everton Photographs
The Victorian era photographs include the first known Everton team group from 1881 and only known photograph of the first championship-winning side of 1891.
6 Other Ephemera
The collection of ephemera is diverse and includes:
Other items include over 100 Everton books (every known volume), foreign tour itineraries, club function menus as well as club and international shirts and England caps.
THE EVERTON PROGRAMMES (1886-2001)
Programmes from the early seasons include:
Everton v Astley Bridge 4 Sep 1886 Everton v Church 30 Apr 1887 Everton v South Shore 20 Aug 1887 Everton v Witton 27 Aug 1887 Lancashire v Dumbarton 22 Oct 1887 Everton v Bolton W FA Cup 29 Oct 1887 Everton v Bolton W FA Cup 19 Nov 1887 Everton v Bootle 3 Dec 1887 Everton v Notts Rangers 7 Jan 1888 Everton v Witton 14 Jan 1888 Stanley v Everton 21 Jan 1888 Everton v Burslem Port Vale 4 Feb 1888 Everton v Padiham 11 Feb 1888 Everton v Church 25 Feb 1888 Everton v Burnley 3 Mar 1888 Everton v Notts County` 10 Mar 1888 Everton v Derby County 17 Mar 1888 Everton v Aston Villa 24 Mar 1888 Everton v Bolton W 2 Apr 1888 Everton v Corinthians 4 Apr 1888 Everton v West Bromwich A 7 Apr 1888 Everton v Burnley 24 Apr 1888 Everton v Bolton W 2 May 1888 Everton v Blackburn Olympic 5 May 1888 Everton v Accrington 12 May 1888 Everton v Wolverhampton W 21 May 1888 Everton v Bolton W 2 May 1888 Everton/Bootle/Stanley v Mr Sudell’s Team 26 May 1888
Everton v Padiham 1 Sep 1888 Everton v Blackburn Olympic 3 Sep 1888 Everton v Halliwell 5 Sep 1888 Everton v Accrington (L) 8 Sep 1888 (first League game) Everton v Stanley 13 Sep 1888 Everton v Notts County (L) 15 Sep 1888 Everton Res v Bootle Athletic 22 Sep 1888 Everton v Aston Villa (L) 6 Oct 1888 Renfrewshire v Liverpool & District 20 Oct 1888 Everton v Derby County (L) 27 Oct 1888 Everton v Bolton W (L) 5 Nov 1888 Everton Res v Saltney 17 Nov 1888 Everton v Burnley (L) 24 Nov 1888 Everton v Long Eaton Rangers 8 Dec 1888 Everton Res v Stoke Swifts 15 Dec 1888 Everton Res v Preston N E Res 22 Dec 1888 Everton v Ulster 25 Dec 1888 Everton v Bootle 26 Dec 1888 Everton v Blackburn Rovers (L) 5 Jan 1889 Everton v Stoke (L) 12 Jan 1889 Everton v Preston N E (L) 19 Jan 1889 Everton Res v Northwich Victoria Swifts 26 Jan 1889 Everton v Battlefield 2 Feb 1889 Everton v Wolverhampton W (L) 9 Feb 1889 Everton v Dundee Strathmore 16 Feb 1889 Everton v West Bromwich A (L) 23 Feb 1889 Everton v Halliwell 16 Mar 1889 Everton v South Shore 23 Mar 1889 Everton v Blackburn Rovers (L) 30 Mar 1889 Everton v Witton 6 Apr 1889 Everton v Northwich Victoria 10 Apr 1889 Everton v Bootle 13 Apr 1889 Everton v Newton Heath 15 Apr 1889 Everton v Burslem Port Vale 20 Apr 1889 Everton v Bolton W 6 May 1889 Everton Res v Davenham 11 May 1889 Everton v Blackburn Olympic 13 May 1889 Everton v Darwen 18 May 1889 Everton v Preston N E 20 May 1889 Everton v Bolton W 31 May 1889 Everton v Stanley 2 Sep 1889 Everton v Earlestown 4 Sep 1889 Everton v Blackburn Rovers (L) 7 Sep 1889 Everton v Burnley (L) 14 Sep 1889 Everton Res v Bolton W Res 21 Sep 1889 Everton v Bolton W (L) 28 Sep 1889 Everton Res v Birkdale 6 Oct 1889 Everton Athletic v Lancashire Nomads 10 Oct 1889 Everton Res v Turton 19 Oct 1889 Everton v Accrington (L) 26 Oct 1889 Everton v Stoke (L) 2 Nov 1889 Everton Res v Burnley Res 9 Nov 1889 Everton v Preston N E (L) 16 Nov 1889 Everton v Notts County (L) 7 Dec 1889 Everton Res v Blackburn R Res 14 Dec 1889 Everton Res v Preston N E Res 21 Dec 1889 Everton v Southport Central 25 Dec 1889 Everton v Bootle 26 Dec 1889 Everton Res v Blackburn R Res 28 Dec 1889 Everton v Aston Villa (L) 4 Jan 1890 Everton v Sheffield United 8 Jan 1890 Everton v Notts Rangers 11 Jan 1890 Everton v Derby County FA Cup 18 Jan 1890 Everton v Glasgow Rangers 15 Feb 1890 Everton v Kilbirnie 1 Mar 1890 Everton v West Bromwich A (L) 8 Mar 1890 Everton v Derby County (L) 15 Mar 1890 Everton Res v Wrexham 22 Mar 1890 Everton v Celtic 5 Apr 1890 Everton v Vale of Leven 12 Apr 1890 Liverpool & District v Birmingham & District 16 Apr 1890 Everton Res v Newtown 19 Apr 1890 Everton v Partick Thistle 26 Apr 1890 Everton v Preston North End 28 Apr 1890 Everton v Darwen 3 May 1890 Everton A v Clitheroe 10 May 1890 Everton v Burnley 12 May 1890 Everton v Sunderland Albion 17 May 1890 Everton v Birmingham St Georges 24 May 1890 Everton v West Bromwich A 31 May 1890
SUMMARY OF HOME PROGRAMMES BY SEASON
Most seasons include programmes for all known games. The number of programmes per season are summarised:
