Programmes David France Collection

a programme everton s first ever football league match against accrington on first day of first season on 8 september 1888.

the david france collection contains on 6,000 programmes covering everton participation, both home , away, in league games, cup competitions, friendlies , reserve-team fixtures between 1886 , 2002.

it difficult calculate precise number of friendly matches everton have been involved in during time, however, experts have estimated collection features on 90% of programmes involving everton on period, , hailed complete compilation of such archival material football club.

while unbroken sequences of programmes stunning, actual condition of them museum quality, many in excellent condition considering age.

the collection includes every everton programme published in inaugural 1888-9 league season. highlight 32 programmes pre-league era when everton played @ anfield. collection can claim include earliest known programmes number of today’s top clubs, including manchester united (then known newton heath), celtic, aston villa, derby county, west bromwich albion, bolton wanderers, wolverhampton wanderers , blackburn rovers.

it thought contain earliest home programmes southampton, newcastle united, walsall, nottingham forest, sheffield united , sheffield wednesday, numerous programmes european tours undertaken club during 1930s.

the earliest programme in collection match everton played against astley bridge on 4 september 1886 @ anfield, earliest away programme being when local team called stanley entertained everton on 21 january 1888.

the david france collection can claim possibly biggest collection of liverpool programmes held privately everton , liverpool produced joint programme between 1904 , 1935 — thousand programmes.