1886/87 1 programme 1887/88 bound volume of Everton programmes 28 programmes 1888/89 bound volume of Everton programmes 32 1889/90 bound volume of Everton programmes 40 1893/94 1 programme 1895/96 1 programme 1896/97 1 programme 1904/05 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 47 1905/06 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 21 1906/07 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 29 1907/08 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 31 1908/09 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 8 1909/10 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 21 1910/11 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 7 1911/12 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 11 1912/13 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 23 1913/14 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 5 1914/15 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 14 1915/16 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 9 1916/17 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 3 1919/20 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 10 1920/21 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 7 1921/22 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 7 1922/23 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 14 1923/24 joint Everton & Liverpool home programmes 15 1924/25 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 51 1925/26 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 45 1926/27 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 45 1927/28 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 48 1928/29 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 47 1929/30 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 44 1930/31 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 45 1931/32 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 43 1932/33 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 47 1933/34 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 48 1934/35 bound volume of Everton & Liverpool home programmes 52 1935/36 bound volume of Everton home programmes 25 1936/37 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1937/38 bound volume of Everton home programmes 44 1938/39 bound volume of Everton home programmes 49 1939/40 bound volume of Everton home programmes 9 1940/41 Everton home programmes 2 1941/42 Everton home programmes 3 1942/43 Everton home programmes 5 1943/44 Everton home programmes 14 1944/45 bound volume of Everton home programmes 27
War-time Everton baseball programmes 2
1945/46 bound volume of Everton home programmes 28 1946/47 bound volume of Everton home programmes 45 1947/48 bound volume of Everton home programmes 50 1948/49 bound volume of Everton home programmes 50 1949/50 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1950/51 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1951/52 bound volume of Everton home programmes 50 1952/53 bound volume of Everton home programmes 49 1953/54 bound volume of Everton home programmes 45 1954/55 bound volume of Everton home programmes 50 1955/56 bound volume of Everton home programmes 49 1956/57 bound volume of Everton home programmes 49 1957/58 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1958/59 bound volume of Everton home programmes 41 1959/60 bound volume of Everton home programmes 40 1960/61 bound volume of Everton home programmes 40 1961/62 bound volume of Everton home programmes 38 1962/63 bound volume of Everton home programmes 35 1963/64 bound volume of Everton home programmes 48 1964/65 bound volume of Everton home programmes 55 1965/66 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1966/67 bound volume of Everton home programmes 48 1967/68 bound volume of Everton home programmes 45 1968/69 bound volume of Everton home programmes 42 1969/70 bound volume of Everton home programmes 36 1970/71 bound volume of Everton home programmes 48 1971/72 bound volume of Everton home programmes 46 1972/73 bound volume of Everton home programmes 46 1973/74 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1974/75 bound volume of Everton home programmes 51 1975/76 bound volume of Everton home programmes 44 1976/77 bound volume of Everton home programmes 40 1977/78 bound volume of Everton home programmes 34 1978/79 bound volume of Everton home programmes 42 1979/80 bound volume of Everton home programmes 41 1980/81 bound volume of Everton home programmes 48 1981/82 bound volume of Everton home programmes 46 1982/83 bound volume of Everton home programmes 50 1983/84 bound volume of Everton home programmes 44 1984/85 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1985/86 bound volume of Everton home programmes 45 1986/87 bound volume of Everton home programmes 47 1987/88 bound volume of Everton home programmes 46 1988/89 bound volume of Everton home programmes 43 1989/90 bound volume of Everton home programmes 41 1990/91 bound volume of Everton home programmes 43 1991/92 bound volume of Everton home programmes 46 1992/93 bound volume of Everton home programmes 42 1993/94 bound volume of Everton home programmes 43 1994/95 bound volume of Everton home programmes 46 1995/96 bound volume of Everton home programmes 45 1996/97 bound volume of Everton home programmes 36 1997/98 bound volume of Everton home programmes 36 1998/99 bound volume of Everton home programmes 37 1999/00 bound volume of Everton home programmes 52 2000/01 bound volume of Everton home programmes 52
SUMMARY OF AWAY PROGRAMMES BY SEASON
1890/91 Walsall Town Swifts v Everton 1892/93 Preston N E v Everton FA Cup semi-final 1895/96 Walsall v Everton 1896/97 Nottingham Forest v Everton 1898/99 Everton away programmes 3 programmes 1899/00 Everton away programmes 2 1900/01 Everton away programmes 5 1901/02 Everton away programmes 2 1902/03 Everton away programmes 2 1903/04 Everton away programmes 2 1904/05 Everton away programmes 3 1905 Sport in Bohemia 1906/07 Everton away programmes 4 1907/08 Everton away programmes 6 1908/09 Everton away programmes 3 1909/10 Everton away programmes 5 1910/11 Everton away programmes 3 1911/12 Everton away programmes 4 1912/13 Everton away programmes 6 1913/14 Everton away programmes 3 1914/15 Everton away programmes 6 1916/17 Manchester U v Everton 1917/18 Everton away programmes 1 1918/19 Everton away programmes 2 1918/19 Everton away programmes 6 1919/20 Everton away programmes 5 1920/21 Everton away programmes 6 1923/24 Everton away programmes 5 1924/25 Everton away programmes 5 1925/26 Everton away programmes 8 1926/27 Everton away programmes 10 1927/28 Everton away programmes 7 1928/29 Everton away programmes 9 1929/30 Everton away programmes 11 1930/31 Everton away programmes 9 1931/32 Everton away programmes 12 1932/33 Everton away programmes 13 1933/34 Everton away programmes 8 1934/35 Everton away programmes 8 1935/36 Everton away programmes 17 1936/37 Everton away programmes 20 1937/38 Everton away programmes 12 1938/39 Everton away programmes 19 1938 Celtic v Everton Empire Cup final 1939/40 Everton away programmes 4 1940/41-44/45 Everton away programmes 29
1945/46 Everton away programmes 29 1946/47 Everton away programmes 32 1947/48 Everton away programmes 37 1948/49 Everton away programmes 33 1949/50 Everton away programmes 40 1950/51 Everton away programmes 33 1951/52 Everton away programmes 29 1952/53 Everton away programmes 37 1953/54 Everton away programmes 32 1954/55 Everton away programmes 29 1955/56 Everton away programmes 35 1956/57 Everton away programmes 37 1957/58 Everton away programmes 30 1958/59 Everton away programmes 38 1959/60 Everton away programmes 28 1960/61 Everton away programmes 46 1961/62 Everton away programmes 30 1962/63 Everton away programmes 35 1963/64 Everton away programmes 33 1964/65 Everton away programmes 37 1965/66 Everton away programmes 37 1966/67 Everton away programmes 36 1967/68 Everton away programmes 39 1968/69 Everton away programmes 34 1969/70 Everton away programmes 32 1970/71 Everton away programmes 36 1971/72 Everton away programmes 26 1972/73 Everton away programmes 29 1973/74 Everton away programmes 27 1974/75 Everton away programmes 27 1975/76 Everton away programmes 27 1976/77 Everton away programmes 40 1977/78 Everton away programmes 32 1978/79 Everton away programmes 34 1979/80 Everton away programmes 34 1980/81 Everton away programmes 32 1981/82 Everton away programmes 39 1982/83 Everton away programmes 44 1983/84 Everton away programmes 42 1984/85 Everton away programmes 39 1985/86 Everton away programmes 40 1986/87 Everton away programmes 44 1987/88 Everton away programmes 46 1988/89 Everton away programmes 44 1989/90 Everton away programmes 37 1990/91 Everton away programmes 50 1991/92 Everton away programmes 38 1992/93 Everton away programmes 39 1993/94 Everton away programmes 58 1994/95 Everton away programmes 61 1995/96 Everton away programmes 59 1996/97 Everton away programmes 55 1997/98 Everton away programmes 58 1998/99 Everton away programmes 58 1999/00 Everton away programmes 47 2000/01 Everton away programmes 43
THE EVERTON LEDGERS (1886-1964)
The Everton ledgers represent the most complete documentation of the pioneering days and subsequent development of any football club. They consist of a complete run of 29 volumes covering some 80 years from pre-League era chronicling all of the weekly scheduled and emergency meetings of the early Management Committee and later Board of Directors.
They are prepared and signed by legendary club officials such as John Houlding, George Mahon, Dr John Baxter, Will Cuff, Tom McIntosh, Theo Kelly and John Moores. The volumes also include laid-down exhibits of club documents such as player’s rules, club by-laws and statements of accounts.
Because Everton were the last major club to appoint a manager, the ledgers detail all day-to-day decisions related to the development of the club. Prior to 1939, the club directors were responsible for all team affairs as well as business issues, therefore the volumes document all decisions associated with scouting appraisals, transfer negotiations and all team selections. They document the record deals associated with the buying and selling of bygone stars such as Nick Ross, Jack Southworth, Bert Freeman, Dixie Dean, Warney Cresswell, Cliff Britton, Joe Mercer, Tommy Lawton and Alex Young. The volumes record the players’ wages, bonuses and benefits. In addition to their successes on the field, the club is widely regarded as one of the most progressive leaders and innovators in football.
The ledgers document the move from Anfield, the construction of Goodison Park, the first installation of floodlights and under-soil heating and the comings and goings of Everton managers - Cliff Britton, Johnny Carey and Harry Catterick - and the resulting recruitment of a legion of players.
Examples of some of the major events recorded in the volumes include:
Examples of more recent events recorded in the later ledgers include:
Gate Receipts Volumes Also included are two volumes detailing gates receipts by turnstile numbers for the following seasons 1907-1911 1916-1921
THE EVERTON MEDALS
THE EVERTON TICKETS
season ticket 1881/82 (at Stanley Park) season ticket 1882/83 (at Priory Road) season ticket 1883/84 (first season at Anfield) season ticket 1884/85 season ticket 1885/86 season ticket 1886/87 season ticket 1887/88 season ticket 1888/89 season ticket 1889/90 (first championship season) season ticket 1890/91 season ticket 1891/92 season ticket 1904/05
Cup final & semi-final tickets including the Empire Cup final in 1938 (60)
THE EVERTON PHOTOGRAPHS
THE EVERTON EPHERMERA
This includes autographs, books, postcards, cigarette cards, tender documents, players’ contracts, foreign travel itineraries, club letters plus shirts and international caps associated with Everton
AUTOGRAPHS album pages 1930s x 6
BOOKS ‘History of Everton FC’ published in 1929 other Everton books (100 different books)
POSTCARDS pre-war postcards featuring team groups from 1903-1920 (18 cards)
CIGARETTE CARDS cigarette cards from 1897-1939 (all known cards total: 300)
OTHER EPHEMERA Anfield construction tenders dated 1886 (2 documents) players contracts from 1890-1975 (16 contracts) postal covers from 1966 (50+ covers) celebration menus from 1929 (10 menus) club overseas travel itineraries from 1905 (10 itineraries) club letters from 1903-1970 (approx 200)
EVERTON SHIRTS Everton FA Cup final 1985 (Gray) plus 20 Everton team shirts 1985-2000 International shirts of Everton stars: England (Barmby), England U23 (West), Scotland (Hutchison), Portugal (Xavier)
ENGLAND CAPS International caps of Everton stars: Makepeace 1906 Freeman 1909, Lawton 1938, West 1967, Stevens 1985 Chedgzoy (trial) 1920/21
PRIVATE SALE OPTIONS
It is known that representatives of other leading clubs, museums and memorabilia dealers in the UK and overseas have expressed interest in the collection (it is anticipated that the latter would split up the collection and resell the items at a huge profit).
Different options have been designed to maintain the integrity of the collection, hopefully for the benefit of future generations of Evertonians. This most comprehensive Option A includes:
The preliminary estimate of Option A is approximately £500,000.
At this time, the fair market value of the collection is being validated by industry experts at Christies, Sotheby’s and Sports Programmes.
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